About us
The swiss health quality association (shqa) is "the" provider of training programs for the pharmaceutical, medical technology and diagnostics industries. Shqa was founded in 2006. As a non profit oriented industry association with currently 82 member companies, we embrace lifelong learning – and continuously adapt our educational offerings to the highly agile market environment.
From seminars and training courses to a Federal Diploma of Higher Education
Wherever a person currently stands: We develop their skills and prepare them for the world of tomorrow. Be it with an examination at association level, a Federal Diploma of Higher Education or seminars as well as diploma and certificate courses.
Learn today for the future
Our training and development program reflects the needs and requirements of the market. We pick up on trends and develop tailor-made educational offerings and learning content. Always with a view to the future and practices.
Gained in practice, for use in practice
Our lecturers all come from real-world practices – and leverage their industry expertise to build a bridge to everyday working life. Thanks to our collaboration with member companies, healthcare industry specialists, Swiss Federal Office of Education, Research and Innovation and the Institute for Medical Education of the University of Bern, our educational offer is cutting-edge.
One community – beyond individual organizations
We learn from and with one another: We embrace a community concept to promote learning and dialog outside of our own organization – and facilitate the transfer of knowledge between companies and people. Practical and sustainable.
Office
The Office is responsible for the operational implementation of the business delegated to it by the Board of Directors. The office is managed by the Managing Director, who reports to the Board of Directors, and its Team.
Dr. Corinne Wild
Managing Director
swiss health quality association (shqa)
Petra Ackermann
Lead academy & community
swiss health quality association (shqa)
Carla Roos
Coordinator academy & community
swiss health quality association (shqa)
Nicole Morof
Coordinator exams
swiss health quality association (shqa)
Rebecca Siegmann
Coordinator exams
swiss health quality association (shqa)
Pamela Radice
Coordinator exams
swiss health quality association (shqa)
Bord of Directors
The Board of Directors is elected by the General Assembly of the member companies and bears overall responsibility for the management of the association. It is responsible for all business that is not delegated to another body by law or by the Articles of Association. The Board of Directors shall determine which business it delegates to the Office and shall supervise it.
Marios Ntinis
Präsident shqa
Dr. Ulrike Thull
Vizepräsidentin shqa, Commercial Lead Immunology Mid Europe Region & Switzerland
MSD Merck Sharp & Dohme AG
- Mitglied der Geschäftsleitung
Andreas Fischer
Vorstandsmitglied shqa, Head of KAM Switzerland
Pfizer AG
Andreas Hostettler
Vorstandsmitglied shqa, Chief Operating Officer
Sanopharm AG
Roman Käser
Vorstandsmitglied shqa, Leiter Business Unit Pharma
Doetsch Grether AG
- Mitglied der Geschäftsleitung
Dr. Pierre Köver
Vorstandsmitglied shqa, Chief Business Development Officer
Medisupport AG
- Mitglied der Geschäftsleitung
Dr. med. Anne Le Coz-Iffenecker
Vorstandsmitglied shqa, Head of Medical Affairs
Biogen Switzerland AG
- Mitglied der Geschäftsleitung
Emanuel Lorini
Vorstandsmitglied shqa, Geschäftsführer
Zur Rose Suisse AG
- Mitglied der Geschäftsleitung
Verena Nitsche
Vorstandsmitglied shqa, General Manager
Stallergenes AG
- Mitglied der Geschäftsleitung
Examination committee Pharma
The Examination Committee Pharma is responsible for the preparation, implementation, monitoring and final assessment of the examinations for Pharma Specialist with federal diploma and Certified Pharma Sales Representative shqa. Among other things, the examination board validates all examination questions (written examination) as well as the examination case and the examination tasks (oral examination) in terms of content and language in the run-up to the examination.
lic. iur. Barbara Schärer
Präsidentin Prüfungskommission Pharma
Obergericht Zürich
Heidi Zbinden
CEO
Centramed AG
Dr. Elodie Berger
Head Medical Affairs
CSL Vifor Pharma Switzerland SA
Dr. Mirjam Britschgi
Lead Prostate Cancer, Senior Lead Medical Affairs Specialty Medicine
Bayer (Schweiz) AG
Dr. Marco Ceppi
Leiter Apotheke
Zuger Kantonsspital AG
Dr. Philipp Faber
First Line Sales Leader
GlaxoSmithKline AG
Sylvie Lindauer
Key Account & Sales Manager
IBSA Institut Biochimique SA
Marcel Menzi
Key Account Manager
Bayer (Schweiz) AG
Dr. Arnaud Sestier
Associate Director Medical Affairs
Alexion Pharma GmbH
Christa Spitznagel
eMBA, Eidg. dipl. Apothekerin, Quality Manager DACH FvP, Compliance & Lead Market Access Schweiz
Leo Pharmaceutical Products Sarath Ltd.
Dr. Kathrin Stirnemann
Director Medical Customer Engagement
Roche Pharma (Schweiz) AG
Dr. Robert Witschi
Dr. med. Michael Messerli
Oberarzt mbF Frauenklinik
Zuger Kantonsspital AG
Examination committee Medtech
The preparation, implementation, monitoring and final assessment of the examination is the responsibility of the shqa Medical Technology Examination Board. Among other things, the examination board validates all examination questions (written examination) in terms of content and language in the run-up to the examination.
