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Luc Lemli

Born  1935
Died  

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Belgian paediatrician, born December 26, 1935, Aalst, Belgium.

Biography of Luc Lemli

Luc Lemli was educated at St. Josef's College in his native town and studied medicine at the University of Louvain. He qualified in 1960 and later that year became a resident in paediatrics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He was a paediatric resident at the Stedelijk Ziekenhuis, Dendermonde from 1964-1965, and in 1976 became head of paediatrics at the OLV Troos Hospital, Dendermonde. Lemli retired from hospital service in 1994 but is still practicing (2000).

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