1. Current Status, Position

Dr Torsten Hoppe-Tichy (State Exam in Pharmacy, PhD) currently is:

Chief pharmacist at Heidelberg University Hospital;
Leader of ADKA's special interest group on "Professional education and training of pharmacists";
German Delegate of EAHP;
Member of the Scientific Committee of EAHP.

2. Education

Dr Torsten Hoppe-Tichy studied pharmacy at the School of Pharmacy in Braunschweig, Germany. He received a PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from the School of Pharmacy in Braunschweig and was a Deputy Chief Pharmacist at University Hospital at Ulm, Germany. 

3. Research Area

Dr Torsten Hoppe-Tichy's research area is focused on clinical pharmacy regarding drug safety and patient safety through safe administration of drugs, pharmacokinetics of antimicrobial agents, pharmacoeconomy, organsiation of hospital pharmacy and automatisation of logistics and drug reconstitution and production.

4. Conflict of interest: none