Guenter B. Risse | |
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 Risse in 2010 | |
| Born | April 28, 1932 |
| Alma mater | Colegio Nacional University of Buenos Aires University of Chicago |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | History of medicine |
| Institutions | University of Minnesota University of Wisconsin–Madison University of California, San Francisco University of California, Berkeley |
Guenter B. Risse (born 28 April 1932) is an American medical historian. He has written numerous books, including his most recent "Driven by Fear: Epidemics and Isolation in San Francisco's House of Pestilence." The American Association for the History of Medicine awarded him the 1988 William H. Welch Medal for his book Hospital Life in Enlightenment Scotland and its Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005. He is Professor Emeritus, Department of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine, at the University of California, San Francisco, and currently Affiliate Professor of Bioethics and Humanities at the University of Washington in Seattle.