Biography:
Franz Porzsolt attended Medical School at Philipps University of Marburg, Germany, from 1967 to 1974. He then became a grantee of the German Research Association (DFG) at the Ontario Cancer Institute in Toronto from 1974 to 1976. Between 1976 and 1984, he served as a resident in Hematology and Medical Oncology and completed his habilitation at the University of Ulm. From 1985 to 1993, he worked as a senior resident and supervisor in Hematology/Medical Oncology, and from 1993 to 1995, he served as managing supervisor of the Department of Internal Medicine at the University Hospital Ulm. Concurrently, from 1985 to 1996, he held the role of Scientific Secretary for the Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University Hospital Ulm. In 1995, he joined the Cochrane Cooperation’s working group “Clinical Economics.” His career included international academic engagements, such as serving as a Visiting Professor at the Mayo Clinic in 2005 and acting as a reviewer for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in 2009. From 2009 to 2018, he was also a Visiting Professor at several Brazilian universities, including UFF, USP & UNIFESP, UNILA & UNIOESTE, and the Escola Bahiana de Medicina. In 2013, he founded a private research institute, Clinical Economics.
Title : The strategy that works on patients, not just in experiments