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It was established in 1993 for [[Peter Matthiessen]],  who had previously been commissioned by the German government to conduct the first academic survey of [[complementary medicine]] in Germany "unconventional medical directions (UMR)" and "unconventional methods of cancer treatment (UMK)"<ref name=":02">{{Cite|author = Martin Adler|title = Lehrbuch Naturheilverfahren|trans-title=Textbook naturopathy|editor = Karin Kraft, Rainer Stange |publisher = Georg Thieme Verlag|date = 2010|pages = 802|ISBN = 9783830453338|url = https://books.google.de/books?id=QnZ4C_goH4kC&lpg=PA802&ots=Ztq-JawWTg&dq=matthiessen%20mitbegr%C3%BCnder%20universit%C3%A4t%20witten%20herdecke&hl=de&pg=PA802#v=onepage&q=matthiessen%20mitbegr%C3%BCnder%20universit%C3%A4t%20witten%20herdecke&f=false}}</ref>, continued this, and was then one of the founders of the [[Dialogforum Pluralismus in der Medizin]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.aekno.de/page.asp?pageId=6331&noredir=True|trans-title=North Rhine Medical Association commemorates Professor Jörg-Dietrich Hoppe|title = Nordrheinische Ärzteschaft gedenkt Professor Jörg-Dietrich Hoppe|author = Bülent Erdogan-Griese|publisher = Ärztekammer Nordrhein|date = 30 November 2012|language = de|access-date = 16 May 2015}}</ref> He was also a co-founder of the University of Witten/Herdecke.<ref name=":02" /><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.derwesten.de/staedte/nachrichten-aus-wetter-und-herdecke/balanceakt-zwischen-krankenhaus-und-uni-id7881341.html|title = Balanceakt zwischen Krankenhaus und Uni|trans-title=Balancing act between hospital and university|author = Steffen Gerber|website = WAZ|date = 26 April 2013|language = de|access-date = 16 May 2015}}</ref> Throughout his life, he advocated [[pluralism of methods]] and [[Pluralism of theories|theories]] in medicine.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.ariplex.com/ama/ama_anth.htm|title = Am Ende des Weges: Magie als Kassenleistung ? Die Jünger STEINERs in der Gesundheitspolitik|trans-title=At the end of the road: magic as a health insurance service ?|author = Klaus-Dietrich Bock und Manfred Anlauf|language = de|access-date = 17 May 2015}}</ref>

It was established in 1993 for [[Peter Matthiessen]],  who had previously been commissioned by the German government to conduct the first academic survey of [[complementary medicine]] in Germany "unconventional medical directions (UMR)" and "unconventional methods of cancer treatment (UMK)"<ref name=":02">{{Cite|author = Martin Adler|title = Lehrbuch Naturheilverfahren|trans-title=Textbook naturopathy|editor = Karin Kraft, Rainer Stange |publisher = Georg Thieme Verlag|date = 2010|pages = 802|ISBN = 9783830453338|url = https://books.google.de/books?id=QnZ4C_goH4kC&lpg=PA802&ots=Ztq-JawWTg&dq=matthiessen%20mitbegr%C3%BCnder%20universit%C3%A4t%20witten%20herdecke&hl=de&pg=PA802#v=onepage&q=matthiessen%20mitbegr%C3%BCnder%20universit%C3%A4t%20witten%20herdecke&f=false}}</ref>, continued this, and was then one of the founders of the [[Dialogforum Pluralismus in der Medizin]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.aekno.de/page.asp?pageId=6331&noredir=True|trans-title=North Rhine Medical Association commemorates Professor Jörg-Dietrich Hoppe|title = Nordrheinische Ärzteschaft gedenkt Professor Jörg-Dietrich Hoppe|author = Bülent Erdogan-Griese|publisher = Ärztekammer Nordrhein|date = 30 November 2012|language = de|access-date = 16 May 2015}}</ref> He was also a co-founder of the University of Witten/Herdecke.<ref name=":02" /><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.derwesten.de/staedte/nachrichten-aus-wetter-und-herdecke/balanceakt-zwischen-krankenhaus-und-uni-id7881341.html|title = Balanceakt zwischen Krankenhaus und Uni|trans-title=Balancing act between hospital and university|author = Steffen Gerber|website = WAZ|date = 26 April 2013|language = de|access-date = 16 May 2015}}</ref> Throughout his life, he advocated [[pluralism of methods]] and [[Pluralism of theories|theories]] in medicine.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.ariplex.com/ama/ama_anth.htm|title = Am Ende des Weges: Magie als Kassenleistung ? Die Jünger STEINERs in der Gesundheitspolitik|trans-title=At the end of the road: magic as a health insurance service ?|author = Klaus-Dietrich Bock und Manfred Anlauf|language = de|access-date = 17 May 2015}}</ref>

