As head of Global Medical Information and Education, Rainer Himmele leads a highly engaged medical team with the vision to align and provide state-of-the-art educational programs on dialysis best practices to all Global Medical Office regions. He received his medical training at the University of Heidelberg, Vienna, New York, and Zurich. He holds a research doctorate in molecular biology and genetics at the German Cancer Research Center, and a master of science in healthcare management from the University of Heidelberg and Mannheim Business School in Germany.