Leipzig, Germany

Principal Investigator
Kai Mehltretter, MD is a highly experienced and qualified investigator with over 20 years of experience in the field of clinical research. He currently works as a freelance Principal Investigator at Velocity Clinical Research Leipzig GmbH, and as a freelance Pharmacovigilance Consultant. Before joining the SIBAmed/Velocity team, he was a consulting physician for major pharmaceutical companies and Head of a CRO’s Pharmacovigilance Department at IST GmbH Mannheim. Dr. Mehltretter has also held roles in various organisations, including Team-Lead Investigator for Phase 1-2 clinical studies at IKP GmbH Grünstadt and CRS Clinical Research Services Mannheim GmbH, as a Freelance Clinical Investigator and Consultant at Abbott GmbH & Co KG Ludwigshafen, and as an Assistant Physician at the Ophthalmic Clinic at Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg. Dr. Mehltretter is highly educated and holds a medical degree from Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg. He has authored publications in the fields of Ophthalmology and Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics.

Principal Investigator
Thomas Müller, MD is a specialist in Paediatrics working as a Principal Investigator and Specialist at Velocity Clinical Research Leipzig GmbH and previously at SIBAmed Study Center in Leipzig, Germany. In parallel, he works as a paediatrician in the Leipzig Family Medicine practice FMZ Radowsky. He has also worked as a Medical Specialist for paediatrics with psychiatric/neurological disorders at the Helios Clinic Social Paediatrics center in Leipzig. Dr. Müller has over a decade of experience in the field, having served as a Resident in paediatric medicine at Helios Clinic and as a Resident in internal and general medicine at DIAKOMED – Diakonie Hospital.

Site Director
Christiane Bohnes is a very experienced study coordinator and manager with more than 25 years of experience in the field of clinical research.

Before joining the Velocity team, she worked as Director, Clinical Operations for more than 19 years in the operational management of the Phase 1 CRO bed unit at Parexel International GmbH in Berlin.

In her career to date, Ms. Bohnes has planned and carried out well over 60 studies as the responsible study coordinator and was also involved in the implementation of well over 250 studies.

In addition, she has more than 12 years of experience in personnel responsibility and management, as well as in center management.