Rudi Schmid, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Rudi Schmid

Swiss-born American hepatologist

Date of Birth: 02-May-1922

Place of Birth: Glarus, Switzerland

Date of Death: 20-Oct-2007

Profession: hepatologist

Nationality: United States, Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Rudi Schmid

  • Rudi Schmid (2 May 1922 – 20 October 2007) was a Swiss-born American medical researcher specializing in hepatology. Schmid was born on 2 May 1922 to physician parents.
  • He was born and raised in Glarus, which inspired his interest in mountain climbing.
  • Schmid became a skilled alpinist and skier.
  • Schmid was a member of the Swiss national ski team from 1941 to 1945, and led the Academic Alpine Club while studying at the University of Zurich.
  • In 1946, while still at university, Schmid became one of the first climbers to ascend Mont Blanc via its west face.
  • He graduated from medical school in 1947, and the next year helped organize an expedition to the Cordillera Blanca range in Peru for members of the Swiss Academic Club Alpine.
  • While recovering from injuries during his time in Peru, Schmid met Salvatore Lucia, who suggested to Schmid that he apply to the University of California, San Francisco, where Lucia taught.
  • After completing the UCSF medical internship program, Schmid began his residency and doctoral study at the University of Minnesota Medical School under Cecil Watson and Samuel Schwartz.
  • While pursuing advanced medical studies, Schmid married Sonja Wild in Sacramento, and naturalized as an American citizen in 1954, upon completing his degree.
  • Schmid was a postdoctoral researcher at Columbia University, then worked for the National Institutes of Health before joining the Thorndike Memorial Laboratory, a division of the Harvard Medical Unit at Boston City Hospital.
  • He began teaching at the University of Chicago in 1962.
  • Four years later, Schmid joined the UCSF faculty.
  • He was dean of the UCSF School of Medicine from 1983 to 1989.
  • Over the course of his career, Schmid was granted membership into the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine, and the Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.
  • He was later honored with the establishment of the Rudi Schmid Distinguished Professorship in Neurology at UCSF.
  • Schmid died of pulmonary failure on 20 October 2007, at home in Kentfield, California, aged 85.

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