Christian S. Kessler

Expertise
PD Dr. Christian S. Kessler, MA, MSc is research coordinator and senior physician at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Outpatient Clinic for Complementary and Integrative Medicine at Immanuel Hospital Berlin, Germany. He has broad experience in the development of clinical research strategies integrating nonpharmacologic interventions such as diet and lifestyle changes into clinical trials with a focus on chronic noncommunicable diseases. A specific focus of his work is research on traditional systems of medicine. More than 20 randomized trials focusing on prevention and treatment by non-pharmacological therapies have been successfully conducted in the last 10 years under his scientific supervision. The research facility is a renowned clinical trial center with a complete clinical research infrastructure, investigators, study nurses, biologists, nutritionists, bioinformaticians, and other research assistants. The Department of Integrative and Nature-Based Medicine at Immanuel Hospital is one of Europe’s best-known facilities for patient care in this specialty. In addition to his scientific activities, he works there as a senior physician in the outpatient clinic.

Academic qualifications
2021 Degree Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Ayurveda, Middlesex University, UK
2020 Habilitation at Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
2008 Degree of Magister Artium (M.A.) in Indology at University of Göttingen, Germany
2006 Doctorate in medicine (Dr. med.) at Hanover Medical School, Germany

Professional career
2016 – Senior physician, research coordination and project management at Charité Outpatient Clinic for Complementary and Integrative Medicine at Immanuel Hospital Berlin, Germany
2021 Special qualification in Psychotherapy
2018 Special qualification in Complementary Medicine (German: “Naturheilkunde”)
2015 Specialist for Internal Medicine
2010 – 2016 Assistant physician at Immanuel Hospital Berlin, Department of Integrative and Nature-Based Medicine
2006 – 2010 Residencies at Robert Koch Hospital, Gehrden and Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany Board activities in professional societies and journals (selection)
2021 – Associate Editor at the Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine
2019 – 2020 Board member of Ayurveda Dachverband Deutschland e.V. (ADAVED)
2011 – Board member of the German Medical Association for Ayurveda Medicine e.V. (DÄGAM)

Research prices
2020 Holzschuh Prize for Complementary Medicine of the Karl and Hilde Holzschuh Foundation
2019 Excellence in Integrative Medicine Research Award of the European Society of Integrative Medicine (ESIM)