Background
Schweizer, Walter Paul was born on August 7, 1952 in Basel, Switzerland. Son of Paul Hans and Margrit (Iselin) Schweizer.
Schweizer, Walter Paul was born on August 7, 1952 in Basel, Switzerland. Son of Paul Hans and Margrit (Iselin) Schweizer.
Doctor of Medicine, University Medical School Basel, 1978.
Assistant doctor Kantonsspital, Basel, 1979-1981, 84-86. Medical doctor St. Francis Hospital, Ifakara, Tanzania, 1982-1983. Senior registrar Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland, 1986-1995.
Chairman department surgery Kantonsspital, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, since 1996. Associate professor School Medicine University Bern, Switzerland, 1998. Guest professor S.Q. University Medical School, Muscat, Oman, 1994-1998.
Lecturer Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel.
Former captain Swiss Army Medical Forces. Fellow: American College of Surgeons, German Surgical Society, International College Surgeons, Royal College Surgeons of England, International Surgical Society. Member: Swiss Cancer Association, Swiss Surgical Society (board directors since 2000, chairman quality board, president 1996), Rotary.
Married Eugénie Elisabeth Schudel, May 17, 1952. Children: Nicolas Martin, Philip Andreas Oliver.
