Background
Becker, Heinrich D. was born on June 9, 1947 in Mannheim, Germany. Son of Valentin E. Becker and Jutta L. Pieper.
Becker, Heinrich D. was born on June 9, 1947 in Mannheim, Germany. Son of Valentin E. Becker and Jutta L. Pieper.
Doctor of Medicine, University Heidelberg, Germany, 1973.
Head department gastrointestinal endoscopy/internal medicine University Hospital, Mannheim, Germany, 1976-1981. Consultant department thoracic surgery Thorax Klinik, Heidelberg, 1982, associate medical director department internal medicine II, 1983-1984, associate medical director department internal medicine/oncology, 1985-1999, director department interdisciplinary endoscopy, since 2000. Clinical professor University Nevada School Medicine, 1998.
Visiting prov. Harvard Medical School, Boston, 2000.
Member World Association Bronchology (board directors 1992-2000, chair standing committee on education and publicity since 1992, chair standing committee on awards since 2000), German Society Endoscopy and Imaging Processing (board directors since 2000), South Carolina Assembly Endoscopy (senior vice chair), German Society Pulmonology.
Married Simone R. Thiemann, April 29, 1992. Children: Sandra, David, Philipp.