After his retirement in 2009, [[deimed:Peter Heusser|Peter Heusser]] became his successor on the chair,<ref name=":12">{{Cite web|url = http://www.derwesten.de/staedte/nachrichten-aus-wetter-und-herdecke/zwischen-praktischer-hilfe-fuer-aerzte-und-forschung-id7985613.html|title = Zwischen praktischer Hilfe für Ärzte und Forschung|language=de|trans-title=Between practical help for doctors and research|website = WAZ|date = 24 May 2013|access-date = 16 May 2015}}</ref> after he had previously built up the lectureship for [[deimed:Anthroposophic medicine|anthroposophic medicine]] at the [[deimed:Wikipedia:University of Bern|University of Bern]] at the [[deimed:Institut_für_Komplementäre_und_Integrative_Medizin_an_der_Universität_Bern|Kollegialen Instanz für Komplementärmedizin (Institute of Complementary Medicine KIKOM)]] for 14 years.

After his retirement in 2009, [[deimed:Peter Heusser|Peter Heusser]] became his successor on the chair,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url = http://www.derwesten.de/staedte/nachrichten-aus-wetter-und-herdecke/zwischen-praktischer-hilfe-fuer-aerzte-und-forschung-id7985613.html|title = Zwischen praktischer Hilfe für Ärzte und Forschung|language=de|trans-title=Between practical help for doctors and research|website = WAZ|date = 24 May 2013|access-date = 16 May 2015}}</ref> after he had previously built up the lectureship for [[deimed:Anthroposophic medicine|anthroposophic medicine]] at the [[deimed:Wikipedia:University of Bern|University of Bern]] at the [[deimed:Institut_für_Komplementäre_und_Integrative_Medizin_an_der_Universität_Bern|Kollegialen Instanz für Komplementärmedizin (Institute of Complementary Medicine KIKOM)]] for 14 years.

For this reason, in 2009 the UW/H Chair was renamed from "Gerhard Kienle Chair of [[Medical Theory]] and [[Complementary Medicine]]" to "Gerhard Kienle Chair of Medical Theory, [[Integrative medicine|Integrative Medicine]] and [[Anthroposophic medicine|Anthroposophic Medicine]]". Peter Heusser's successor in Bern, [[Ursula Wolf]] was also appointed professor of anthroposophically extended medicine there in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://idw-online.de/de/news325215|title = Gerhard Kienle Lehrstuhl für Medizintheorie, Integrative und Anthroposophische Medizin besetzt|author = Kay Gropp Pressestelle, private Universität Witten/Herdecke gGmbH|publisher = idw - Informationsdienst Wissenschaft |date = 9 July 2009|language = de|access-date = 16 May 2015}}</ref>

For this reason, in 2009 the UW/H Chair was renamed from "Gerhard Kienle Chair of [[Medical Theory]] and [[Complementary Medicine]]" to "Gerhard Kienle Chair of Medical Theory, [[Integrative medicine|Integrative Medicine]] and [[Anthroposophic medicine|Anthroposophic Medicine]]". Peter Heusser's successor in Bern, [[Ursula Wolf]] was also appointed professor of anthroposophically extended medicine there in 2014.<ref name=":9">{{cite web|url = https://idw-online.de/de/news325215|title = Gerhard Kienle Lehrstuhl für Medizintheorie, Integrative und Anthroposophische Medizin besetzt|trans-title=Gerhard Kienle Chair of Medical Theory, Integrative and Anthroposophic Medicine filled |author = Kay Gropp Pressestelle, private Universität Witten/Herdecke gGmbH|publisher = idw - Informationsdienst Wissenschaft |date = 9 July 2009|language = de|access-date = 16 May 2015}}</ref>

Heusser was for many years an expert on the evaluation for complementary medicine for the Swiss Federal Ministry ("Bundesämter") for Social Security and for Health. He is still an extraordinary member of the [[Wikipedia:Swissmedic Medicines Expert Committee|Swissmedic Medicines Expert Committee]] as an expert in anthroposophic medicine.<ref>{{Cite|title = Reglement der Swissmedic Medicines Expert Committees (SMEC)|publisher = swissmedic|date = 2 February 2015|url = https://www.swissmedic.ch/zulassungen/00153/00191/00192/index.html?lang=de&download=NHzLpZeg7t,lnp6I0NTU042l2Z6ln1acy4Zn4Z2qZpnO2Yuq2Z6gpJCDdX9,gWym162epYbg2c_JjKbNoKSn6A--}}</ref>

