Alfred Karl Pfister was honored with the creation of the Alfred K. Pfister, M.D. Legacy Scholarship for WVU Health Sciences Center medical students.
CHARLESTON, WV, January 28, 2019 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Marquis Who's Who, the world's premier publisher of biographical profiles, is proud to name Alfred Karl Pfister a Lifetime Achiever. An accomplished listee, Dr. Pfister celebrated many years' experience in his professional network, and has been noted for achievements, leadership qualities, and the credentials and successes he accrued in his field. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
He was born in Wheeling, West Virginia, to Alfred and Anna Seeger Pfister. He graduated from Washington and Jefferson College, and earned his M.D. from George Washington University. He served his internship at Bowman Gray School of Medicine, completed his internal medicine residency at Charleston Area Medical Center, and a fellowship in infectious diseases at the University of Colorado. From 1966 to 1968, he served as Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Public Health Service on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona. In 1969, he joined the Charleston Internal Medicine Group. He subsequently became an accomplished leader and educator. During his career, he received numerous awards and recognitions including: Fellowship in the American College of Physicians, Outstanding Clinician Teaching Award, Attending Physician of the Year, Special Recognition Award for Unsurpassed Approach to Medicine and Exceptional Capabilities as a Teacher in the Department of Internal Medicine, the Shawn Chillag, M.D. Attending of the Year Award, and the West Virginia University School of Medicine Dean's Award. He contributed to numerous research publications and was consistently named to Best Doctors in America and Who's Who in Medicine and Health Care in the United States. Recently, he was honored with the creation of the Alfred K. Pfister, M.D. Legacy Scholarship for WVU Health Sciences Center medical students. Dr. Pfister was a wonderfully devoted father to his children, and an exceptionally loving husband to his wife, Nancy. He was a legendary and beloved physician in our region. He was well known as a humorist, a humanitarian, a healer, and a mentor to all who knew him. Al touched thousands of lives during his 50- year career. His gentle and genuine compassion endeared him to his patients who were ever loyal to him. He was endlessly upbeat and kind, with a mischievous grin and continuous joking, often politically incorrect, but always in fun and never with malice. As a medical educator, he had an encyclopedic knowledge of internal medicine, and was a catalyst for interesting discussion during teaching conferences. He inspired countless medical students and residents to emulate him, the ultimate role model of what a physician should be. Dr. Pfister is survived by his wife, Nancy Taylor Pfister; his sister, Ann Kurtz of Las Cruces, N.M.; sons, Alfred K. Pfister III of Huntington, Philip G. Pfister of Charleston; daughter, Constance Blanks of Raleigh, N.C.; and grandchildren, Will Blanks, Anna Blanks and Wyatt Pfister. Also surviving are his rescue cats, Slabvenia and Midnight, and dog, Tucker.
In recognition of outstanding contributions to his profession and the Marquis Who's Who community, Dr. Pfister has been featured on the Marquis Who's Who Lifetime Achievers website. Please visit www.ltachievers.com for more information about this honor.
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