Heyo K. Kroemer is chief executive officer of the Charitè - Universitätsmedizin Berlin. He is the former full-time dean and chairman of the management board of the University Medical Center Göttingen. Before, he was professor at the University of Greifswald and served as dean of the Medical School from 2000 to 2012. His research is about drug metabolism and transport, cardioactive substances and cytostatics, and improving drug targeting. He has published more than 270 papers. He received his Ph.D. in pharmacology with a thesis about hemodilution treatment of stroke.