Heusser was for many years an expert on the evaluation for complementary medicine for the Swiss Federal Ministry ("Bundesämter") for Social Security and for Health. He is still an extraordinary member of the [[Wikipedia:Swissmedic Medicines Expert Committee|Swissmedic Medicines Expert Committee]] as an expert in anthroposophic medicine.<ref>{{Cite|title = Reglement der Swissmedic Medicines Expert Committees (SMEC)|publisher = swissmedic|date = 2 February 2015|url = https://www.swissmedic.ch/zulassungen/00153/00191/00192/index.html?lang=de&download=NHzLpZeg7t,lnp6I0NTU042l2Z6ln1acy4Zn4Z2qZpnO2Yuq2Z6gpJCDdX9,gWym162epYbg2c_JjKbNoKSn6A--}}</ref>

Through his initiative, a Clinical Research and Teaching Center (FLZ) was established at the [[Herdecke Community Hospital]],<ref name=":1">{{Internetquelle|url = http://www.derwesten.de/staedte/nachrichten-aus-wetter-und-herdecke/zwischen-praktischer-hilfe-fuer-aerzte-und-forschung-id7985613.html|titel = Zwischen praktischer Hilfe für Ärzte und Forschung|autor = |hrsg = |werk = WAZ|datum = 24.5.2013|sprache = deutsch|zugriff = 16.5.2015}}</ref> where GCP-compliant studies on Anthroposophic Medicine(AM) procedures and [[homeopathy]] are conducted. The FLZ is part of the Center for Clinical Research of the UW/H. The aim is the research of Anthroposophic Medicine according to valid scientific standards.

Through his initiative, a Clinical Research and Teaching Center (FLZ) was established at the [[Herdecke Community Hospital]],<ref name=":1"/> where GCP-compliant studies on Anthroposophic Medicine(AM) procedures and [[homeopathy]] are conducted. The FLZ is part of the Center for Clinical Research of the UW/H. The aim is the research of Anthroposophic Medicine according to valid scientific standards.

===List of the chair holders===

===List of the chair holders===

*from 1997 [[Peter Matthiessen|Peter F. Matthiessen]]<ref>{{Internetquelle |autor= |url=https://www.uni-wh.de/gkls/lehrstuhl/ |titel=Lehrstuhl, Geschichte des Lehrstuhls |werk=Universität Witten/Herdecke, Gerhard Kienle Lehrstuhl

*from 1997 [[Peter Matthiessen|Peter F. Matthiessen]]<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.uni-wh.de/gkls/lehrstuhl/ | title=Lehrstuhl, Geschichte des Lehrstuhls | website=Universität Witten/Herdecke, Gerhard Kienle Lehrstuhl für Medizintheorie, Integrative und Anthroposophische Medizin | access-date=26 July 2021 | language=de | trans-title=University of Witten/Herdecke, Gerhard Kienle Chair of Medical Theory, Integrative and Anthroposophic Medicine}}</ref>

für Medizintheorie, Integrative und Anthroposophische Medizin |hrsg= |datum= |abruf=2021-07-26 |sprache=de}}</ref>

*as of Juli 2009 [[Peter Heusser]]<ref name=":9"/>

*as of Juli 2009 [[Peter Heusser]]<ref>{{Internetquelle |autor=Kay Gropp, Pressestelle Universität Witten/Herdecke |url=https://idw-online.de/de/news325215 |titel=Gerhard Kienle Lehrstuhl für Medizintheorie, Integrative und Anthroposophische Medizin besetzt |werk=idw |hrsg= |datum=2009-07-09 |abruf=2021-07-26 |sprache=de}}</ref>

*as of Juli 2017 [[David Martin]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.wp.de/staedte/herdecke-wetter/ruf-an-den-lehrstuhl-fuer-integrative-medizin-id211697001.html |title=Ruf an den Lehrstuhl für Integrative Medizin |trans-title=Call to the Chair of Integrative Medicine |website=Westfalenpresse |date=25 August 2017 |access-date=2021-07-26 |language=de}}</ref>

*as of Juli 2017 [[David Martin]]<ref>{{Internetquelle |autor= |url=https://www.wp.de/staedte/herdecke-wetter/ruf-an-den-lehrstuhl-fuer-integrative-medizin-id211697001.html |titel=Ruf an den Lehrstuhl für Integrative Medizin |werk=Westfalenpresse |hrsg= |datum=2017-08-25 |abruf=2021-07-26 |sprache=de}}</ref>

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