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Frederik Roeder is a German health economist. He studied hospital management, health economics and international business at the universities of Goettingen (Germany), Bayreuth (Germany), Maribor (Slovenia), and Tongji Shanghai (China). He has worked as a Visiting Professor for Health Economics at the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences and as a Visiting Professor for Healthcare Management and Economics at Ilia State University (Georgia). Fred Roeder is the Managing Director of Healthcare Solutions, a service focused on know-how transfer and policy advise for healthcare systems in transition.
Michael Schlander
Professor Michael Schlander MD, PhD, MBA is a health economist at the University of Heidelberg and a professor of health care and innovation management at the University of Applied Economic Sciences, Ludwigshafen. He is the founder and scientific director of the Institute for Innovation and Valuation in Health Care (Inno Val HC) a not for profit institute based in Eschborn, Germany. Professor Schlander who is also a physician has written ground-breaking studies on the role and limits of current evaluation methodology in adminstrative assessments of medical innovation.
Nicoleta Acatrinei
Graduate in economics and in theology, Nicoleta is currently preparing a PhD at the Swiss Federal Polytechnicum (ETH) in Zurich. She has spoken and written on topics related to ethics, economy and theology in Switzerland, China, Denmark and others. She is the author of "St Jean Chrysostome et l'Homo Oeconomicus" a scholarly work that explores the theological roots of market ethics. She has joined Medicine & Liberty in 2009 as our research fellow in charge of Ethics in Economics.
Francis Thevoz
Dr Francis Thevoz is a Cardiovascular surgeon by training. Past-president of the Société Vaudoise de Médecine he is also a former councilor of the City of Lausanne where he served as Director of finances. He is currently a member of the finance commision of the city's parliament. Francis will notably participate in the development of MedLib's, Privamed-Pro project.
Sophie Crespo
Sophie Crespo MD, our special projects & editorial consultant based in Geneva, graduated from Basel University Medical School. She holds specialist titles in intern al medicine and anesthesiology.
Contact: sophiecrespomd@medlib.ch
Fabienne Gay-Crosier
Dr Fabienne Gay-Crosier, joined MedLib's Medical Advisory Council in 2014. She is past president of the professional policy commisssion at the Swiss Society of Clinical Allergology and Immunology and is a firm advocate of professional independence for physicians. Author of "Geneva's White Paper on Allergy" Fillon Impr. Oct. 2015.
Loredana D'Amato Sizonenko MD
Dr D'Amato Sizonenko is a geneticist specialized in rare diseases. She is presently Coordinator for Switzerland of Orphanet, an international database of information on rare diseases and orphan drugs for all publics, designed to contribute to the improvement of the diagnosis, care and treatment of patients with rare diseases.
Martín Krause
Martin Krause is the diirector of the Centro de Investigations de instituciones y Mercados de Argentina: professor of Economics at the University of Buenos Aires.
Philip Stevens
Philip Stevens, Director of Policy at International Policy Network, London is the author of numerous health policy publications, including Fighting the diseases of Poverty (2007), Free trade for better health (2006) and The 10/90 Gap and the diseases of poverty (2004). He has also held research positions at the Adam Smith Institute and Reform in London and holds degrees from the London School of Economics and Durham University.
Shahnaz Radjy
After graduating in Biology at UPenn in Philadelphia, Ms Shahnaz Radjy was active in humanitarian action in Bolivian hospitals, and founded an A-TIC internet venture in Bolivia. She has also organized events for the International Labor Organization in Geneva and worked for the Davos World Economic Forum. Shahnaz is now based in NY and works as senior communications specialist for Vitality.
Bart Madden
Bartley Madden is an independent researcher who has developed "Dual Tracking": a fast lane for access to experimetal medicines, that also introduces an open database on new therapies. Bart Maddens concept is supported by Vernon Smith, Nobel prize in economics 2002 and by other reputed US economists. He has authored a monograph: "Dual Tracking, More Choices Better Health" edited by the Heartland Institute, Chicago.
Stefan Metzeler
Graduate from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédéerale de Lausanne (EPFL). Information and technology specialist, owner at Amadeus IT solutions. Swiss representative fo the International Society for Individual Liberty ISIL.
Contact: smetzeler@medlib.ch
Pierre Bessard
Executive Director of the Institut Constant de Rebecque, Lausanne, and President of the Liberales Institut, Zurich
Henri Siegenthaler
President of the Swiss Society for the Independence of medicine and editor in chief of « Der Arzt und sein Patient / Le Médecin et son Patient » Journal. Author of "Serons nous tous euthanasiés?" Ed.Cabedita (2015).
