Prof. Dr. med. Dr. iur. Christian Dierks

Born in Johannesburg, South Africa (1960)High School Diploma at Baraboo High School, Wisconsin, USA (1977)School leaving examination (Abitur) at the Secondary School (Gymnasium) V (“Blauer Reiter”) in Wolfsburg (1979)Studied Medicine at the Universities of Regensburg, Hamburg and Cape Town, South Africa (1979 - 1986)Received his license to practice medicine in Hamburg (1986)Earned his doctorate as Doctor of Medicine (Dr. med.) in Hamburg (1987)Liaison officer to the Royal British Navy, Hamburg (1988)Studied law at the University of Regensburg and at the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (1988 - 1992) Founding Member and President of the German-South African Lawyer’s Association (1991 - 1998)Earned his doctorate as Doctor of Laws (Dr. iur.) in Munich (1992)Member of the Chamber of Physicians, Berlin (since 1994)Member of the Chamber of Attorneys, Berlin (since 1994)Specialized Attorney for social law (since 1996)General Pracitioner (since 1997)Postdoctoral
lecturing qualification (Habilitation) from the Humboldt University,
Berlin, teaching license for the subject research on health care
systems, Center for Human and Health Sciences,
Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin (1999)Appointed as Commander, Medical Corps (Reserve) (Flottillenarzt d.R.) (2005) Secretary general of the German Society for Medical LawMember of the Board of Trustees of the Kaiserin Friedrich Foundation, BerlinMember of the Ethics Committee of the DRK-Clinics  BerlinMember of the American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics, ASLMEMember of the Berlin Scientific Society