Celebrating Martin Allgöwer's Birthday
Martin Allgöwer (c) leads a practical exercise during one of the first AO Davos Courses
On May 5, the AO celebrates the birthday of one of its founders, Martin Allgöwer, who was the reason, why the AO headquarters is in the beautiful alpine city Davos.
In the early 1950s, Allgöwer spent almost a year at the University of Texas Medical Branch conducting laboratory research, which became a lifelong pursuit. After his election as Surgeon-in-chief at Kantonsspital Chur in 1958, he was looking for a place to continue his research in tissue culture in conjunction with the newly founded AO.