Albrecht von Graefe Medal

The Albrecht von Graefe Medal is an honor for special merits in medical science, research and teaching.

Award

The Berlin Medical Society has been awarding this science medal at irregular intervals since 1981 , which is named after the founder of the field of ophthalmology , the German doctor Albrecht von Graefe . Albrecht von Graefe was also the company's first chairman.

medal

The obverse shows the ideal portrait of Albrecht von Graefe in profile as well as his name and his life dates in inscription. The words “Berlin Medical Society” are embossed in capital letters on the lapel .

The coin is probably made in silver.

history

Before Robert Gallo was awarded the medal in 2002, it was determined that all medals had been awarded. In 2001, