Peter Matter’s AO Journey: Part 1
Peter Matter talks to Robin Greene about his childhood in Zollikon near Zurich and his early years as a surgeon in Chur, Basel and Davos. He shares how he wanted to apply for a job in the pathology department in Geneva, but since all the positions there were already taken, he "ended up with Allgöwer in Chur." Working with Martin Allgöwer shaped and defined his career, and he attended the first AO Davos Courses in 1960. Being too young and inexperienced to participate in the practicals, he remembers being "responsible for beer and sausages."