Dr. Christian Suffert
Präsident Prüfungskommission Medizintechnik, Anwalt
Suffert Neuenschwander & Partner
Franco Zambrino
Sales Manager Neurovascular Switzerland
CERENOVUS
Paul Heini
Head Spine Service
Orthopädie Sonnenhof
Mathias Gubler
Global Compliance Operations Director
Zimmer Biomet
Bruno Jung
Leiter Projektmanagement Infrastruktur /Mitglied Leitung Direktion Immobilien und Betrieb
Inselspital und Spital Netz Bern AG
Lecturers
All our lecturers are active in healthcare - and with their proven industry expertise guarantee the bridge to everyday professional life. Guest speakers from the life science industry complement the course content with examples from their practical experience.
Ramon Achermann
Key Account Manager
IQVIA AG
Dr. Philine Betz-Werner
Beraterin Marketing, Sales & KAM, Lehrbeauftrage HSG, Geschäftsführerin
Performanice GmbH
Bernhard Bürki
Senior Manager, Digital Lead
Biogen Switzerland AG
Dr. med. Claude Cao
Head Medical Office Sanamea AG; CEO Medyoo AG
Sanamea AG
Remo Christen
Director Market Access & Health Care Affairs
Roche Pharma (Schweiz) AG
Christian de Clerque
National Key Account Manager Hospital / Retail
Pfizer AG
Dr. Mathias Dick
Inhaber + Geschäftsführer
todai GmbH
lic. iur. Reto Dietschi
Trainer, Consultant & Speaker
dConsulting
ehemaliger Direktor der Allianz Schweizer Krankenversicherer & der curafutura
Petra Erni Rauch
Consultant
SICOmed AG
Daniela Fábián Masoch
Attorney at Law & Privacy Expert
FABIAN PRIVACY LEGAL GmbH
Regula Felix
Lead of Food, Cosmetic & Medical Device Services
pharma services oehler gmbh
Patrick Fischer
Senior Director Client Solutions
FFI Ventures GmbH
Alex Fuchs
Regional Compliance Officer
Seagen via FlexSuisse AG
Pius Gyger
Selbständiger Gesundheitsökonom
Christian Henseler
Leiter Strategischer Einkauf
Zur Rose Suisse AG
Ernst Herzig
Geschäftsführer
Herzig Consulting
Marianne Hochstrasser
Coach, Trainer & Consultant
Hochstrasser Consulting
Julian Hohendorff
Selbständiger Consultant, Trainer und Coach
JH Consulting + Coaching
PD Dr. Simon Hölzer
CEO
SwissDRG AG
Dr. Jörg Indermitte
Leiter Sektion Arzneimittelaufnahmen
Bundesamt für Gesundheit BAG
Dr. med. Peter Indra MPH
Chef Amt für Gesundheit
Gesundheitsdirektion Kanton Zürich
Sandra Jampen
Senior Manager, Tender & Contracts Lead
Moderna
Vanessa Kermer
Head Regulatory Affairs Switzerland
Pfizer AG
Andrea Kern
Texterin & Kommunikations-Profi
Wort & Stil
Dr. Ursula Kienzl
Senior Product Manager Liver diseases, Antifungal & Emerging Virus
Gilead Sciences Switzerland Sàrl
Urs Kohler
Associate Consultant & Partner
Egger Philips & Partner AG
Farid Krieg
Jochen Luksch
Geschäftsführender Partner / Präsident des Verwaltungsrates
Egger Philips & Partner AG
Dr. pharm. Enea Martinelli
Spitäler fmi AG, Chefapotheker
Spitäler FMI AG
Dr. med. Leander Muheim
Stv. medizinischer Leiter mediX zh und Vizepräsident mediX schweiz
MediX Gruppenpraxis
Ernst Niemack
Geschäftsführer
vips - Vereinigung Pharmafirmen in der Schweiz
Yves Ottiger
Director Strategic Marketing & Innovation
Robatech AG
Marc Philipp
Business Development Manager
swissprofessionalmedia AG
Christian Reist
Trainer, Consultant & Speaker
People Power Training AG
Kaspar Rufibach
Methods, Collaboration, and Outreach (MCO), PD Data & Statistical Sciences
F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG
Dr. Balz Ryf
Head Market Access and Institutional Communication Switzerland / Austria
Pierre Fabre Pharma AG
Dr. med. Eugen Paul Scheidegger
Facharzt FMH für Dermatologie und Allergologie
Gründer "OnlineDoctor"
Thomas Schlecht
Leiter Marketing
Biomed AG
Igor Schnyder
Rechtsanwalt
Pharmalex GmbH
Sylvia Schüpbach
Rechtsanwältin und Partnerin
Pharmalex GmbH
Christa Spitznagel
eMBA, Eidg. dipl. Apothekerin, Quality Manager DACH FvP, Compliance & Lead Market Access Schweiz
Leo Pharmaceutical Products Sarath Ltd.
Rosa Stebler
Prozessmanagerin, Prozessentwicklung und Support, Zulassung
Swissmedic
Kerstin Beatrix Theuerzeit
Digital Lead Western Europe
Sanofi-Aventis (Schweiz) AG
Dr. Ulrike Thull
Vizepräsidentin shqa, Commercial Lead Immunology Mid Europe Region & Switzerland
MSD Merck Sharp & Dohme AG
- Mitglied der Geschäftsleitung
Diane Uschner
Senior Datenwissenschaftlerin
F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG
Dieter Villiger
Senior Market Access Manager
Bristol-Myers Squibb SA
Dr. Andreas Wildi
Attorney at law Partner
Walder Wyss Ltd