Martin Scherer

Scherer underwent his medical education in Marburg, Vienna and Paris from 1993 to 1999, and after completing his training as a specialist in General Practice and Primary Care in 2004, he worked as a researcher in the Department of General Practice and Primary Care at the University of Göttingen until 2009, from 2006 as a senior physician. In 2009, Scherer was appointed to the W2 professorship ‘Health Services Research and its Methods’ as deputy director at the Institute of Social Medicine at the University of Lübeck.{{Cite web |title=2024: Universität zu Lübeck |url=https://www.uni-luebeck.de/structure/sektionen/medizin/berufungen/2024.html |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=www.uni-luebeck.de}}[ Also in 2009, he was a founding member and deputy spokesperson of the Academic Centre for Population Medicine and Health Services Research.{{Cite web |title=ZBV: ZBV |url=https://www.zbv.uni-luebeck.de/zbv |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=www.zbv.uni-luebeck.de}} Since 2011, Scherer has been Director of the Institute and Polyclinic of General Practice and Primary Care, University Medical Center Hamburg.{{Cite web |title=UKE - Department of General Practice and Primary Care |url=https://www.uke.de/english/departments-institutes/institutes/general-practice-primary-care/index.html |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=www.uke.de |language=en}} From 2015 to 2020, he was also editor of the Hamburger Ärzteblatt.{{Cite web |title=Martin Scherer retires as main editor of the Hamburger Ärtzteblatt |url=https://www.aerztekammer-hamburg.org/files/aerztekammer_hamburg/ueber_uns/hamburger_aerzteblatt/archiv/haeb2020/Jahresregister_2020.pdf}} Since 2020, he has been co-host of the podcast ‘EvidenzUpdate’ of the Ärztezeitung, which deals with the classification of new scientific evidence for clinical practice.{{Cite web |title=' EvidenzUpdate' with Martin Scherer |url=https://www.aerztezeitung.de/Podcasts/EvidenzUpdate}} In 2019, Martin Scherer (Hamburg) was elected President of the DEGAM.{{Cite web |title=Martin Scherer elected as president of DEGAM |work=Deutsches Ärzteblatt |date=11 October 2019 |url=https://www.aerzteblatt.de/archiv/210342/Martin-Scherer-Neuer-DEGAM-Praesident}} He succeeded Erika Baum (Marburg), who was honoured with the Federal Cross of Merit in 2023 for her commitment to general practice.{{Cite web |title=Erika Baum Federal Cross of Merit |date=17 October 2023 |url=https://staatskanzlei.hessen.de/presse/pressearchiv/prof-dr-erika-baum-aus-biebertal-erhaelt-bundesverdienstorden}} Eva Hummers and Jean-François Chenot have been Vice Presidents since 2019. During his presidency, Martin Scherer has championed the topics of digitalisation, climate change and health in general practice, among others. Two corresponding DEGAM sections were founded in 2022. In 2023, under the leadership of Martin Scherer, DEGAM presented ten ‘Lessons learned from the pandemic’ and thus developed recommendations to make the German healthcare system more resilient in the face of future pandemics.{{Cite web |title='Lessons learned' from the Covid-19 pandemic in germany |url=https://www.degam.de/files/inhalt/pdf/positionspapiere_stellungnahmen/positionspapier_neues_verzeichnis/2023_pp_pandemie_lessons_learned.pdf}} Since June 2024, Scherer has also been the spokesperson for the Centre for Health Care Research & Public Health at the UKE.{{Cite web |title=UKE - Center for Health Care Research - CHCR |url=https://www.uke.de/english/research/key-research-areas/center-for-health-care-research-chcr/index.html |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=www.uke.de |language=en}}

