Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (original) (raw)

Ortner share some information regarding the Supportive Care Group in the German Cancer Society. Dr. Ortner studied pharmaceutical sciences in Braunschweig, and completed her PhD thesis in pharmaceutical chemistry in Dusseldorf. She's held several positions in clinical research and marketing in pharmaceutical companies with an emphasis on oncologic medications. Since 1996 Dr. Ortner has had more than 100 publications and press articles in several German journals, and in the media. The medical communication company POMME-med (Petra Ortner Medical Management Enterprises) was founded by Dr. Ortner in 1996, and she has been a press representative and board member of the German Supportive working group association (Arbeitskreis Supportive MaBnahmen in der Onkologie, ASO) as well as a current board member of the working group of oncological pharmacists (OPH) in the German Cancer Society.