Rosmarie Frick

Frick joined Gazi Yaşargil's team and learned how to perform neurosurgery. Frick went on to work in several hospitals, including those in Zurich, Olten, and Bern. She taught the neurosurgical microsurgery laboratory at the University Hospital of Zürich from 1979 until 2013. Over a career spanning more than 30 years, she has taught microsurgery in many countries, including Taipei, China, Italy, Turkey and Switzerland, Pakistan, and Poland. She has taught thousands of young surgeons, including many vascular surgeons. Her story has been documented by the Swiss public radio and broadcast television company SRF. She earned an honorary doctorate from Yeditepe University Hospital, Istanbul, in 2017.