Anita Agatha Kurmann (November 22, 1976 – August 7, 2015)[1][2] was a Swiss endocrinologist and thyroid surgeon. Life Anita studied medicine in Basel and worked at the Inselspital in Bern, then moved to Boston to train in research at the Beth Israel Deaconess hospital, where she was a post-doctoral fellow.[3][4]…
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Marie Heim-Vögtlin
Marie Heim-Vögtlin (7 October 1845 in Bözen – 7 November 1916 in Zürich) was the first female Swiss physician, a writer and a co-founder of the first Swiss gynaecological hospital. Education Born as the daughter of the pastor of Bözen, Marie Vögtlin benefited from a private education in the Romandie…
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Caroline Farner
Caroline Farner (1842–1913) is notable for being the second female Swiss doctor as well as a campaigner for the Swiss women’s movement.[1] Early life Born and raised in Guntershausen bei Aadorf, she was the seventh and youngest children of a farmer and his wife, who was the main provider of…
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Anna Heer
Anna Heer (1863–1918) was a Swiss physician. She played a major role in the founding of Switzerland’s first professional nursing school.[1] She was one the founders of the first women’s hospital in Zurich.[2]: 746 In 1897 she became the chief physician at the hospital.[3] She was the head of the SUPFS…