André Wynen

André Wynen (born December 8, 1923 in Uccle near Brussels ; † June 10, 2007 in Mont-Godinne near Namur ) was a Belgian surgeon and medical officer.

Live and act

Banner for André Wynen at a demonstration against the doctors' strike of 1964

André Wynen studied medicine at the Free University of Brussels (ULB). During the Second World War , he was arrested in 1944 by the Germans and as a political prisoner in the concentration camps Breendonk and Buchenwald detained. After his liberation in April 1945, he resumed studying medicine and was promoted to Dr. med. received his doctorate and completed his training as a surgeon in 1954. In the same year he founded a medical-surgical clinic in Braine-l'Alleud , which was converted into a general hospital in Braine l'Alleud- Waterloo in 1977 . Wynen was then appointed chief physician and managing director of the Edith Cavell Medical Institute in Uccle, a general hospital with 320 beds.

From 1964 to 1992 Wynen was chairman of the board of the Belgian Medical Association. In 1964 he was one of the leaders of the Belgian doctors' strike . For many years he was Chairman of the Belgian Tuberculosis Society and Chairman of the Association of Belgian Private Clinics.

As Chairman of the Standing Committee of European Doctors (1968 to 1970), André Wynen helped formulate the guidelines that form the basis for the freedom of migration for doctors and the mutual recognition of their diplomas in European countries. From 1973 to 1975 he was President, from 1976 to 1994 General Secretary of the World Medical Association .

Awards

1985: Decoration of honor of the German medical profession
1997: Paracelsus Medal
2007: Grand Officer of the Order of the Leopold

Publications

Le fort de Breendonk. Le camp de la terreur nazie en Belgique pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Démocratie ou barbarie. Racine, Brussels 2006, ISBN 2-87386-460-5 .

literature

The bearers of the Paracelsus medal of the German medical profession 1997. In: Deutsches Ärzteblatt . Vol. 94 (1997), No. 23, pp. A-1558.
Karsten Vilmar : André Wynen: Committed European and global citizen. In: Deutsches Ärzteblatt. Vol. 104 (2007), No. 30, pp. A-2139.

Web links

Publications by and about André Wynen on Worldcat

Individual evidence

^ Belgium's Striking Doctors. In: The New York Times . April 7, 1964, accessed January 3, 2018.
↑ Josef Müller-Marein : Are doctors allowed to strike? In: The time . April 10, 1964, accessed January 3, 2018.
↑ The White Smock Strike. In: The time. April 10, 1964, accessed January 3, 2018.
^ Belgium / Doctors' strike: On the gallows. In: Der Spiegel . 16/1964, April 15, 1964, pp. 91-93, accessed January 3, 2018.
↑ Award certificate , accessed on January 3, 2018.

personal data
SURNAME	Wynen, André
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Belgian surgeon and medical officer
DATE OF BIRTH	December 8, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH	Uccle near Brussels
DATE OF DEATH	June 10, 2007
Place of death	Mont-Godinne , Namur

[1] Belgium's Striking Doctors. In: The New York Times . April 7, 1964, accessed January 3, 2018.

[2] Josef Müller-Marein : Are doctors allowed to strike? In: The time . April 10, 1964, accessed January 3, 2018.

[3] The White Smock Strike. In: The time. April 10, 1964, accessed January 3, 2018.

[4] Belgium / Doctors' strike: On the gallows. In: Der Spiegel . 16/1964, April 15, 1964, pp. 91-93, accessed January 3, 2018.

[5] Award certificate , accessed on January 3, 2018.