Portraitfoto: Dr. Bernhard van Treeck
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Dr. med. Bernhard van Treeck

impartial member


Born on 5 February 1964 in Kempen, Lower Rhine

Three children

Specialist in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy; additional qualifications in Medical Quality Management, Social Medicine, Rehabilitation, Naturopathy


since July 2024

Impartial member of the Federal Joint Committee


2020 – 2024

Member of the Expert Pool of the Innovation Committee – part of the Federal Joint Committee


2013 – 2024

Lecturer at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf


2013 – 2024

Senior Physician at the Medical Advisory Service North, from 2021 to 2024 spokesperson for the Senior Physicians of the Medical Advisory Services


2008 – 2016

Lecturer at the University of Cologne at the Institute for Health Economics and Clinical Epidemiology (IGKE)


2006 – 2014

Lecturer at the Medical Faculty of the RWTH Aachen University


1999 – 2013

Medical Advisory Service of the Health Insurance Funds (MDK) North Rhine, most recently as Head of Department, from 2011 Medical Advisory Service of the Health Insurance Funds (MDK) North as Deputy Senior Physician


1997 – 1999

Senior Physician at the Clinic of the Teutonic Order, Berlin


1993 – 2012

Senior Physician, Lecturer and Supervisor at the Teaching Institute for Behavioural Therapy KLVT, Cologne


1992 – 1997

Residency at the Psychosomatic Clinic Bergisch Gladbach and at the University Hospital Cologne


Other activities and memberships include the Hamburg Medical Association, the German Association for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics (DGPPN), the German Association for Rehabilitation (DVfR), the National Association for Rehabilitation (BAR), working groups of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation's Economic and Social Policy Department, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation's Manager Circle and the Action Alliance for Patient Safety. All of these activities were relinquished when he became an impartial member of the Federal Joint Committee.