Governance
The DKFZ Hector Cancer Institute at the University Medicine Mannheim was founded on 31 July 2019 as a legally dependent organizational unit of the DKFZ. It is composed of three bodies: an Advisory Council, an Operational Steering Committee and a Coordination Committee.
Council
The Advisory Council meets at maximum intervals of six months. It advises and decides on the most important strategic, personnel and financial matters of the DKFZ Hector Cancer Institute at the University Medicine Mannheim. Its members are:
Representatives of the Hector Foundation II
Dr. h.c. Hans-Werner Hector
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hector Foundation II gGmbH
Horst-Bodo Schauer
Member of the Board of Directors of Hector Foundation II gGmbH
Management Board of DKFZ
Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h.c. Michael Baumann (Chairman)
Chairman and Scientific Director
Ursula Weyrich
Administrative Director
Medical experts
Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h.c. Klaus van Ackern
Former Clinic Director and Dean of the Medical Faculty Mannheim of Heidelberg University
Prof. Dr. med. Lars Zender
Medical Director VIII Department of Medicine, University Hospital Tübingen
Operational Steering Committee
The Operational Steering Committee shall meet at the request of one of its members. It decides on the current matters of cooperation that are submitted to it by a member for decision. Its members are:
Prof. Dr. med. Dr. rer. nat. Sonja Loges
Head of the Division of Personalized Medical Oncology at the DKFZ Heidelberg
Medical Director of the Department of Personalized Oncology with a focus on Bronchial Carcinoma at the UMM
Deputy Chairperson (Research Director) of the MCC
Prof. Dr. med. Wolf-Karsten Hofmann
Chairman of the Board of the Mannheim Cancer Center (MCC)
Director of the III. Department of Medicine, University Medicine Mannheim
Coordination Committee
The Coordination Committee meets once a year to decide on important issues of cooperation. Its members are:
Management Board of DKFZ
Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h.c. Michael Baumann (Chairman)
Chairman and Scientific Director
Ursula Weyrich
Administrative Director
Administrative Board of the University Medical Center Mannheim GmbH
Freddy Bergmann
Managing Director University Medical Center Mannheim GmbH
Prof. Dr. med. Hans-Jürgen Hennes
Managing Director University Medical Center Mannheim GmbH
Medical Director
Prof. Dr. med. Sergij Goerdt
Dean Medical Faculty Mannheim
Prof. Dr. med. Wolf-Karsten Hofmann
Vice Dean Medical Faculty Mannheim
Administrative Board of the Medical Faculty Mannheim of Heidelberg University
Prof. Dr. med. Sergij Goerdt
Dean Medical Faculty Mannheim
Prof. Dr. med. Wolf-Karsten Hofmann
Vice Dean Medical Faculty Mannheim
Freddy Bergmann
Managing Director University Medical Center Mannheim GmbH
Prof. Dr. med. Hans-Jürgen Hennes
Managing Director University Medical Center Mannheim GmbH,
Medical Director