Doctor Kathrin Bourdeu

Dr. Bourdeu is the Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Executive Board of the University Hospital of Basel. Since May 2025 she has been responsible for strategic workflows and patient journeys, with a focus on quality and efficient use of resources. Together with the Chief Information Officer, she leads the hospital's digital transformation. Dr. Bourdeu joined the University Hospital of Basel in 2020 as a senior physician and became Head of the Surgical Platform in 2023, where she managed 28 operating rooms across 14 surgical disciplines. Before that, she was Chief of Anesthesia at Massachusetts Eye and Ear in Boston, a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. She is a US-trained, board-certified anesthesiologist with close to 20 years of clinical experience. She earned her medical degree and doctorate at the University of Cologne and holds medical licenses in the EU, the US and Switzerland.