The German Society for Biomedical Engineering (DGBMT) in the VDE has elected its new chairman for the term of office 2013 to 2015 in the course of its constituent board meeting on March 5, 2013 in Frankfurt am Main. The new chairman of the DGBMT is Prof. Prof. h.c.. Dr. med. Thomas Lenarz. Prof. Dr. med. Dipl.-Ing. Thomas Schmitz-Rode and Dr. Olaf Such were appointed to office as Vice Chairmen. The DGBMT promotes cooperation between natural scientists, engineers and physicians in research, development, application and teaching. The aim is to support the exchange of knowledge in the various disciplines of biomedical engineering, to make greater use of synergies for future developments, and to accelerate the transfer of new technologies into medical applications. This work, which is important both for improving patient care and for Germany as a center of innovation, is made possible and continuously developed by the expert contributions and commitment of DGBMT members in the individual specialist committees, working groups, projects and initiatives of the professional society. The board of the DGBMT is interdisciplinary and represents both the scientific-technical and the biological-medical disciplines. Representatives from research, clinical application and industry are equally represented on the DGBMT Board. The DGBMT Board for the years 2013 to 2015 is composed of nine experts: For more information on the DGBMT Board of Directors, visit: www.dgbmt.de/vorstand The DGBMT is part of the VDE network. With around 36,000 members, the VDE Verband der Elektrotechnik Elektronik Informationstechnik e.V. is one of the largest technical and scientific associations in Europe. (Source:DGBMT)