One focus of Scherer's scientific work is the development of quality indicators in the context of healthcare research methods. The aim here is the measurability of quality in healthcare with the help of quality indicators that are developed for this purpose.{{Cite journal |last1=Herzberg |first1=H. |last2=Bernateck |first2=K. |last3=Welti |first3=F. |last4=Joos |first4=S. |last5=Pohontsch |first5=N. |last6=Blozik |first6=E. |last7=Scherer |first7=M. |date=2015-05-07 |title=Patientenbeteiligung bei der Entwicklung von Qualitätsindikatoren am Beispiel der Nationalen VersorgungsLeitlinie Chronische Herzinsuffizienz – Eine qualitative Analyse kollektiver Sichtweisen |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0035-1548880 |journal=Das Gesundheitswesen |volume=78 |issue=6 |pages=373–377 |doi=10.1055/s-0035-1548880 |pmid=25951114 |issn=0941-3790|url-access=subscription }} Scherer also worked on systematic reviews and meta-analyses.{{Cite journal |title=Kötter T, da Costa BR, Fässler M, Blozik E, Linde K, Jüni P, Reichenbach S, Scherer M. Metamizole-associated adverse events: a systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS One. 2015 Apr 13;10(4):e0122918. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122918. PMID: 25875821; PMCID: PMC4405027. |date=2015 |pmid=25875821 |last1=Kötter |first1=T. |last2=Da Costa |first2=B. R. |last3=Fässler |first3=M. |last4=Blozik |first4=E. |last5=Linde |first5=K. |last6=Jüni |first6=P. |last7=Reichenbach |first7=S. |last8=Scherer |first8=M. |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=10 |issue=4 |pages=e0122918 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0122918 |doi-access=free |pmc=4405027 }}{{Cite journal |title=Nüesch E, Trelle S, Reichenbach S, Rutjes AW, Bürgi E, Scherer M, Altman DG, Jüni P. The effects of excluding patients from the analysis in randomised controlled trials: meta-epidemiological study. BMJ. 2009 Sep 7;339:b3244. doi: 10.1136/bmj.b3244. PMID: 19736281; PMCID: PMC2739282. |date=2009 |doi=10.1136/bmj.b3244 |pmid=19736281 |url=https://www.bmj.com/content/339/bmj.b3244.long |last1=Nüesch |first1=E. |last2=Trelle |first2=S. |last3=Reichenbach |first3=S. |last4=Rutjes |first4=A. W. |last5=Bürgi |first5=E. |last6=Scherer |first6=M. |last7=Altman |first7=D. G. |last8=Jüni |first8=P. |journal=BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.) |volume=339 |pages=b3244 |pmc=2739282 }}{{Cite journal |title=Reichenbach S, Sterchi R, Scherer M, Trelle S, Bürgi E, Bürgi U, Dieppe PA, Jüni P. Meta-analysis: chondroitin for osteoarthritis of the knee or hip. Ann Intern Med. 2007 Apr 17;146(8):580-90. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-146-8-200704170-00009. PMID: 17438317. | date=2007 | doi=10.7326/0003-4819-146-8-200704170-00009 | pmid=17438317 |url=https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/0003-4819-146-8-200704170-00009?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed | last1=Reichenbach | first1=S. | last2=Sterchi | first2=R. | last3=Scherer | first3=M. | last4=Trelle | first4=S. | last5=Bürgi | first5=E. | last6=Bürgi | first6=U. | last7=Dieppe | first7=P. A. | last8=Jüni | first8=P. | journal=Annals of Internal Medicine | volume=146 | issue=8 | pages=580–590 | url-access=subscription }} As spokesperson for the DEGAM's permanent guideline commission, Scherer was involved in the development of guidelines. Another focus of Scherer's work is multimorbidity.{{Cite journal |last1=Löffler |first1=Christin |last2=Altiner |first2=Attila |last3=Streich |first3=Waldemar |last4=Stolzenbach |first4=Carl-Otto |last5=Fuchs |first5=Angela |last6=Drewelow |first6=Eva |last7=Hornung |first7=Anne |last8=Feldmeier |first8=Gregor |last9=van den Bussche |first9=Hendrik |last10=Kaduszkiewicz |first10=Hanna |date=2014-10-07 |title=Multimorbidität aus Hausarzt- und Patientensicht |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00391-014-0820-9 |journal=Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie |volume=48 |issue=5 |pages=452–456 |doi=10.1007/s00391-014-0820-9 |pmid=25287678 |issn=0948-6704|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite journal |last1=von dem Knesebeck |first1=O. |last2=Döhner |first2=H. |last3=Kaduszkiewicz |first3=H. |last4=van den Bussche |first4=H. |last5=von Renteln Kruse |first5=W. |date=February 2006 |title=Forschung zur Versorgung im höheren Lebensalter |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00103-005-1213-4 |journal=Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz |volume=49 |issue=2 |pages=167–174 |doi=10.1007/s00103-005-1213-4 |pmid=16416109 |issn=1436-9990|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite journal |last1=Hansen |first1=Heike |last2=Pohontsch |first2=Nadine |last3=van den Bussche |first3=Hendrik |last4=Scherer |first4=Martin |last5=Schäfer |first5=Ingmar |date=2015-06-02 |title=Reasons for disagreement regarding illnesses between older patients with multimorbidity and their GPs – a qualitative study |journal=BMC Family Practice |volume=16 |issue=1 |doi=10.1186/s12875-015-0286-x |doi-access=free |pmid=26032949 |issn=1471-2296|pmc=4450605 }} As part of the Chronic Disease Score study, a multimorbidity index was developed and validated that can be used to assess the disease burden of chronically ill patients in Germany based on medication data. In his role as Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI), Scherer, together with Hendrik van den Bussche (Principal Investigator), developed the MultiCare Claims Study funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). This addressed the question of whether the approach according to which individual illnesses and their interactions are more relevant for multimorbidity or whether it is less the illnesses and more the subjective consequences for the patient. Also in the role of co-principal investigator, Scherer worked together with Wolfgang Maier on the AgeCoDe study for dementia{{Cite journal |last1=Roehr |first1=Susanne |last2=Luck |first2=Tobias |last3=Heser |first3=Kathrin |last4=Fuchs |first4=Angela |last5=Ernst |first5=Annette |last6=Wiese |first6=Birgitt |last7=Werle |first7=Jochen |last8=Bickel |first8=Horst |last9=Brettschneider |first9=Christian |last10=Koppara |first10=Alexander |last11=Pentzek |first11=Michael |last12=Lange |first12=Carolin |last13=Prokein |first13=Jana |last14=Weyerer |first14=Siegfried |last15=Mösch |first15=Edelgard |date=2016-01-14 |title=Incident Subjective Cognitive Decline Does Not Predict Mortality in the Elderly – Results from the Longitudinal German Study on Ageing, Cognition, and Dementia (AgeCoDe) |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=11 |issue=1 |pages=e0147050 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0147050 |doi-access=free |pmid=26766555 |pmc=4713115 |bibcode=2016PLoSO..1147050R |issn=1932-6203}}{{Cite journal |last1=Heser |first1=Kathrin |last2=Wagner |first2=Michael |last3=Wiese |first3=Birgitt |last4=Prokein |first4=Jana |last5=Ernst |first5=Annette |last6=König |first6=Hans-Helmut |last7=Brettschneider |first7=Christian |last8=Riedel-Heller |first8=Steffi G. |last9=Luppa |first9=Melanie |last10=Weyerer |first10=Siegfried |last11=Eifflaender-Gorfer |first11=Sandra |last12=Bickel |first12=Horst |last13=Mösch |first13=Edelgard |last14=Pentzek |first14=Michael |last15=Fuchs |first15=Angela |date=2014-12-10 |title=Associations between Dementia Outcomes and Depressive Symptoms, Leisure Activities, and Social Support |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000368189 |journal=Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra |volume=4 |issue=3 |pages=481–493 |doi=10.1159/000368189 |pmid=25685139 |issn=1664-5464|pmc=4296229 }} and was principal investigator of the RECODE study for heart failure.{{Cite web |title=UKE - Institut und Poliklinik für Allgemeinmedizin (IPA) |url=https://www.uke.de/kliniken-institute/institute/allgemeinmedizin/forschung/komorbidit%C3%A4ten-bei-patienten-mit-herzinsuffizienz-(recode-hf).html |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=www.uke.de |language=de}}

