Background
Griesser, Gerd Hans-Werner was born on July 31, 1918 in Stuttgart, Germany. Son of Hans and Dora (Krug) Griesser.
Griesser, Gerd Hans-Werner was born on July 31, 1918 in Stuttgart, Germany. Son of Hans and Dora (Krug) Griesser.
Doctor of Medicine, Friedrich-Wilhelm University, Berlin, 1942. Habilitation in Surgery and Medical Statistics, Eberhard Karl University, Tübingen, Germany, 1959.
Resident, then senior resident, County Hospital, Illertissen, Germany, 1945-1951; guest surgeon, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland, 1951; resident in surgery, University Hospital, Tübingen, 1952-1959; deputy director department surgery, University Hospital, Tübingen, 1960-1964; guest surgeon, Karolinska Sjukhus, Stockholm, 1953; professor medical informatics and statistics, Christian Albrecht U., Kiel, Germany, 1964-1986; president, Christian Albrecht U., Kiel, Germany, 1979-1985. Director Institute Medical Informatics and Statistics, Christian-Albrecht U., Kiel, 1964-1979, member senate, 1967-1973, dean medical faculty, 1972-1974, president, 1979-1985.
Chairman Schleswig-Holsteinian Cancer Society, Kiel, 1968-1984, State Health Council of Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, 1968-1992. Vice chairman Cancer Society, Stuttgart, 1960-1964. Captain medical corps German Military, 1941-1945, Russia.
Member New York Academy of Sciences, International Medical Informatics Association (board directors 1977-1983, chairman working group on privacy and security in health information system 1976-1984), Anglo-German Medical Society, German Society Surgery, German Society Medical Informatics, Biostats. and Epidemiology, Association Computing Machinery, Biotst.
Married Frowine Griesser-Leyh, November 8, 1991.