Executive Committee
The Executive Committee consists of the President, his predecessor (Past President), his successor (President Elect), the Secretary and the Treasurer. According to the articles of the association, in each group of the committee or as additional members there should be a representative of the university chairs of psychiatry and psychotherapy, a representative of the hospitals specialised in psychiatry and psychotherapy, a representative of the hospital departments of psychiatry and a representative of office-based psychiatrists/neurologists. The Executive Committee represents the interests of the members and is responsible for the association’s strategic orientation. It is elected at the general meeting for a term of two years. The current members of the Executive Committee are as follows:
President

Peter Falkai, MD
Professor of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
University Hospital Göttingen
von-Siebold-Str. 5, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
Tel: +49-(0)551-396601
Fax: +49-(0)551- 3922798
Email: pfalkai[at]gwdg.de
President Elect

Wolfgang Maier, MD
Professor of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Rhenish Friedrich-Wilhelm University Bonn
Psychiatric Hospital and Clinic
Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, 53105 Bonn, Germany
Tel: +49-(0)228-287-15722
Fax: +49-(0)228- 287-16097
Email: wolfgang.maier[at]ukb.uni-bonn.de
Past President

Frank Schneider, MD, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine
University Hospital Aachen
RWTH Aachen
Pauwelsstrasse 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany
Tel: +49-(0)241-8089633
Fax: +49-(0)241- 8082401
Email: fschneider[at]ukaachen.de
Secretary

Oliver Gruber, MD
Professor of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
University Hospital Göttingen
von-Siebold-Str. 5, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
Tel: +49-(0)551-39-6606
Fax: +49-(0)241-80 88731
Email: ogruber[at]gwdg.de
Treasurer
and responsible for work in the field of history of psychiatry and psychotherapy:

Felix M. Böcker, MD
Professor of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Saale-Unstrut Hospital Naumburg
Department of Mental Illnesses
Humboldtstr. 31, 06618 Naumburg-Saale, Germany
Tel: +49-(0)3445-72 18 00
Fax: +49-(0)3445- 72 18 02
Email: dgppnkasse[at]t-online.de
Inpatient Care, Social Psychiatry

Iris Hauth, MD
St. Joseph Hospital
Companies of the Alexianer Brothers
Gartenstrasse 1-5, 13088 Berlin-Weissensee, Germany
Tel: +49-(0)30-9279-0234
Fax: +49-(0)30- 9279-0702
Email: i.hauth[at]alexius.de
Further and Continuing Education

Fritz Hohagen, MD
Professor of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein
Campus Lübeck
Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538 Lübeck, Germany
Tel: +49-(0)451-5002440
Fax: +49-(0)451- 5002603
Email: fritz.hohagen[at]psychiatrie.uk-sh.de
Science

Heinrich Sauer, MD
Professor of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
University Hospital Jena
Philosophenweg 3, 07743 Jena, Germany
Tel: +49-(0)3641-9-35242
Fax: +49-(0)3641- 9-35280
Email: heinrich.sauer[at]med.uni-jena.de
Psychotherapy

Sabine C. Herpertz, MD
Professor of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Chair of the
Hospital for General Psychiatry
of the University of Heidelberg
Vossstr. 2, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany
Tel: +49-(0)6221-56 2751
Fax: +49-(0)6221- 56 5998
Email: sabine.herpertz[at]uni-heidelberg.de
Psychosomatics

Martin Bohus, MD
Professor of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Central Institute of Mental Health
Department of Psychosomatic Medicine
Vossstr. 2, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany
Tel: +49-(0)621-1703-4001
Fax: +49-(0)621-1703-4005
Email: martin.bohus[at]zi-mannheim.de
Quality Management, Rehabilitation

Wolfgang Gaebel, MD
Professor of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Rhenish Hospitals Düsseldorf
Hospital for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Bergische Landstrasse 2, 40629 Düsseldorf, Germany
Tel: +49-(0)211-9222000
Fax: +49-(0)211- 9222020
Email: wolfgang.gaebel@uni-duesseldorf.de
University Psychiatry, Academic Teaching

Andreas Heinz, MD
Professor of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Hospital for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy CCM
Charité Centrum 15
Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany
Tel: +49-(0)30-450-517001
Fax: +49-(0)30- 450-517921
Email: andreas.heinz[at]charite.de
Representative for BDK

Thomas Pollmächer, MD
Professor of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Director of the Centre for Mental Health
Clinic of Ingolstadt
Krumenauerstr. 25 , Krumenauerstr. 25, Germany
Tel: +49-(0)841-8802200
Email: thomas.pollmaecher[at]klinikum-ingolstadt.de
Representative for Departments

Arno Deister, MD
Professor of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Centre for Psychosocial Medicine
Clinic of Itzehoe
Robert-Koch-Str. 2 , 25524 Itzehoe, Germany
Tel: +49-(0)4821/772-0
Fax: +49-(0)4821/772-3999
Email: Psychiatrie[at]kh-itzehoe.de
Representative for BVDN

Frank Bergmann, MD
Kapuzinergraben 19, 52062 Aachen, Germany
Tel: +49-(0)241-36330
Fax: +49-(0)241- 36330
Email: bergmann[at]bvdn-nordrhein.de
Representative for BVDP

Christa Roth-Sackenheim, MD
Breite Strasse 63, 56626 Andernach, Germany
Tel: +49-(0)2632-96 40 0
Fax: +49-(0)2632- 96 40 96
Email: dgppn[at]dr-roth-sackenheim.de