Background
Flammer, Josef was born on April 21, 1948 in Zuzwil, Switzerland. Son of August and Verena Flammer.
Flammer, Josef was born on April 21, 1948 in Zuzwil, Switzerland. Son of August and Verena Flammer.
Doctor of Medicine, Medical School, Bern, Switzerland, 1975; Privat-Dozent, Staatsexamen, U. Bern, 1985.
Fellow, U. B.C., Vancouver, Canada, 1981-1982; resident in internal medicine,, Bern, 1976; resident in internal medicine,, Aarberg, 1977; resident neurology department,, Bern, 1980; resident, U. Eye Clinic, Bern, 1978-1979; chief resident, U. Eye Clinic, Bern, 1983-1987; department head, U. Eye Clinic, Basel, since 1987.
Member Amnesty International, 1974-1980. With Swiss Army, 1968-1990. Fellow International College Angiology.
Member International Perimetric Society (board of directors), European Glaucoma Society, Foederatio Medicorum Helveticorum.
Married Ines Staheli, May 5, 1973. Children: Andreas, Sibylle.