MERIKE MARTINSON

Date and place of birth:

9^th of October 1940, Viljandi

Family status:

Divorced, daughter Liina (1976)

Level of education:

Higher education

Education:

1987

2^nd Moscov State Medical Institute named after N.I. Pirogov, candidate in medical sciences

1967

University of Tartu, Faculty of Medicine

Supplementary training:

2003

Dale Carnegie course

2002

Business Grain OÜ, management training

2001

Management seminar at and cooperation with the Children and Youth Hospital of the University of Helsinki

1998, 1999

Pirkanmaa Hospital District, quality and cost management in health care

1996

VESKA Swiss Hospital Union, hospital management

1995

AUPHA, health care management

Employment:

Nov 2005 - present

Deputy Mayor of Tallinn

2001 - 11.2005

Chairman of the Board of the SA Tallinn Children’s Hospital

1991 - 2001

Chief Doctor of Tallinn Children’s Hospital

1979 - 1991

Tallinn Children’s Hospital, Director of the Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Department

1972 - 1979

Tõnismäe Hospital, Anesthesiologist

1967 - 1972

Children’s doctor at Merimetsa Hospital, Tallinn Orphanage, 1^st Children’s Hospital of Tallinn

Additional information:

Native language – Estonian; Russian and English – intermediate level

Hobbies:

Gardening, Alpine skiing