Curriculum vitae of Benedikt Rudolf Holzer

 Personal data

Professional Experience

Since X/1984: Self employed medical doctor, owner of a private practice for General Medicine and Tropical and Travel Medicine with main activities in Nephrology and Infectious Diseases

X/1984 to XII/2004: Collaborator and deputy head of the haemodialysis unit, Hohmad Clinic, Thun, Switzerland

1989 to 1995: Lecturer in Tropical and Travel Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Berne, Switzerland

IV/1991 to V/1991:Fundaçion Nimehuazin, Managua, Nicaragua. Collaborator in Public Health Project (AIDS and STD)

VI/1988 to V/1989: St. Francis designated District Hospital Ifakara/Tanzania, East Africa. Registrar in Paediatric, head of the Sickle Cell Clinic, scientific projects 

VIII/1984 to X/1984: Consultant OPD sickle cell disease, Bethesda Hospital, Ago Mongo (Klotz) Togo (West Africa)

IV/1984 to VII/1984: Medical Expert for mass nutritional problems in West Africa (Swiss Red Cross Society)

Activities connected with the profession:

since 1981: Collaborator drug information bulletin (pharma-kritik), infomed publishing inc. Wil/SG, Switzerland

since 1990: Member of the national expert committee for Travel Medicine (ECTM)

Professional education and activities

VII/1982 to III/1984 Resident in internal medicine, OPD,  University Hospital, Berne, Switzerland

IV/1981 to VI/1982: Assistant editor, drug information bulletin (pharma-kritik) infomed publishing inc. Wil/SG, Switzerland

II/1980 to II/1981: WHO associate expert, Schistosomiasis Control Unit, UNDP and Phebe Hospital Suakoko, Liberian Institute for Biomedical Research, Robertsfield, Liberia, West Africa

I/1979 to I/1980: Resident, Medical Department, Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland

X/1978 to XI/1978: Resident, Surgical Department, District Hospital, Flawil/SG, Switzerland

IX/1977 to VIII/1978: Resident, Medical Department, District Hospital, Brig/VS Switzerland

II/1976 to VII/1977: Resident, General Medicine, District Hospital, Sta.Maria/GR Switzerland

X/1975 to I/1976: Resident, General Medicine, District Hospital Tatta/Morocco, North Africa

VI/1974 to VIII/1974: Fellow, Surgical Department, Regional Hospital, Monastir, Tunisia, North Africa

Education

1976 Doctor medicinae, Faculty of Medicine, University of Berne, Berne Switzerland

1975 State examination in Medicine, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland

1974 Diploma course in Tropical Medicine, Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland

1969 to 1975 Study in Medicine, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland

1968 to 1969 Study in Sociology, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland

From 1964 to 1968: Evangelical College, Schiers/GR Switzerland,  1968 Baccalaureat type B

Secondary and primary schools, Berne Switzerland

Publications: Listed in the Internet http://www.holzer.li/arztpraxis/publikationen.html

Languages

Memberships

Swiss Medical Association

Swiss Society for Parasitology and Tropical Medicine

Swiss Society for Specialists in Tropical and Travel Medicine

Expert committee for Travel Medicine

IT Knowledge

Word, Excel, Power Point, Front Page, Joomla (CMS), Smaragd

Spare Time

Tennis, Jazz (Saxophone player), out door activities

Private address:

Benedikt R. Holzer, Niedermatt CH-3638 Pohlern/Be, Switzerland

Tel. P: +41 (0)33 356 23 21 E-Mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it