| Unit Name: | Joint Medical Service |
| Dates: | 1 October 2000 – present |
| Branch: | Medical Corps |
| Role: | Military medicine |
| Size: | 20,000 personnel (2023)[1] |
| Garrison: | Koblenz |
| Garrison Label: | Headquarters |
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| Anniversaries: | 1 October 2000 |
| Commander1: | Ulrich Baumgärtner (German Army) |
| Commander1 Label: | Inspector of the Joint Medical Service |
| Commander2: | Stephan Schoeps (German Army) |
| Commander2 Label: | Stellvertretender Inspekteur des Zentralen Sanitätsdiensts der Bundeswehr |
| Notable Commanders: | Ingo Patschke |
The Joint Medical Service (German: Zentraler Sanitätsdienst der Bundeswehr, short form: Zentraler Sanitätsdienst, pronounced as /de/) is a part of the Bundeswehr, the armed forces of Germany and serves all three armed services (Army, Navy and Air Force, as well as the Cyber and Information Domain Service). Members of the central medical corps remain members of their respective military branches. Only a few specialized medical units such as the medical care for divers and aircraft crews are not incorporated in the Joint Medical Service. Prior to 2002 each military branch had its own medical service. The services were then largely merged, forming the Joint Medical Service. In May 2021 the minister of defense Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer together with Inspector General of the Bundeswehr Eberhard Zorn published a plan to dissolve the Joint Medical Service and to reintegrate its units into the army, navy, airforce and cyber command.[2]
| Human Medicine | Dentistry | Pharmacy | Veterinary | Army and Airforce | Foreign equivalents | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stabsarzt | Stabsarzt | Stabsapotheker | Stabsveterinär | Captain | ||
| Oberstabsarzt | Oberstabsarzt | Oberstabsapotheker | Oberstabsveterinär | Major | Major | |
| Oberfeldarzt | Oberfeldarzt | Oberfeldapotheker | Oberfeldveterinär | Oberstleutnant | Lieutenant Colonel | |
| Oberstapotheker | Oberstveterinär | Oberst | Colonel | |||
| Generalapotheker | – | Brigadegeneral | Brigadier General | |||
| – | – | – | Generalmajor | Major General | ||
| – | – | – | Lieutenant General |
| Human Medicine | Dentistry | Pharmacy | Navy | Foreign equivalents | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stabsarzt | Stabsarzt | Stabsapotheker | Kapitänleutnant | Lieutenant | |
| Oberstabsarzt | Oberstabsarzt | Oberstabsapotheker | Korvettenkapitän | Lieutenant Commander | |
| Flottillenarzt | Flottillenarzt | Flottillenapotheker | Fregattenkapitän | Commander | |
| Flottenarzt | Flottenarzt | Flottenapotheker | Kapitän zur See | Captain | |
| Admiralarzt | Admiralarzt | Admiralapotheker | Flottillenadmiral | Commodore | |
| Admiralstabsarzt | – | – | Konteradmiral | Rear admiral | |
| Admiraloberstabsarzt | – | – | Vizeadmiral | Vice Admiral |