ad ian ▁path ologist ▁and ▁Professor ▁of ▁S urg ery ▁special ized ▁in ▁organ ▁trans plant ation . ▁ ▁Education ▁B itter - Su ermann ▁studied ▁ 1 9 5 9 - 1 9 6 5 ▁medicine ▁and ▁sciences ▁at ▁Wür zburg ▁University , ▁Gött ingen ▁University ▁and ▁K iel ▁University . ▁In ▁Wür zburg ▁he ▁became ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁German ▁Student ▁Corps ▁N ass ov ia ▁and ▁in ▁Gött ingen ▁he ▁joined ▁the ▁Corps ▁Hannover a ▁( 1 9 6 0 ). ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 5 ▁he ▁accomplished ▁his ▁studies ▁and ▁sum ma ▁cum ▁la ude ▁graduated ▁Dr . ▁med . ▁in ▁Gött ingen . ▁ ▁Career ▁B itter - Su ermann ▁had ▁his ▁clin ical ▁education ▁in ▁Germany ▁and ▁Sweden , ▁i . ▁e . ▁in ▁K iel , ▁Kir una ▁and ▁H ap ar anda . ▁From ▁ 1 9 7 1 – 1 9 7 3 ▁he ▁worked ▁at ▁Ad den bro oke ' s ▁Hospital , ▁Cambridge , ▁as ▁Honor ary ▁Senior ▁Reg istr ar ▁and ▁Trans plant ▁Fellow ▁under ▁Sir ▁ ▁Roy ▁Y or ke ▁Cal ne . ▁His ▁research ▁interests ▁focused ▁on ▁induction ▁of ▁trans plant ation ▁toler ance ▁by ▁s ple en ▁trans pl ants ▁in ▁r ats ▁and ▁the ▁pres ervation ▁of ▁p ig ▁li ver ▁trans pl ants . ▁ ▁He ▁returned ▁to ▁Sweden ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 4 ▁joined ▁the ▁Department ▁of ▁S urg ery , ▁S ahl gr enska ▁University ▁Hospital , ▁head ed ▁by ▁Lars