Training and Experience
Education and Training
| 1978 | Graduation and Doctorate, University of Bern Medical School |
| 1978-1979 | Research Fellow, Mallory Institute of Pathology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts |
| 1979-1984 | Clinical Fellow in Obstetrics & Gynecology Harvard University, Boston |
| 1979-1981 | OB/GYN Internship and Junior Resident Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Harvard Medical School |
| 1981-1982 | Surgical Resident Abdominal and Thorax Surgery University Hospital Bern |
| 1982-1983 | OB/GYN Senior Resident Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Harvard Medical School |
| 1983-1984 | OB/GYN Chief Resident Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Harvard Medical School |
| Since 1987 | Certified by the American Board of Obstetricians and Gynecologists ABOG |
| Since 2005 | Certified by the International Society for Clinical Densitometry (bone density) ISCD |
Professional Experience, Teaching and Research
| Since 2005 | Gynecologist at the Salem Hospital in Bern |
| Since 2005 | Medical articles and patient education events, including national TV, in Switzerland |
| Since 2005 | Periodic continuing medical education lectures in Switzerland |
| Since 2005 | Publications in Swiss medical journals |
| 1984-2005 | Clinical Instructor in Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Utah, USA |
| 1984-2005 | Private Practice Gynecology and Clinical Research Salt Lake City, Utah, USA |
| 1986-2002 | Periodic volunteer medical services, work shops and lectures on women’s health for physicians and lay health workers in Bolivia, Mexico, Nicaragua and Russia |
| 1995-2004 | Secretary/Treasurer, Vice-Chair, Chair of the Utah Section of the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists (ACOG) |
| 1985-2004 | Continuing Medical Education lectures on gynecology and menopausal health, USA and Internationally |
| 1997-2004 | Consultant on menopausal health to various US pharmaceutical companies |
Professional Societies and Associations
- Swiss Medical Society FMH
- Swiss Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- Swiss Menopause Society
- International Menopause Society
- North American Menopause Society (founding member)
- International Society for Clinical Densitometry
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