Finally, Scherer deals with overuse, underuse and target supply. During the Covid pandemic, he worked on important questions regarding vaccination readiness,{{Cite journal |last1=Wegwarth |first1=Odette |last2=Mansmann |first2=Ulrich |last3=Zepp |first3=Fred |last4=Lühmann |first4=Dagmar |last5=Hertwig |first5=Ralph |last6=Scherer |first6=Martin |date=2023-02-16 |title=Vaccination Intention Following Receipt of Vaccine Information Through Interactive Simulation vs Text Among COVID-19 Vaccine–Hesitant Adults During the Omicron Wave in Germany |journal=JAMA Network Open |language=en |volume=6 |issue=2 |pages=e2256208 |doi=10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.56208 |pmid=36795411 |pmc=9936332 |issn=2574-3805}} the nocebo effect,{{Cite journal |last1=Schäfer |first1=Ingmar |last2=Oltrogge |first2=Jan Hendrik |last3=Nestoriuc |first3=Yvonne |last4=Warren |first4=Claire V. |last5=Brassen |first5=Stefanie |last6=Blattner |first6=Maximilian |last7=Lühmann |first7=Dagmar |last8=Tinnermann |first8=Alexandra |last9=Scherer |first9=Martin |last10=Büchel |first10=Christian |date=2023-03-27 |title=Expectations and Prior Experiences Associated With Adverse Effects of COVID-19 Vaccination |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.4732 |journal=JAMA Network Open |volume=6 |issue=3 |pages=e234732 |doi=10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.4732 |pmid=36972051 |issn=2574-3805|pmc=10043751 }} consequences for the care system{{Cite journal |last1=Schäfer |first1=Ines |last2=Haack |first2=Alena |last3=Neumann |first3=Marie |last4=Koch-Gromus |first4=Uwe |last5=Scherer |first5=Martin |last6=Petersen |first6=Elina |date=March 2023 |title=Nichtinanspruchnahme medizinischer Leistungen in der COVID-19-Pandemie bei Personen mit chronischen Erkrankungen |journal=Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz |language=de |volume=66 |issue=3 |pages=275–282 |doi=10.1007/s00103-023-03665-9 |pmid=36723636 |issn=1436-9990|pmc=9891187 }}{{Cite journal |last1=Schäfer |first1=Ingmar |last2=Hansen |first2=Heike |last3=Menzel |first3=Agata |last4=Eisele |first4=Marion |last5=Tajdar |first5=Daniel |last6=Lühmann |first6=Dagmar |last7=Scherer |first7=Martin |date=December 2021 |title=The effect of COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown on consultation numbers, consultation reasons and performed services in primary care: results of a longitudinal observational study |journal=BMC Family Practice |language=en |volume=22 |issue=1 |page=125 |doi=10.1186/s12875-021-01471-3 |doi-access=free |pmid=34162343 |issn=1471-2296|pmc=8221278 }}{{Cite journal |last1=Eisele |first1=Marion |last2=Pohontsch |first2=Nadine Janis |last3=Scherer |first3=Martin |date=2021-06-02 |title=Strategies in Primary Care to Face the SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19 Pandemic: An Online Survey |journal=Frontiers in Medicine |volume=8 |doi=10.3389/fmed.2021.613537 |doi-access=free |pmid=34150788 |issn=2296-858X|pmc=8206267 }}{{Cite journal |last1=Härter |first1=Martin |last2=Bremer |first2=Daniel |last3=Scherer |first3=Martin |last4=von dem Knesebeck |first4=Olaf |last5=Koch-Gromus |first5=Uwe |date=September 2020 |title=Auswirkungen der COVID-19-Pandemie auf die klinische Versorgung, Arbeitsprozesse und Mitarbeitenden in der Universitätsmedizin: Ergebnisse einer Interviewstudie am UKE |journal=Das Gesundheitswesen |language=de |volume=82 |issue=8/09 |pages=676–681 |doi=10.1055/a-1226-6828 |pmid=32823355 |issn=0941-3790|pmc=7516358 }} and the management of chronic diseases.{{Cite journal |last1=Schäfer |first1=Ingmar |last2=Tajdar |first2=Daniel |last3=Walther |first3=Laura |last4=Bittner |first4=Lasse |last5=Lühmann |first5=Dagmar |last6=Scherer |first6=Martin |date=2024-01-05 |title=Impact of two COVID-19 lockdowns on HbA1c levels in patients with type 2 diabetes and associations with patient characteristics: a multicentre, observational cohort study over three years |journal=Frontiers in Public Health |volume=11 |doi=10.3389/fpubh.2023.1272769 |doi-access=free |pmid=38249413 |issn=2296-2565|pmc=10796585 }}{{Cite journal |last1=Tajdar |first1=Daniel |last2=Lühmann |first2=Dagmar |last3=Walther |first3=Laura |last4=Bittner |first4=Lasse |last5=Scherer |first5=Martin |last6=Schäfer |first6=Ingmar |date=June 2024 |title=Effects of Two COVID-19 Lockdowns on HbA1c Levels in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes and Associations with Digital Treatment, Health Literacy, and Diabetes Self-Management: A Multicenter, Observational Cohort Study Over 3 Years |journal=Diabetes Therapy |language=en |volume=15 |issue=6 |pages=1375–1388 |doi=10.1007/s13300-024-01574-x |pmid=38642263 |issn=1869-6953|pmc=11096287 }} As co-PI of the GETFEEDBACK-GP study, Scherer, together with Bernd Löwe (Principal Investigator), was able to publish a high-ranking RCT on depression screening and subsequent feedback procedures in general practice.