Dr. Susanne Weinbrenner is working as Chief Medical Officer and Head of Department for Prevention, Rehabilitation and Social Medicine at the German Statutory Pension Fund (Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund).

Until 2012 she held the position of Scientific Director and Deputy Executive at the Agency for Quality in Medicine (AQuMed) as Head of Department for Guideline Development and Evidence Based Medicine. Between 2003 and 2006 she worked as a research scientist at the department of Health Care Management of the Technische Universität Berlin (Prof. R. Busse). Between 2000 and 2003 she worked as consultant anaesthetist at the Jewish Hospital, Berlin, while at the same time studying for her Master’s Degree in Public Health.

Prior to 2000 she was deputy consultant for anaesthesia at the University Hospital of Tübingen, focusing on intensive care, anaesthesia for cardiac surgery and pain management. At the University of Tübingen she attended specialist training in anaesthesia.