Background
Metzger, Urs F. was born on October 9, 1945 in Zurich, Switzerland. Son of Fritz E. and Ida Metzger.
Metzger, Urs F. was born on October 9, 1945 in Zurich, Switzerland. Son of Fritz E. and Ida Metzger.
Doctor of Medicine, University Zurich, Switzerland, 1972.
Resident University Hospital, Zurich, 1972—1978, OA resident, 1980—1986, senior lecturer, 1986—1990. Oberasct Hospital, Glarus, Switzerland, 1978—1979. Lecturer University Zurich, 1986, professor surgery, 1992.
Head department surgery Triemli Hospital, since 1990, medical director, since 1998. Chairman European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer G.I. Group, Brussels, 1988—1992.
Fellow: various surgical societies, Society Surgical Oncology, Royal College Surgeons England. Member: Swiss Cancer League (honorary. President 1995-1998).
Married Marie-Louise Bussmann, September 8, 1978.