Supervisory Board of
Heidelberg University Hospital
Status: September 2026
Clemens Benz
Chair of the Supervisory Board
Ministerial Director (Ministerialdirigent)
Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts of Baden-Württemberg
Esther Pfalzer
Ministerial Councillor (Ministerialrätin)
Ministry of Finance of Baden-Württemberg
Dr. Thilo Walker
Ministerialdirigent
Ministry of Social Affairs, Health and Integration Baden‑Württemberg
Prof. Dr. Frauke Melchior
Rector of Heidelberg University
Prof. Dr. A. Stephen K. Hashmi
Institute of Organic Chemistry
Heidelberg University
Dr. Tilmann Gruhlke
Senior Physician at the Department of Anesthesiology
Staff Council, Heidelberg University Hospital
External Experts
Prof. Dr. Christiane Bruns
Director of the Department of General, Visceral, Tumor and Transplant Surgery
University Hospital Cologne
Prof. Dr. Hans-Jochen Heinze
Medical Director and Chair of the Board
University Hospital Magdeburg
Heike Bauer
Management of the Foundation
Dietmar Hopp Stiftung gGmbH
Paul Hofmann
Vorstand Berrang SE