Background
Piering, Walter Frederick was born on January 2, 1936 in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States.
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Walter Frederick Piering
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Bachelor of Science in Psychology, University of Wisconsin, 1958; Doctor of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, 1962.
Career
Rotating intern, Milwaukee County General Hospital, 1963-1966;
clinical fellow in medicine, Marquette School Medicine (now Medical College Wisconsin), Milwaukee, 1966-1968;
instructor in medicine, Medical College Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1966-1969;
assistant professor medicine, Medical College Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1969-1975;
associate professor medicine, Medical College Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1975-1989;
professor medicine, Medical College Wisconsin, Milwaukee, since 1989;
senior attending physician department medicine, Milwaukee County Medical Complex, since 1966;
director hemodialysis center department medicine, Milwaukee County Medical Complex, 1968-1981;
senior staff, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, Milwaukee, since 1981;
medical director dialysis unit, Milwaukee, since 1981;
vice chief of staff, Milwaukee, 1990-1992;
chief of staff, Milwaukee, 1992-1994. Consultant nephrology Zablocki VA Medical Center, Wood, Wisconsin, since 1969, Waukesha (Wisconsin) Memorial Hospital, since 1973, Good Samaritan Medical Center, Milwaukee, 1974-1988, Elmbrook Memorial Hospital, Brookfield, Wisconsin, since 1978, West Allis (Wisconsin) Meml.Hosp., since 1983, St. Nicholas Hospital, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, since 1982, Columbia Hospital, Milwaukee, since 1991. Member county on dialysis and transplantation National Kidney Foundation, since 1975, program committee, 1980, dialysis and transplantationforum, 1981, Medical Volunteer of Year 1975-1976).
Lecturer in field.
Achievements
Membership
Staff sergeant Wisconsin Air National Guard, 1954-1961. Fellow American College Physicians. Member American Society Nephrology, American Society for Artificial Internal Organs, International Society Nephrology, American Federation for Clinical Research, Milwaukee Academy Medicine (membership committee 1988-1989), International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis, Renal Physicians Association, Wisconsin Nephrology Association (director, founder), University Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association (life).
Connections
Married Beatrice A. Nelson. Children: Andrew, Peder, Karen, Paul.
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American