Month: April 2025

Arnd Felten

Arnd Felten

1988 — 1992Grundschule Zornheim1992 — 1998Rabanus-Maurus-Gymnasium, Mainz1998 — 1999Highland High School, Pocatello, ID (USA)1999 — 2001Rabanus-Maurus-Gymnasium, Mainz2001 — 2002Civil Service for the Rotes Kreuz Rettungsdienst Rhein-Nahe GmbH, Mainz2002 — 2004Study of Computational Engineering,Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (no degree)2004 — 2006Study of Medicine,Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg2006 —Study of Medicine,Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Read more [...]
Margaret Chan

Margaret Chan

Margaret Chan Fung Fu-chun (Chinese: 陳馮富珍/陈冯富珍; born 1947 in Hong Kong) was Director-General of the World Health Organization from 2006 to 2017 (in May 2012 she was elected for a second term until June 30, 2017). She was the first Chinese woman to head a UN specialized agency. Biografie Margaret Chan completed her medical studies at the Canadian University of Western Ontario. After returning to Hong Kong, she joined the health department of the then British Crown Colony Read more [...]
Michelle Bachelet

Michelle Bachelet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_ORS1JFUzM Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria [beˈɾonika miˈtʃel βaʃeˈlet ˈxeɾja] (born 29 September 1951 in Santiago de Chile) is a Chilean surgeon[1] and politician (PS). From 2006 to 2010 and from 2014 to 2018 she was President of Chile, making her the first woman to hold this office. From 1 September 2018 to 31 August 2022 she was United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. In the meantime she was Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Read more [...]
Hans Michael Schulz

Hans Michael Schulz

When Hans Michael Schulz packs his backpack, the journey is the destination: pilgrimages run like a common thread through the life of the former chief physician of Nordhorn. With 30 people between the ages of 17 and 77, he hiked the path of the "Swedish Birgitta" through the Mecklenburg countryside, praying, remaining silent, singing, and also working on projects. They covered distances of 20 to 25 kilometers each day. It all began in the spring of 1994, when he left his hospital for six months Read more [...]
Carl Claus Hagenbeck

Carl Claus Hagenbeck

Carl Claus Hagenbeck (born 1 November 1941 in Hamburg) is a German veterinarian and former zoo director. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5Z5JPnX9cY From 1962 to 1967 he studied veterinary medicine at the Hannover Veterinary School and received his doctorate in veterinary medicine. Hagenbeck is married and has two daughters. From 1977 to 1982 he was junior director of the Hagenbeck Zoo in Hamburg,[1] which he then directed from 1982 to 2004. Between 1982[2] and 1989 he directed the zoo together Read more [...]
Martin Nweeia

Martin Nweeia

Jane O’Brien, an anchor of BBC World News, joins Martin Nweeia, D.D.S., ’77, right, and Nweeia’s wife, Pamela Peeters, at the Smithsonian. Photo by Ryan Lavery Dr. Martin Nweeia is the world's leading expert on the narwhal's tusk and tooth system. He is a National Foundation Scientist and has led over 20 High Arctic expeditions and carried 15 expedition flags to study the elusive narwhal. He holds doctorates in dentistry and surgery and is a member of the dental faculties of Harvard University Read more [...]
Joachim Bremme

Joachim Bremme

As a student, he had to decide whether to pursue his hobby of music or his passion for medicine as a career, reported Dortmund anesthesiologist Dr. Johannes Bremme. He ultimately chose a career as a doctor, but has always remained loyal to music. Bremme admitted to the German Medical Journal that he wasn't particularly interested in practicing the piano. However, he immediately fell in love with the organ. After just a few years of lessons, he was able to work as an organist in churches. Now Read more [...]
Axel Munthe

Axel Munthe

Axel Martin Fredrik "Puck" Munthe [ˌakːsəl ˈmɵnːtə] (October 31, 1857 in Oskarshamn – February 11, 1949 in Stockholm) was a Swedish physician and author. Beruf und Leben https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42wGu6dfpLE Axel Munthe was born in 1857, the son of a pharmacist. He studied medicine in Uppsala, Montpellier, and Paris. In 1880 he began practicing medicine in Paris and Rome. Over the years he worked in Naples, London and Stockholm. During his student years in Paris Read more [...]
MusiciMedici Orchestra Berlin

MusiciMedici Orchestra Berlin

The MUSICI MEDICI was founded in 1981 from a chamber music group at the Biochemical Institute of the Humboldt University of Berlin and for many years consisted almost exclusively of medical students. Today, the orchestra has 35 members, about half of whom are physicians, along with other natural scientists and representatives of other disciplines. The proportion of medical students currently stands at about 15 percent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvL-U0Bwsm0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHD_enzF1n4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rg15fbMLWHU Details Read more [...]
MusicaMedica Orchester Marktheidenfeld

MusicaMedica Orchester Marktheidenfeld

In 1987, Dr. Georg Kaiser, former chief physician at the Marktheidenfeld Hospital and a trained musician, founded the "Musica Medica" doctors' orchestra. Even after his death in 2016, the musicians, together with family members and friends, travel to Italy every year for a week of concerts. In an interview, his daughter Katharina Kaiser talks about, among other things, the fascination of making music together and how the doctors' orchestra continued after the founder's death. https://www.mainpost.de/regional/main-spessart/musik-von-eltern-und-kindern-das-aerzteorchester-musica-medica-spielt-fuer-den-gemeinsamen-spass-und-den-guten-zweck-art-11171787 36 Read more [...]