Michel Thiery

Background

Thiery, Michel was born on November 14, 1924 in Gent, Belgium. Son of Michel Leo and Marie-Augusta (de Taeye) Thiery.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, U. Gent, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Gent, 1962; fellow, Royal College Obstetricians and Gynecologists, London, 1987.

Career

Assistant, State University, Gent, 1949-1963; postgraduate fellow, College Physicians & Surgeons Columbia University, New York, 1952-1953; postgraduate oncology, Radiumhemmet, Stockholm, 1955; assistant professor, State University, Gent, 1963-1964; full professor and chairman, Department Obstetrics, Gent, 1964-1989; professor emeritus, State University, Gent, since 1989. Member Belgian royal Academy of Medical, Brussels, since 1969. President Belgian Royal Society Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1962-1963.

Vice president European Society Perinatal Medical, 1983.

Achievements

• Michel Thiery has been listed as a noteworthy Medical doctor by Marquis Who's Who.

Interests

• Avocations: history of medicine, hiking, botany, bird watching.

Connections

Married Huguette Descheemaeker, August 28, 1957. 1 child, Dominique.

Father:

Michel Leo Thiery

Mother:

Marie-Augusta (de Taeye) Thiery

Spouse:

Huguette Descheemaeker

child:

Dominique Thiery