Soeren Mattke

Soeren Mattke is not only a health policy expert but also a cardiologist. Today he is the Managing Director of RAND Health Advisory Services, the consulting practice of RAND Health. His work focuses on improving chronic illness care through redesign of delivery systems, payment reform and better products and technologies. Dr. Mattke serves as adviser to several international organizations, such as the OECD, the WHO, the European Commission and the World Economic Forum. Prior to coming to RAND, Dr. Mattke worked at the OECD in Paris on benchmarking healthcare systems in industrialized countries, in the healthcare practice of Bain & Company in Boston, at Abt Associates, a policy consulting firm in Cambridge, MA, and at Harvard University. He trained as an internist and cardiologist at the University of Munich. He lives in Boston with his wife Katharina and their three daughters and keeps his heart healthy with walking the dog, red wine and daily aspirin.