Matthias Wienold

Dr. Matthias Wienold (MD, MPH) is a physician from Germany who engages in patient orientation and patients’ rights. He has been a patient advocate since 1986, when he joined a local AIDS service organization as a volunteer. He is a founding member of the European AIDS Treatment Group (EATG). He has represented patients' interests in a wide range of settings and forums. He was elected to the governing board of the International Alliance of Patients' Organizations (IAPO) in 2015, where he serves as Board Treasurer. In his medical career, Dr. Matthias Wienold trained as a dermatologist and worked as a private practising physician and in emergency care. He wrote his masters thesis in public health on "Community Participation in Clinical Research (HIV)" in 1996. He has been employed by non-governmental organizations to lead health politics and medical education of lay audiences and has worked for state and national governments as a staff officer and health systems researcher. He was self-employed as a consultant and independent researcher in patient orientation and community empowerment (1998-2005). Since 2009 he Dr. Matthias Wienold been employed as a consulting physician and educated peer messenger by Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Brandenburg (the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians in Brandenburg State). As a publisher and research author, Dr. Matthias Wienold has edited the European AIDS Treatment News, was a coauthor of the first AIDS dictionary, and contributed to magazines, position papers, and books. His original publications focus on the patients' perspectives in access to care and prevention. He writes blogs for The BMJ and the European AIDS Treatment Group.