Katharina Reich

Reich graduated from MedUni Vienna in 2003, completed her rotation at the Hospital of the Brothers of Mercy Vienna from 2004 to 2007, worked as a ward physician and became Medical Director of the Order Hospital in November 2013.

In November 2018, she moved to the Hietzing Clinic as a general practitioner, where she became deputy medical director in December 2019 and was in charge of operations in the Corona crisis team.

In December 2020, Katharina Reich was appointed Head of Section VII (Public Health and Health System) in the Federal Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection by the then Federal Minister Rudolf Anschober. Associated with the function of Head of Section VII is the title of Chief Medical Officer, which Reich also holds as the current Head of Section