{{Cite journal |last1=Löwe |first1=Bernd |last2=Scherer |first2=Martin |last3=Braunschneider |first3=Lea-Elena |last4=Marx |first4=Gabriella |last5=Eisele |first5=Marion |last6=Mallon |first6=Tina |last7=Schneider |first7=Antonius |last8=Linde |first8=Klaus |last9=Allwang |first9=Christine |last10=Joos |first10=Stefanie |last11=Zipfel |first11=Stephan |last12=Schulz |first12=Sven |last13=Rost |first13=Liliana |last14=Brenk-Franz |first14=Katja |last15=Szecsenyi |first15=Joachim |date=April 2024 |title=Clinical effectiveness of patient-targeted feedback following depression screening in general practice (GET.FEEDBACK.GP): an investigator-initiated, prospective, multicentre, three-arm, observer-blinded, randomised controlled trial in Germany |journal=The Lancet Psychiatry |language=en |volume=11 |issue=4 |pages=262–273 |doi=10.1016/S2215-0366(24)00035-X|pmid=38432236 |doi-access=free }} Martin Scherer's scientific oeuvre comprises over 400 Medline-listed publications.{{Cite web |title=Martin Scherer - Search Results - PubMed |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Martin+Scherer&sort=date |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=PubMed |language=en}}

• Member of the scientific advisory board of the AQUA- Institute on Applied Quality Improvement and Research in Healthcare[https://www.aqua-institut.de/en/home/index.html AQUA- Institute on Applied Quality Improvement and Research in Healthcare]
• Member of the scientific advisory board of the Versorgungsatlas of the Central Research Institute of Ambulatory Health Care[http://www.versorgungsatlas.de Versorgungsatlas of the Central Research Institute of Ambulatory Health Care]
• President of the German Society for General Practice and Family Medicine (DEGAM) {{Cite web |title=DEGAM-Präsidium |url=https://www.degam.de/praesidium}}
• Speaker of the Centre for Health Care Research and Public Health (CHCR & PH) of the UKE{{Cite web |title=CHCR-Website |url=https://www.uke.de/english/research/key-research-areas/center-for-health-care-research-chcr/index.html}}
• Member of the Board of Trustees of the German Foundation for General Practice and Family Medicine (DESAM){{Cite web |title=Website of DESAM |url=https://desam.de/stiftung/stiftungsrat}}
• Chairman of the Expert Advisory Board of the Health Knowledge Foundation{{Cite web |title=Website of the Health Knowledge Board |url=https://www.stiftung-gesundheitswissen.de/impressum}}
• Member of the Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany (AWMF)

2009 and 2018 Dr. Lothar Beyer Award for research in General Practice and Primary Care

[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Martin+Scherer&sort=date PubMed List of Publications]

• Chenot, J.-F., & Scherer, M. (Hrsg.). (2021). Allgemeinmedizin. Urban & Fischer Verlag/Elsevier GmbH.
• Hierdeis, H., & Scherer, M. (Hrsg.). (2018). Psychoanalyse und Medizin: Perspektiven, Differenzen, Kooperationen. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
• Scherer, M., Berghold, J., & Hierdeis, H. (Hrsg.). (2020). Medizinische Versorgung zwischen Fortschritt und Zeitdruck: Auswirkungen gesellschaftlicher Beschleunigungsprozesse auf das Gesundheitswesen. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
• Scherer, M., Berghold, J., & Hierdeis, H. (Hrsg.). (2021). Klimakrise und Gesundheit: Zu den Risiken einer menschengemachten Dynamik für Leib und Seele. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.

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