In Memoriam: Professor Bernard Portmann 1940 –2018

Born in Geneva, Switzerland on 6th February 1940, Professor Bernard Portmann obtained his medical degree in 1961, before undertaking his post-graduate training in Histopathology at Geneva University, proceeding to MD in 1972 with a thesis on Hepatic Granulomas. He joined the liver unit at King ’s College Hospital in London in 1973, where he spent the rest of his career until his retirement at the end of 2009. Finally recruited by one of us, I seem to remember, over lunch at the World Health Organisation centre in Geneva, initially as a research fellow, he obtained the Royal College of P athologists membership in 1977 (fellowship in 1981).
Source: Journal of Hepatology - Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Tags: Obituary Source Type: research