Background
Frey-Wettstein, Manuel was born on July 9, 1932 in Zurich, Switzerland. Son of Albert Friedrich and Margret (Wyssling) Frey-Wettstein.
Frey-Wettstein, Manuel was born on July 9, 1932 in Zurich, Switzerland. Son of Albert Friedrich and Margret (Wyssling) Frey-Wettstein.
Diploma in medicine, U. Medical School, Zurich, 1957; Doctor of Medicine, U. Medical School, Zurich, 1959.
Assistant director Institute Pathology, U. Medical School, 1958-1959;
medical director, Masana Native Hospital, Bushbuckridge, Republic of South Africa, 1960-1963;
assistant doctor department internal medicine, U. Hospital, Zurich, 1964-1967;
research fellow in medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, 1968-1969;
director in charge Blood Transfusion Svc., Blood Donation Center, S.R.C., Schlieren, Switzerland, 1970-1981;
director, Zurich Blood Transfusion Svc., S.R.C., since 1982. Hematology consultant Limmattal Regional Hospital, Schlieren, since 1970. Lecturer in clinical medicine U. Zurich, since 1972.
Private practice, since 1970.
Member Swiss National Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Committee, Berne, Switzerland, since 1984, Committee of Expertsin Blood Transfusion Superior vena cava syndrome, Strassburg European Council, since 1989. President Executive Committee Association Swiss Red Cross Blood Transfusion Centers, Schlieren, since 1984. Captain Swiss military, 1970-1987.
Member International Society Blood Transfusions, Swiss Society Internal Medicine, Swiss Society Hematology, German Society Blood Transfusions (committee), Lions (president 1981-1982).
Married Franziska Barbara Wettstein, June 9, 1960. Children: Martina, Andreas, Christian, Dominik.