Well-known forensic doctor leaves the Berlin Charité

by time news

Berlin. He is perhaps the best-known forensic doctor in Germany. Now Michael Tsokos apparently wants to slow down. These are the reasons.

The Berlin forensic doctorMichael Tsokos has given up the management of forensic medicine at the Berlin Charité. This is reported by the “Bild” newspaper. The Charité has confirmed this. “Prof. At his own request and for personal reasons, Tsokos asked in the summer to be able to terminate his contract at the end of the year. He gave up his management role at the Charité on December 31st,” the Charité told the newspaper. According to the hospital, Lars Oesterhelweg will take over the interim management of the traditional Charité forensic medicine department.

Charité-Aus: Tsokos wants to cut back professionally

According to “Bild”, the 57-year-old wants to take a step back in his career. However, he will remain in office as director of the State Institute for Forensic and Social Medicine. “After the death of my parents last spring, I decided to change some things in my life and set new priorities. I then joined the board of directors Charity “I left and asked for my early release,” Tsokos told Bild. His work recently “completely wore him out”.

Forensic doctor Michael Tsokos writes his books based on real cases. © Unknown | Linnea Tsoko S

Tsokos is known to a wide audience through his television appearances and as an author The thriller and non-fiction books on medical topics are a household name. Most recently, he reached a top spot on the “Spiegel” bestseller list with his forensic medicine thriller “With Cold Precision”.

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