Bernd Mattiesen

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Bernd Mattiesen

Bernd Christoph Mattiesen (* 1958 in Tübingen ) is a German general physician and director of military medical science and skill development of the medical service and deputy commander of the medical academy of the Bundeswehr in Munich .

Life

Mattiesen grew up in Munich and in the Allgäu and studied medicine at Ulm University from 1978 to 1984 . He received his doctorate in 1984. He then joined the Bundeswehr as a troop doctor in the supply battalion 220 in Günzburg . Subsequently, from 1986 to 1989 he was employed as an S3 staff officer with the corps doctor of the II Corps in Ulm , and from 1989 to 1990 as a brigade doctor of the 28th Panzer Brigade in Dornstadt . After these assignments, Mattiesen attended the command academy of the Bundeswehr in Hamburg from 1990 to 1992 and completed his training as a general staff officer . From 1992 to 1995 he was employed as a lecture hall director and specialist teacher at the Medical Academy of the Bundeswehr in Munich. This was followed by a position as a personnel leader (doctors of the army) in the Federal Ministry of Defense in Bonn , and from 1996 to 1999 as a consultant in the command center of the German armed forces . From 2000 to 2001 Mattiesen served as Deputy Commander of Medical Brigade 1 in Leer , and from 2001 to 2005 as Medical Advisor in the multinational Eurocorps in Strasbourg . This was followed from 2005 to 2006 as deputy commander and chief of staff at Medical Command IV in Bogen . 2006-2012, he served as Head of Unit in the Ministry of Defense in Bonn first for basics of the medical service, design, operations, planning and international cooperation , then for Central Affairs of the Medical Service, Press and Public Relations, Controlling responsible . From October 2012 to April 2013 he headed the medical service of the Bundeswehr in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg as commander of the medical command IV.

Service as general doctor

From May 2013 Mattiesen moved as deputy commander to the medical service support command in Weißenfels . In addition, from July 2014 he took on responsibility for reservist work in his command area and as a stage manager for the reservists in the Bundeswehr's Central Medical Service. This task was also connected with the lead for the cooperation of the medical service of the Bundeswehr with the institutions of the health care and disaster control in Germany. On July 1, 2015, Mattiesen was the first medical officer and doctor to take over his current post as “Commissioner for mission-related post-traumatic stress disorders and mission-traumatized persons” at the Federal Ministry of Defense in Berlin from Brigadier General Klaus von Heimendahl .

In this function, he advises the political and military management of the Federal Ministry of Defense on all fundamental aspects of the supply, care and treatment of military personnel who are injured.

During his term of office, he was able to include relatives in the service package for soldiers who were sick due to deployment. Another concern for him is to make it easier for dismissed soldiers and soldiers who have been injured to have access to statutory health insurance. Here he was able to set significant impulses as part of a legislative initiative.

In February 2020 he handed over his previous post to General Doctor Ralf Hoffmann . In return, Mattiesen became director of military medical science and skill development of the medical service and deputy commander of the medical academy of the Bundeswehr in Munich. Here he succeeded General Doctor Hans-Ulrich Holtherm .

Assignments abroad

  • 08/2004 - 02/2005: Chief Medical Advisor ISAF, HQ ISAF, Kabul / Afghanistan (senior physician)
  • 10/2013 - 06/2014: Chief Medical Advisor ISAF, HQ ISAF, Kabul / Afghanistan (general doctor)

Private

Mattiesen is married to a neurologist and has two grown children.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bernd Christoph Mattiesen: Clinical findings and therapy results in astrocytomas grade II: e. Under in particular on the value of postoperative radiation in gliomas of the cerebral hemispheres 1984
  2. ↑ Klaus Stiewing: Change of command at Sanitätskommando IV on the homepage of the Bundeswehr Sanitary Service from October 4, 2012, accessed on April 8, 2014
  3. ^ BMVg press and information staff : Personnel changes in military and civilian top positions from June 6, 2013, accessed on April 8, 2014
  4. ^ Bundeswehr medical service: medical officers sworn in. In: www.sanitaetsdienst-bundeswehr.de. Retrieved July 22, 2016 .
  5. ^ Bundeswehr medical service : Congress on civil-military cooperation on sanitätsdienst-bundeswehr.de, accessed July 3, 2015
  6. ↑ Medical service of the Bundeswehr: Personnel change at the PTSD officer on sanitätsdienst-bundeswehr.de, accessed July 3, 2015
  7. ↑ GKV Insurance Relief Act (GKV-VEG). Retrieved June 27, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Personnel changes in top military and civilian positions - February 2020. In: https://www.bundeswehr.de/ . Press and information staff in the BmVg, February 4, 2020, accessed on February 10, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Handed over management of the medical service at ISAF. In: www. Einsatz.bundeswehr.de. Retrieved July 22, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Mattiesen, Bernd
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mattiesen, Bernd Christoph (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German general doctor
DATE OF BIRTH 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Tübingen