Evolution of Spa Services
From products to services to concepts.
Dr. Karl-Ludwig Resch
Evolution of Spa Services
Hydrotherapy in Medicine and Spa Applications
Dr. Karl-Ludwig Resch studied medicine at the universities of Cologne and Munich, Germany. He was a research fellow at the Dept. of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Munich, Germany and Vienna, Austria, from 1997 to 2003. In 1994 his received his PhD from the University of Vienna, and accompanied Prof. Edzard Ernst to Exeter, England, to become a Senior Lecturer in Complementary Medicine and to assist him in establishing Europe’s first Chair in Complementary Medicine.
In 1996, he returned Germany to become the Director of Europe’s largest research institute on Natural Medicine and Spa Science, the Forschungsinstitut für Balneologie und Kurortwissenschaft Bad Elster (FBK), a branch of the Saxon Ministry of social affairs. In 1999 he receiced a professorship from the university of Dresden.
He has published or co-authored over 300 scientific publications in almost every prestigious scientific medical journal including the NEJM, Lancet, JAMA, Annals of Internal Medicine, and the BMJ. With currently 30+ staff, his main activities include clinical research (predominantely in primary care), systematic reviews and HTA, health services research and evaluation, quality management and quality assurance, conceptual consulting for and development of innovative settings for public bodies and private companies, and teaching and coaching. He co-ordinates the CAM lecture series at the university of Dresden, and is a much sought-after speaker for conferences, seminars, and panel discussions, and frequently invited to German TV health shows.