Frederik Cyrus Roeder
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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Voices
GIVING VOICE TO IDEAS THAT MATTER
Our VOICES page presents news, articles and videos from various sources, that contribute to the understanding & advancement of liberty and market in medical practice. Vox Medici is our editorial tribune for advocacy of ethics, liberty and market in health care reform. Our polls section allows our visitors to voice their opinion on health issues that matter. Voxmed blog, our latest addition enables us to discuss broader issues in an open and informal mode.
Articles
WAITING FOR CARE
Waiting lists happen in healthcare as elsewhere whenever shortages call the game.
The "Courrier du Médecin Vaudois", a Swiss mothly medical journal, looks at waiting lists in fields such as emergency care or kidney transpants. Amongst other articles, a commentary on the Institut Economique de Montreal's report on Swiss vs Canadian healthcare.
Read the journal (in french)
Free To Choose Medicine in Japan
Heartland Insistute's June 2018 Polciy Brief, offers readers an update on the impementation in Japan of Bart Madden's Free To Choose Medicine concept, a model for America and at the core of a campaign to reform the FDA.
The right to try new medicines
Bart Madden aptly puts forward his Free to Choose Medicine & Right to Try concept in an enlightening presentation that thoughfully summarizes novative proposals designed to open patient accesss to innovation in respect of their fundamental rights.
What is our Mission
Melinda Woofter president of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) reminds physicians of their essential mission and aptly singles out destructive facets of big brother governement regulation that threaten it.
Read the article in AAPSonline
Criminalizing Healthcare
Criminalizing Health Care, Old Scapegoats and New Targets
How regulation treats health care professionals and Pharmaceutical industries as criminals until proved innocent.
Vox Medici
MedLib Comparative Study on Physician Autonomy
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
Video Vox
RECENT RELEASE
A Doctor's View on Prescription
DONT LET WASHINGTON BUREAUCRATS TELL YOUR DOCTORS WHAT TO DO
From the Free Market Cure Series:
Scott Riccio, Bart Madden & Alphonse Crespo
STRATEGIES TO DEVELOP A FREE MARKET ALTERNATIVE
WHY HEALTH CARE IS NOT A RIGHT
Sources:
You Tube & The Ayn Rand Institute
DR RON PAUL ON US HEALTH REFORM
Source: Center for Medicine in the Public Interest
Source:Competitive Enterprise Institute
PETER PITTS INTERVIEWS DR. F. SARKOZY
on French Social Security Reform
Source:Center for Medicine in the Public Interest
VoxmedBlog
As from January 2009, VOXMED, Medicine & Liberty's Blog is online.
This forum is designed to discuss events that impact on the global health care debate as well as broader issues related to liberty in society. You are welcome to visit VOXMED and post your comments.
ARCHIVES
- SOVIETIZING US HEALTH CARE:Here comes the time of "official truths" and unofficial censure
- SPIN DOCTORS might save Obamacare. They will not save patients!
- Will common sense defeat health care demagogy? US polls tend to prove so!
- Obamacare puts Obamacracy at test
- Five Freedoms you will not find in Government Run healthcare
- The Toxic T's that take you to Nobamacare: Taxes, Taxes,Taxes and...more Taxes
- Obama's Pied Piper Rush to Rationed Health care
- Obama' Doctor Diagnosis of ObamaCare... and the Neurosurgeons
- The Voice of Patients
- The 4 deadly R's of Social-fascist health care reform
- Dear American citizens: Allow your country to remain a caring nation
- Swiss Voters Deal a Blow to "Evidence based" Medicine
- Profits keep healthcare healthy
- Constricting Annual Growth of Health Stakehoders by 1 %: A "Simple Formula" for Mismanaged Care
- The Hidden Cause of "The crisis of Capitalism": War Destroys Capital
Polls
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ARE PATIENTS FREE TO CHOOSE THEIR TREATMENT?
SHOULD EXPERIMENTAL CANCER DRUGS BE FULLY ACCESSIBLE TO CANCER PATIENTS?
- 81.82%YES WITHOUT RESTRICTION
- 9.09%ONLY IN THE CONTEXT OF STRICTLY PROTOCOLED CLINICAL TRIALS
- 9.09%ONLY IF THEIR DOCTOR PRESCRIBES THEM
- 0ONLY IF AUTHORIZED BY DRUG REGULATORY AGENCIES
November 4, 2008