Robert J. Schweitzer

Background

Schweitzer, Robert J. was born on March 16, 1923 in Milwaukee. Son of George John and Anna Margaret (O'Donnell) Schweitzer.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, Marquette University, Milwaukee, 1946.

Career

Resident, general surgery Boston City Hospital, 1947—1951. Postgraduate surgical fellow Memorial Sloan Kettering Center Cancer and Allied Diseases, New York City, 1951, 1953—1956. Associate professor surgery University California Medical School, San Francisco, 1957—1983.

Private practice, medicine, surgical oncology Oakland, since 1957. Director Breast Cancer Detection Project, Merritt Hospital, since 1974, Cancer Education and Detection Center, since 1980. Editorial board member Year Book Cancer, 1963—1983.

Lieutenant United States Army, 1951-1953.

Achievements

• Robert J. Schweitzer has been listed as a noteworthy surgical oncologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Alameda Unit American Cancer Society, 1957, national chairman clinical fellowship program, 1982—1984, president, California division, 1983, chairman national medical science committee, 1987. Chairman American Advisory Board Easter Seal Society, Oakland, 1968—1969. Founding member Bay Area Tumor Institute, 1973, Northern California Cancer Program, 1975.

Member of American College of Surgeons (president, northern chapter 1978), American Radium Society, Society Head and Neck Surgeons, Pacific Coast Surgical Association, Society Surgical Oncology (president 1973), San Francisco Surgical Society 1981, Lakeview Club (Oakland), Claremont Country Club.

Connections

Married Audrey Jeanne Kalweit, January 4, 1947. Children: Jennifer, Christine, Robert, Laurie, Mark.

Father:

George John Schweitzer

Mother:

Anna Margaret (O'Donnell) Schweitzer

Spouse:

Audrey Jeanne Kalweit

child:

Christine Schweitzer

child:

Jennifer Schweitzer

child:

Mark Schweitzer

child:

Robert Schweitzer

child:

Laurie Schweitzer