Originally from Basel, he has lived in Central Switzerland for over 45 years. As a qualified eye surgeon, he runs the Zentravis eye practice at Bahnhofplatz in Lucerne and is a co-founder of the Sursee Eye Day Clinic. He also initiated an optical chain with the integration of ophthalmic diagnostics into the eyewear business and a so-called one-price policy, Doctor-Eyepoint. “Central Switzerland is a paradise. Being able to live and/or work here is a privilege.”
He builds model trains in H0 and H0m scales with the themes of Göschenen and Disentis (planned). He likes steam locomotives and steamships and is a member of the Lake Lucerne Steamship Company. He sings in the Basel Theater Choir (due to lack of time…). He enjoys hiking, skiing, cycling, concerts and cinema, as well as traditional and popular Swiss folk theater. He shoots videos, edits, and creates his own soundtrack. He also enjoys cooking, spending time outdoors and playing games like “The Settlers of Catan…”
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 to walk to Santiago de Compostela – almost 3,500 kilometers. He recorded his impressions in his book “Fernwechsel,” which is now out of print. He enjoys it: times of walking, observing, reflecting, and praying – interspersed with interesting conversations with his fellow hikers.
At the beginning is farewell, and at the end is arrival. The author, a physician and head of a department of internal medicine, bids farewell to his wife in familiar surroundings. This is reminiscent of farewell scenes in world literature, such as Hector, who embraces Andromache for the last time before the battle with Achilles, or Siegfried, who bids farewell to the ominous Kriemhild “with loving kisses.” But unlike in the epics, in which the heroes face certain death, a new life is revealed to the author on a seventeen-week march from Nordhorn to Santiago de Compostela.
The book is an account of this 3,500-kilometer pilgrimage, which leads via Aachen, Trier, Cluny, Lyon, Arles, Toulouse, across the Pyrenees to Logroño, Burgos, and Leon, finally ending in the city of Santiago. The Christian conviction that the Church can still be a guide for all who are searching and willing to discover sets the tone for the daily notes. The pilgrim is less interested in the beauty of the churches and monasteries along the Way of St. James described in the usual guidebooks; he visits them all, but only to seek in them “a stage in the ascent of human consciousness” and strength to cope with the present. And on his arduous pilgrimage, the author succeeds in experiencing the path itself, the diverse nature, and the art in the churches as “Christ’s message of redemption.” The reader who embarks on such a search for clues will be able to exclaim at the end with Hans Michael Schulz: “Each time I was gripped anew. And this and everything else on the way here was far more than I had expected. – Basta!”
Hello! I am Eric Schendel, owner of The Lifestyle Doctor. I am a personal technology consultant and I also teach people how to successfully run a business from their home on their computer. Here is a brief summary of my background and interests.
My family moved down to Mexico when I was seven and we lived there eleven years, mostly in a little town called San Miguel de Allende. When we returned to the States we settled in Texas where I completed high school and attended college and medical school. In 1984, I fell in love with computers and what they could do to improve the practice of medicine. My first computer was a KayPro II and my second was a PC clone made by Heath, which came in a kit which had to be assembled—I even had to solder the components onto the circuit boards! Later I joined a locum tenens company (medical temporary agency) so that I could complete a Ph.D. in bioengineering with a major in computerized medical diagnostics. Now Big Planet offers me a chance to share some of my computer knowledge and my passion for technology with other people.
I live in Seattle with my wife Fionnuala and our son Keith. Recreational interests include writing, skiing, sailing, hiking and traveling.
Wolfgang Ellenberger, the author of this web site has studied also piano diploma and concert exam besides music therapy. 1987-1989 he worked at the ballet of the Scala of Milano as pianist. 1994 debut as conductor with the Sibirian State orchestra Kemerovo. In the nineties he conducted three choirs and in the opera project Magic Flute. He has lived three years of his life in a camper on camping sites. He invented several things: piano-lift-hydraulics, piano fingering system and he introduced cinema therapy to a psychosomatic hospital. Since 1982 he manages an event service (see clients list). In his youth he played a pneumatic organ in a church in Hamburg Altona for 12 years. Since his workshop with Elisabeth Kübler-Ross he studied spirituality intensively and finally wrote a film script about the communication with the spiritual world according to the book of Johannes Greber. He produced many hundreds of films for his youtube account and other places. In 2011 he moved to Switzerland (with two interruptions in Germany) where he likes to hike in the mountains.
in baroque dance-groupEugen Onegin Teatro alla Scala 1986 Solo-StatistSinger in Opera-Choir (top)Journalist for Main-Post music criticsTexter for cartoons of Rippenspreizer12 years organ @Mennonitengemeinde HH-AltonaJob in storage companyJob as barista
Ellenberger worked as a waiter fully employed @ maritim hotel Würzburg for some months.
Bachelor of science in electrical engineering from Cornell University, 1977; doctorate of medicine from Cornell University Medical College, 1981; Assistant Professor of bioengineering, University of Texas Southwestern; PSP candidate for STS-58; unsuccessful application for NASAastronaut groups 13 and 16; hobbies: Camping, fishing, hiking and avid reader of history; he served as a surgeon at Ambulatory Care Clinic in Dallas, Texas; currently professor of medicine and an adjunct professor of engineering, Dartmouth; in 2008 he has announced his candidacy for the US senate (unsuccessful).
Colonel, USAF; bachelor of arts in biochemistry from San Francisco State University, 1981; doctorate of medicine from University of Washington, 1985; unsuccessful application for NASAastronaut group 15; hobbies: Music, jigsaw puzzling, juggling, skating, hiking, writing, public speaking, historical novels.
Bachelor of science in zoology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1983; doctorate of medicine from the same school, 1987; Captain, USN; flight surgeon; unsuccessful application for NASAastronaut group 15; hobbies: Scuba diving, hiking, camping, biking, traveling, flying, parachuting; died in the Columbia tragedy (STS-107) on February 01, 2003.
You have asked for a description of my hobbies. Here it is. The list would be: Computer, drawing, writing, walking, playing piano, creating jewelry, supporting church music. (Maybe I forgot some hobbies which I am doing less often).
The most important hobby I have made my profession since 1996 is programming of computers. And here first of all the application of medical knowledge.
A typical sort of “cross validation” of Laboratory results is: A patient serum has Measles-IgG positive and Measles-IgM negative; my program writes a validation: Former measles infection or vaccination. No sign of an acute infection.
Another example: The result is Chlamydia-IgG negative and Chlamydia-IgM positive+: Suspect of acute Chlamydia infection if also Chlamydia-IgG goes up after control, otherwise unspecific reaction. Occasionally cross-reaction with Chlamydia pneumoniae and psittaci.
Drawing: Mostly I am doing it during holidays (not even every time). It makes me forget everything around. During our holiday in Fuerteventura I made this drawing (pencil and ink. I also like to combine cole and ink.
