07. November 2022
New COO and CHRO at Bethesda Hospital
The Board of Directors of Bethesda Spital AG, Basel, has appointed Dr Henrik Pfahler, EMBA HSG, as the new Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Ueli Zehnder as the new Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Both will become members of the six-person hospital management team.
Dr Henrik Pfahler, EMBA HSG
New Chief Operating Officer
For the past four years, Mr Pfahler has been Head of the Management Staff and a member of the Hospital Management at the University Hospital Basel. In addition to heading the Corporate Development and Marketing and Communications departments, he was also responsible for developing the corporate strategy.
After completing his doctorate in 2010, Mr Pfahler continued his education on a regular basis, including completing an Executive MBA at the University of St. Gallen in 2015.
Dr. med. Henrik Pfahler, EMBA HSG
Ueli Zehnder
New Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO)
Mr Zehnder was most recently Head of HR Services at the Insel Group, Berne, and previously Head of HR Services at Baden Cantonal Hospital. In addition to his Master of Business Administration (MBA), he completed an Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) specialising in management and leadership.
Ueli Zehnder, MBA
Bethesda Hospital, Basel - on behalf of health for 99 years
Founded almost 100 years ago, Bethesda Hospital is now one of the leading clinics in north-west Switzerland. With our four thematic focus areas of pregnancy and childbirth, women's medicine, musculoskeletal system and rehabilitation , we offer patients a wide range of individual treatments based on personalised, cutting-edge medicine. Our specialists in medicine, nursing and therapy work in an interdisciplinary and patient-centred manner in accordance with our guiding principle "Focus on the individual".
Our 750 employees treat around 6,000 inpatients and 21,500 outpatients every year. In addition to our medical excellence, we are characterised by our dedicated nursing services, family atmosphere and unique location in a green oasis in the city. As a renowned Basel clinic with a private character and as an active training organisation, we also play an important role in healthcare provision in the region.
Bethesda Spital has a long-standing and successful partnership with Basel University Hospital. The partnership was consolidated in 2022 through a shareholding by Basel University Hospital in Bethesda Spital AG. Patients and employees benefit from the pooling of expertise between the two hospitals. This further development will strengthen university medicine in the Basel region in the long term. Thomas Rudin is at the helm; the Chairman of the Board of Directors is Werner Kübler from the USB.
Bethesda Hospital is certified as a "Member of the Swiss Leading Hospitals" and is open to patients of all insurance classes. In the ranking of the US news magazine "Newsweek", the hospital appears among the "World's Best Hospitals 2023" in two categories.