Pierre Lemieux
Professor of economics at the University of Québec in Outaouais. Author of "Le Droit de porter des armes"(1993), "Comprendre l'économie (2008) and other works such as "Public Health Insurance under a Non Benevolent State". Editor of Liberty in Canada online tribune.
Georges Lane
Georges Lane is a Professor of economics at the University of Paris-Dauphine where he teaches insurance economics.
Philip Stevens
Philip Stevens, Director of Policy
Philip is the author of numerous health policy publications, including Fighting the diseases of Poverty (2007), Free trade for better health (2006) and The 10/90 Gap and the diseases of poverty (2004). His writings on health policy have appeared in a wide range of international newspapers. Philip has also held research positions at the Adam Smith Institute and Reform in London, and spent several years as a management consultant. He holds degrees from the London School of Economics and Durham University.
Ernest Truffer
Swiss ENT surgeon and medical philosopher. One of the founding members of IATROS, a world organization of private and independent physicians. Writes regularly on medical ethics and other issues in various medical journals and in his blog.
Ernest unfortunately passed away on March 11th, 2015 and wil be deeply regretted by all those who knew him. The founding principles of Medicine and Liberty were strongly influenced by his profound understanding of the medical mission and his uncompromising attachment to Hippocratic ethics.
Gabriel Calzada
Professor of economics at the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid. Founder of Medicina en Libertad (MedLib.es) and of Madrid's Instituto Juan de Mariana.
Gabriel is president of Francisco Marroquin University in Guatemala and member of the presidential board of the prestigious Mont Pelerin Society
Victoria Curzon Price
Professor of economics at the University of Geneva. President of Institut Constant de Rebecque, Lausanne. Member of Geneva Parlliament. Past president of the Mont Pelerin Society.
Rudolf Mayer
A practicing Opthalmologist in Lausanne. Active in Swiss medical professional politics he is a staunch defender of medical autonomy. He is on the editorial board of the Swiss medical journal "Arzt un Patient" (Physician and Patient)
Alphonse Crespo
Alphonse Crespo founder and executive director of Medicine and Liberty. Swiss orthopedic surgeon, author of Esculape Foudroyé (Les Belles Lettres 1991), ISBN 2-251-39008-1 and of numerous essays and articles such as Black Market Medicine an Ethical alternative to State Control, Outlawing Medicine or The End of Welfare and its effect on the Poor. President of the Cercle de philosophie politique Benjamin Constant at the Institut Libéral a Swiss think tank founded in 1979. Also conducts Med-Consilium a Swiss accident insurance consulting & assessment independent service.
Serban Sichitiu
Reputed paediatrician practicing in Lausanne. He was one of the founders of Switzerland's Patient and Physician Union active in the defense of patient and phyisician rights and liberties.
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Vox Medici
Our editorial and monography series on medical, ethical and health public policy issues written by liberty minded physicians.
MedLib Comparative Study on Physician Autonomy
March 27, 2011
Cross-country physician survey conducted for MedLib by Consensus Research covering US, Switzerland, Germany & Singapore, on the impact of health care environments on professional autonomy and mission.
To video presentation of preliminary results:
AAPS Conference 2010 (Speaker Dr Alphonse Crespo/You-Tube)
To media summaries:
US - Singapore - German/Swiss
Hippocratic Morality versus Medical Ethics
February 19, 2011
Despite what many people think, Hippocratic morality and medical ethics are two distinct concepts that are only remotely related.
Hippocratism is a civilizing and humanist professional philosophy that places the individual at the center of its concerns. Conversely what we now call medical ethics is but a set of rules that puts medicine at the service of power.
US Health Care Reform - A Pyrrhic victory
March 21, 2010
An armada of log-rollers, rent-seekers & pork dealers led by irresponsible demagogues pushed for a US health care reform that spells like Pyrrhic victory. The "will of the people" may have been irrelevant to House supporters of Obamacare. However, they will not be able to twist the arms of ordinary Americans voters as they did with wavering democratic congressmen. A Rasmussen poll reflects the discontent of taxpaying citizens not ready to pay the price of a costly, bungled health "reform"... and who'll probably remember the names of those who supported it.
Welcome to Decadence, America!
November 22, 2009
The US Senate has chosen the Bismarckian road to decadence. Americans will be faced with rationing of medical technology, downgrading of care for the elderly, ever rising insurance premiums, health inflation and higher taxes.
Regulation costs money. The minute coercion steps into any market (and mandatory insurance is coercitive by nature), it sparks an exponential growth of controlers & bureaucrats who don't work for free.
Split Loyalties
October 25, 2009
Dr Alphonse Crespo, founder of Medicine & Liberty exposes problems that confront Swiss health care and explains why Government regulation is not compatible with the medical mission.
