Background
Bitter, Tom was born on December 7, 1931 in Lausanne, Switzerland. Son of Wilhelm and Ingeborg (Lebert) Bitter.
Bitter, Tom was born on December 7, 1931 in Lausanne, Switzerland. Son of Wilhelm and Ingeborg (Lebert) Bitter.
Doctor of Medicine, Tuebingen (Germany) University, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy, London University, 1964.
Assistant professor, University of California at Los Angeles, 1968-1970;
associate professor, Center Hospital U., Sherbrooke, Canada, 1970-1972;
associate professor, Lausanne U. Medical School, 1972-1978. Author analytical technique for hexuronic acids. Co-author diagnosticcriteria for Reiter's disease.
Quoted for combination therapy of rheumatoid arthritis.
Fellow British Society Rheumatology, American College Rheumatology, Swiss Society Immunology.
Married Françoise Centlivres, 1959. Children: Veronique, Anne-Corinne, Jean-Nicolas.