Praxis Dr. med. Christian Messer

Until 1989

Studied Medicine at the Universities of Ulm, Berlin (FU) and Zurich

Studied Music Therapy at the Berlin University of the Arts

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Until 1998

Doctorate at the Free University of Berlin (FU Berlin) on schizophrenia and music therapy

Medical work in the Department of Medicine at Allgemeines Krankenhaus Ochsenzoll, Hamburg

Medical work at the Theodor-Wenzel-Werk clinics, Department of Internal Medicine with a focus on psychosomatic medicine, Berlin

Medical work at the Theodor-Wenzel-Werk clinics, Department of Psychiatry

 

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Until 2004

Artistic and compositional work for musical theatre, dance theatre, theatre and film

Locum work in general medical practices and work in neurological and psychiatric practices

 

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Since 2005

Established in private practice as a specialist in Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy and, since 2013, as a psychoanalyst

Lecturer at the Akademie für Psychosomatische Medizin Berlin (APM)

Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of MANEO e.V., gay anti-violence and victim support organisation

 

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Since 2010

Authorised to provide specialist postgraduate medical training within his own practice as part of the cross-sector APM medical network

Deputy Chair of the Berlin-Brandenburg regional association of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychosomatische Medizin und Ärztliche Psychotherapie (DGPM), Chair since 2021

President of the Bundesverband Psychosomatische Medizin und Ärztliche Psychotherapie (BDPM)

Member of the Representative Assembly of the Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Berlin and various committees, including the HVA

 

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Since 2013

Executive Board Member of MEDI Berlin

 

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Since 2015

Chair of the Committee for Psychotherapy in the Medical Specialties of the Spitzenverband Fachärzte Deutschlands (SpiFa)

 

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Since 2017

Chair of the Committee for Statutes and Rules of Procedure of the Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Berlin

Medical Chair of the Advisory Specialist Committee for Psychotherapy of the Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Berlin

 

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Since 2018

Chair of MEDI Berlin

Training Analyst at the Akademie für Psychosomatische Medizin Berlin (APM)

Deputy Chair of MEDI GENO Deutschland

 

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2019 to 2023

Executive Board Member of the Ärztekammer Berlin and Member of its Delegates’ Assembly

 

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Since 2023

Member of the Representative Assembly of the Kassenärztliche Bundesvereinigung

 

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Since 2024

Chair of the Outpatient Care Committee of the Ärztekammer Berlin

Member of the Postgraduate Medical Training Committee of the Ärztekammer Berlin

Member of the Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy Working Group of the Bundesärztekammer