Prof. Dr. iur. Dr. med. Alexander P. F. Ehlers
After his studies of medicine at the universities of Düsseldorf,
Heidelberg and Munich, Prof. Dr. iur. Dr. med. Alexander P. F. Ehlers
wrote a doctoral thesis on the history of medicine in Central America.
While gaining practical experience as a doctor in different positions,
Prof. Dr. Dr. Ehlers started studying Law at the Munich University
Law School in 1980. In 1983, he started to work on his second thesis
on medical law which he finished in summer 1986.
In 1983, he opened his own doctor's office in Munich as a general
practitioner. First, he was only caring private patients, in October
1983 he became a panel doctor.
From 1984 to 1987, Prof. Dr. Dr. Ehlers was a civil servant
employed by the state government of Bavaria. He worked in several
positions with the administrative and judiciary branches of the Bavarian
state government. At the same time, while still running his doctor's office,
Prof. Dr. Dr. Ehlers gathered experience as an attorney while working
for a major Munich law firm specialised in medical malpractice law.
Besides this, Prof. Dr. Dr. Ehlers became assistant professor at the
Institute of Criminology at the University of Munich in 1984. His main
interest was in the field of medical law. In 1986, he started with his
habilitation in the field of medical law. In the winter term 1987/1988
he received his first invitation to lecture on forensic psychiatry.
Since the winter term 1988/1989 he has been lecturing regularly on
medical law. In the year 2003 he has been appointed honorary professor
for medical law and health care systems at the European
Business School in Oestrich-Winkel. .
Because of his studies and experience in medical and pharmaceutical
law, Prof. Dr. Dr. Ehlers also acts regularly as counsel for the
pharmaceutical industry.
From the very beginning, Prof. Dr. Dr. Ehlers has been a member of
the first German society for medical law. He is also member and
officer of various other professional associations. He is member
of the Rotary Club. Prof. Dr. Dr. Ehlers has also published books
and articles in periodicals on medical law. He is a co-author of a
loose-leaf treatise on medical law which has been published
since June 1988.
Prof. Dr. Dr. Ehlers whose mother tongue is German is fluent in
English and knows some Spanish.
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