Jens Deerberg-Wittram, MD

Former CEO of a large private German hospital group

Founding President of the International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement

Senior Institute Associate at the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness at Harvard Business School

Jens Deerberg-Wittram has served from 2004 to 2012 as CEO of Schön Klinik, a German for-profit 15 hospitals, 4.500 beds provider organization. He has set and implemented value-based corporate strategy and established a worldwide leading medical outcomes measurement and reporting system. Jens holds also a strong track record in medical management, medical controlling, hospital marketing, hospital e-business and developing innovative pricing models.

Professional and educational background

• Before being elected to the Executive Board, Jens was Managing Director of a 250 beds Neurological center and a project leader preparing all Schön Klinik hospitals for the newly introduced German DRG system
• Prior to joining Schön Klinik, Jens was working for four years as a consultant and project leader for BCG. He was member of the HCPA and BCG’s European payer & provider initiative.
• Jens has served in various healthcare associations, e.g. as a board member of the German Private Hospitals‘ Association, the Healthcare Commission of the Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce and the High Level Reflection Group on Health Statistics of the OECD
• Dr. Deerberg-Wittram studied medicine at the Universities of Hannover, Bonn, Athens, Patras and Kiel and received his medical degree from Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel
• He worked as a postgraduate in human genetics and wrote his doctoral thesis in molecular oncology
• Since 2009 he closely works on health care strategy and management topics with Prof. Michael Porter and Prof. Bob Kaplan from Harvard Business School. 2012-2015, Jens is a Faculty Member of Harvard Business School and Senior Fellow at Michael Porter’s Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness
• From 2012-2014, Jens was Founding President of the International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM), a non-for-profit institute founded by Professor Michael Porter, Harvard Business School, the Karolinska Institute and the Boston Consulting.