Affiliation: Ruprecht-Karls-University of Heidelberg Country: Germany

1. Current Status, Position

Dr Torsten Hoppe-Tichy is currently Chief Pharmacist at Heidelberg University Hospital, lecturer at School of Pharmacy at Ruprecht-Karls-University of Heidelberg and at Duale Hochschule Baden-Wuerttemberg and Member of the Scientific Committee of EAHP.

2. Education

Dr. Torsten Hoppe-Tichy studied Pharmacy at School of Pharmacy at TU Braunschweig, Germany. He obtained a PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) in Pharmacutical Chemistry. He is a Specialist in Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Analytics. Before he took over the position as Chief Pharmacist at Heidelberg University Hospital he served as a Deputy Chief Pharmacist at University Hospital of Ulm.

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, pharmacoeconomics, organisation of hospital pharmacy and automatisation of logistics and drug reconstitution and production.