Guenter B. Risse

Guenter B. Risse
Risse in 2010
Born	(1932-04-28) April 28, 1932 (age 92) Buenos, Argentina
Alma mater	Colegio Nacional University of Buenos Aires University of Chicago
Scientific career
Fields	History of medicine
Institutions	University of Minnesota University of Wisconsin–Madison University of California, San Francisco University of California, Berkeley

Guenter B. Risse (born 28 April 1932) is an American medical historian. He has written numerous books, including his most recent "Driven by Fear: Epidemics and Isolation in San Francisco's House of Pestilence." The American Association for the History of Medicine awarded him the 1988 William H. Welch Medal for his book Hospital Life in Enlightenment Scotland and its Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005. He is Professor Emeritus, Department of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine, at the University of California, San Francisco, and currently Affiliate Professor of Bioethics and Humanities at the University of Washington in Seattle.