Background
Fanconi, Sergio Mario was born on October 3, 1949 in Zürich, Switzerland. Son of Mario and Iginia (Binschädler) Fanconi.
Fanconi, Sergio Mario was born on October 3, 1949 in Zürich, Switzerland. Son of Mario and Iginia (Binschädler) Fanconi.
Degree in experimental biology, University Zürich, Switzerland, 1978. Doctor of Medicine, University Zürich, Switzerland, 1979.
Intern University Children's Hospital, Zürich. Resident Institute Medical Microbiology, 1976-1978, Pediatrics Triemlispital, Zürich, 1978-1979, Childrens Hospital University Zürich, 1979-1982. Fellow intensive care unit Childrens Hospital, Bern, Switzerland, 1982-1983, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada, 1983-1984.
Director Intensive Care Unit and neonatology Kinderspital, Zürich, 1984-2000. Medical director department pediatrics and pediatric surgery CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland, since 2000. Edition board directors Current Opinion in Pediatrics.
Member Swiss Society Intensive Care (secretary 1985-1989, board directors 1985-1995, president 1992-1994), European Society Intensive Care (vice president since 1995), Swiss Society Pediatrics, European Society Pediatric Intensive Care (vice president since 1995), European Society Pediatric Research, Society Neonatology and Pediatric Intensive Care (vice president since 1996).
Married Marta Meienhofer.