Vera Birch

Background

Birch, Vera was born on June 15, 1930 in Lugansk, Ukraine. Daughter of Alexander and Raissa (Djumuk) Ritter.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, U. Freiburg, Germany, 1956.

Career

Rotating intern, hospitals in Lübeck, Goslar and Berlin, 1957-1960; resident in internal medicine, Free U., Berlin, 1963-1964; general practice, Heidelberg, Germany, 1965-1968; senior resident in internal medicine, U. Bonn, Germany, 1965-1968; internist, N.E. Health Center, Rochester, New York, 1973-1974; resident fellow in oncology, Genessee Hospital, Rochester, New York, 1975; physician, St. John's Home, Rochester, 1975-1977; physician, Westside Health Center, Rochester, 1977-1979; general practice medicine, Geneseo, New York, 1980-1994; retired, 1994.

Achievements

• Vera Birch has been listed as a noteworthy physician by Marquis Who's Who.

Interests

• Avocations: gardening, spiritual learning, study of languages, piano.

Connections

Married Eckard O. Foelsch, October 22, 1955 (divorced November 1977). Children: Karin, Brunhild, Ortwin, Silke, Boris. Married James B. Birch, August 18, 1979 (divorced July 1983).

Father:

Alexander Ritter

Mother:

Raissa (Djumuk) Ritter

Spouse:

James B. Birch

Spouse:

Eckard O. Foelsch

child:

Ortwin Birch

child:

Brunhild Birch

child:

Silke Birch

child:

Karin Birch

child:

Boris Birch