Background
Sonntag, Volker Karl Heinz was born on November 23, 1944 in Graudenz, Germany. Son of Heinz and Gisla Sonntag. came to the United States, 1957, naturalized, 1965.
Sonntag, Volker Karl Heinz was born on November 23, 1944 in Graudenz, Germany. Son of Heinz and Gisla Sonntag. came to the United States, 1957, naturalized, 1965.
Bachelor in Chemistry summa cum laude, Arizona State University, 1967; Doctor of Medicine, U. Arizona, 1971.
Intern, Arizona Medical Center, U. Arizona, Tucson, 1971-1972;
resident in neurosurgery, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, 1972-1975;
chief resident, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, 1975-1977;
private practice,, Youngstown, Ohio., 1977-1978;
private practice,, Scottsdale, Arizona, 1978-1983;
private practice,, Phoenix, since 1978;
chairman spine section, vice department chairman neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, since 1984;
clinical associate professor surgery, U. Arizona, 1985-1988;
clinical professor, U. Arizona, since 1989. Numerous presentations in field. Invited professor of University Nevada, 1986, Columbia-Presbyterian Neurological Institute, 1987, U. Alabama, Birmingham, 1989, Emory University, Atlanta, 1989, U. Tokyo, 1989, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1990, Syracuse (New York) U., 1990, University Texas S.W. Medical Center, Dallas, 1990, Uniformed Superior vena cava syndrome U. Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland., 1991, Chicago Neurosurg.
Center, 1991, New Jersey Medical College, Newark, 1992, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1992, University of Chicago, 1993, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1993, U. Arkansas, Little Rock, 1994, numerous others.
Fellow American College of Surgeons. Member American Medical Association, Congress Neurological Surgeons, Society for Neurosci., American Association Neurological Surgeons, Society Neurological Surgeons, Neurosurg. Society American, N. American Spine Society (secretary 1996-1997), Rocky Mountain Neurosurg.
Society, Arizona Medical Association, Arizona Society for Neurosurgeons, Maricopa County Med.Soc., Alpha Omega Alpha (honorary).
Married Lynne Twohig, April 24, 1974. Children:Alissa, Christopher, Stephen.