Dr. Robert Gorter on his way to his room at the Atlantis Hotel after a full day of meetings and an aftar meal.

Mr. Abd-ur-Rehman Ashraf on his way to a formal dinner meeting at the Atlantis Hotel as part of his task to assist Dr. Gorter as a personal secretary and for translations when in Dubai.

Mr. Ab-dur-Rehman Ashraf and Dr. Gorter waiting in front of the elevator, waiting for the elevator to bring them to the conference room where Dr. Gorter would give a power point presentation for a few interested doctors and investors

Mr. Abd-ur-Rehman Ashraf arrived at the the Atlantis Hotel in Dubai two days after Dr. Gorter and here, Mr. Ashraf is waiting to meet with Dr. Robert Gorter to discuss the schedule for that day.

Mr. Abd-ur-Rehman Ashraf from Lahore in Pakistan who has been collaborating with Dr. Gorter over the last 4 years and who was able to come to Dubai to get further introduced in the work which he will soon have to start in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and in Cologne, Germany.

In front of the 5 stories-tall aquarium with 60.000 fishes, Mr. Ashraf on the telephone to organize final details of the meetings-to-come for that day.

A view from the balcony from Dr. Gorter's suite at the Atlantis Hotel. The Atlantis Hotel in Dubai has as its theme Atlantis, the lost continent which was still refered to by the great ancient Greek philosopher Plato. Famous is the 5 stories tall deep-sea aquarium with more than 60.000 fishes. Dr. Gorter usually stays at this hotel when he visits Dubai.

Mr. Michael Hommes, attorney-at-law in Cologne in Germany, accompanied Dr. Gorter for a few days in Dubai to give legal advice and assistance around the clock in meetings with doctors and investors in Dubai.

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Visit to New Zealand
(from July 2nd through July 12th, 2009)

Dr. Robert Gorter visited New Zealand from July 2nd through 12th, 2009, to meet with various colleagues and groups of people in the medical field and faculty members of the University of Auckland, the capital of New Zealand, active in the field of internal medicine, oncology and infectious diseases.

Robert Gorter was accompanied by Mr. Dawood Khan most of the time. Mr. Dawood is a long-time friend and a Pakistani citizen from Lahore. Dawood grew up in Australia and is now finishing up his education in business administration. He was very helpful to Robert Gorter in sorting things out like addresses and finding the way by car or public transportation. Also, he has offered to translate the website of Medical Center Cologne in Urdu, the main language spoken in Pakistan.

Most helpful was Dr. Roger Leitch from Auckland and his wife Gertrude. Gertrude is a registered nurse from Austria and met Roger Leitch during his training in Anthroposophical Medicine at the Ita Wegman Klinik in Arlesheim in Switzerland. She still speaks German with a strong Austrian accent. During his stay, Gertrude organized several dinners at their house to make it easier for Robert Gorter to meet with new friends, other colleagues and therapists.

On two different occasions, Robert Gorter visited the Anthroposophical Society in Auckland, and met besides members of the Society also the local curative eurythmist, another doctor besides Dr. Leitch and Gertrude, another registered nurse and two art therapists at the newly renovated building of the Auckland Anthroposophical branch.

At one occasion, Robert Gorter was invited for dinner to the house of Dr. Roger Leitch and his wife Gertrude (who is an excellent cook) to meet several members of the Anthroposophical Society to get introduced and plan future collaborations.

At the last evening of Robert Gorter’s stay, a dinner meeting had been organized at the house of Prof. Mark Thomas and his wife Mimi, who is a Family Practitioner herself. Their son Sam cooked a delicious vegan biodynamic dinner. At the diner table, possible future projects were discussed and outlined.

Dr. Gorter will most likely still return to New Zealand before the end of 2009.

Dr. Roger Leitch, Anthroposophic familiy practitioner in Auckland,
and his wife Gertrude in their cabinet in Auckland.

Robert Gorter visited the Anthroposophical Society in Auckland twice, and met besides members of the Society also the local curative eurythmist, another doctor besides Dr.Leitch, a nurse and two art therapists. At this pictures a few of those present at one of the meetings in the building of the Auckland branch.

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March 20th through 24th, 2009

Visit to Casablanca in Morocco
Robert Gorter, MD, PhD., visited Casablanca in Morocco for the first time from March 20th through 24th, 2009, to establish connections with the University of Casablanca and their center for Oncology at the university hospital. In the summer of 2008, contacts had been made by a family member of the Royal Family with Robert Gorter, and who came to Cologne to discuss a possible collaboration with the Medical Center Cologne (MCC) and the University of Casablanca. Four possible areas of collaboration were then discussed:

1. setting up medical services as offered by MCC in an existing hospital in Casablanca;
2. offer training for medical doctors and other health care profesionals in the areas of expertise of MCC in Germany;
3. establish clinical research unit at the University of Casablanca, or another appropriate medical institution in Morocco;
4. support in establishing a master's and a PhD program for brilliant Moroccan research fellows at MCC with the help of scolarships from the Deutsche Akademische Austausch Dienst (DAAD).

Not till March 2009, secondary to an overload of work, Dr. Gorter was able to travel to Moroco.

Robert Gorter was accompanied by Abdellatif Benalla

for translation and support in local travel (avoid fights with taxi drivers about the fare!). Abdellatif Benalla is a lawyer and speaks several langauges. Abdellatif was a perfect host and in between meetings, he showed Robert Gorter the city, including the third largest Mosque in the world, the King Hassan II Mosque (see pictures). Very likely, in the future, Abdellatif will function as the private secretary of Dr. Gorter in Morocco, It was told by the tour guide inside the mosque that King Hassan II had spent about 800 million US dollars out of his oqn pocket to built this mosque, bearing his name. ..... Abellatif was a perfect host who took good care of Dr. Gorter, and each day, they walked for hours nonstop through the city (see pictures).

Robert Gorter visited the University Hospital of Casablanca and its Center for Oncology (see pictures). The head of this center is Professor Abdellatif Benider, a very gentle man who received Robert Gorter more than friendly. It was there decided to organize a workshop for staff and professors, and give a guest lecture for medical students on dendritic cells in the oncologic patient and stem cells for tissue repair. Most likely, Robert Gorter's next visit to Morocco will take place early May of 2009.

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