Medical Independence in America
October 17, 2009
In this powerful selection of Voice of Doctors video-clips, American physicians eloquently explain
- Why medical independence is a prerequisite to quality medical service
- How insurance guidelines and government mandates harm patients
- Why tort reform is long overdue
- What needs to change and why doctors must get involvedDr Alphonse Crespo, founder of Medicine & Liberty explains why Government regulation of health care is not compatible with the medical mission.
Source: Medicine & Liberty & AAPS Multicast
Kill Altruism in the Name of Morality
October 12, 2009
Public welfare and its clones invariably kill altruism and charity (read more) wherever they are instituted. The minute government takes the reins of health care into its hands, it submits medicine to the tyranny of political expediency and patients have to compete with other far more powerful groups to obtain their share of government redistribution.
Obama's slippery trail to the Bismarckian States of America
September 13, 2009
Medicine and Politics in Switzerland
July 9, 2009
The latest issue of the Courrier publishes a special feature on Swiss Medicine & Politics directed by Dr Crespo editorial board member, with articles from Jacqueline Fehr, vice president of the Swiss Socialist party, who dared challenge powerful mandatory insurance lobbies in federal parliament as well as from Prof. Victoria Curzon Price and Nicoleta Acatrinei members of Medicine & Liberty's network.
Source: Courrier du Médecin Vaudois
The costs of mandatory health insurance
January 30, 2009
Swiss mandatory health insurance voted in 1994 created insurance cartels endowed with wide rationing potential. As part of their tax or pensions money vanishes into bank bailouts and Madoffian neverlands, Swiss also have to pay for the interference of sickness insurance lobbys with the provision of heath services.
Patient Killers : the Plight of Gideon Sofer
January 19, 2009
As Gideon Sofer, who suffers from Crohn’s disease points out in a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed: “The FDA is killing Crohn’s patients”, millions of individuals depend on the rate at which new drugs reach the market. Sofer blames the FDA for ethically questionable protocols that impose placebos on groups of patients in legthy double-blind randomized clinical trials and withhold their access to potential cure.
A Winter Journey to the Market in Tbilisi
December 17, 2008
No tanks. No ruins. Business as usual in Tbilisi. When I say business, I mean free markets.
Georgia's radical move to market in healthcare is rapidly bearing fruits. I visited the brand new Aversi Clinic in Tbillisi. Opened in November 08, this private hospital offers a wide range of services, from genetic testing to lithotripsy and laser eye surgery. Its technical equipment was outstanding while the spotless cleanliness would make even Swiss hospitals blush with envy.
SOVEREIGN PATIENTS
November 3, 2008
Regulatory hurdles hinder the availability of new therapeutic products and hurt patients every day. Enlightened economists are taking a closer look at this frustrating problem. They propose institutional solutions based on patient sovereignty. Bart Madden, who will be speaking at various European conferences this month, is a pioneer in this field.
From Beijing: China's health care at crossroad.
September 24, 2008
Phiip Stevens from IPN and MedLib's Alphonse Crespo spoke on British and Swiss health care to academics and health policy analysts at Beijing Universities. China is on the verge of major health care reform and faces an ongoing debate between advocates of a single provider national service and those in favor of a competititve and differenciated insurance based model.
How Swiss Health Lobbies Hurt Health
August 12, 2008
After championing generics as the ultimate cost-cutting tool, Santé Suisse, Switzerland's omnipotent health insurance lobby, now calls for tougher price control of drugs including generics. It notably proposes to level Swiss pricing with countries where drugs are cheaper.
Do Patents Help the Poor?
August 4, 2008
All human beings, rich or poor, ultimately profit from breakthroughs in curative treatment. Curtailing the rights of innovators will not help the poor. If we want to improve access to cure we should get rid of over-regulation of health industries, not of patents and innovation
And Here Comes Veterinarian Medicine
May 24, 2008
Third party payers bring veterinarian principles into human medicine. The treatment of a sick animal depends on the wishes of his owner. Pets, however, are better off than humans: they can count on the empathy of their masters. (Editor's note: and on quicker access to high-tech diagnostic equipment, now easily available for animals yet growingly rationed for ailing humans!)
The Poisoned Tip of Prussian Helmets
March 19, 2008
What do Swiss socialists have in common with Arnold Schwarzenegger?
Physicians : society's favorite trash collectors
February 24, 2008
Physicians cast as garbage collectors in Dr Ernest Truffer's acid commentary (in french)
Philantropy and Medicine
February 20, 2008
Regulation and rationing will not save decaying welfare systems spawned by Marx and Bismarck. Will the market do better?
Physicians and Authoritarianism in History
February 17, 2008
This text is exerpted from a paper to be published in "The Hazards of Harassing Doctors : Regulation and Reaction in transatlantic healthcare" © CMPI, NY 2008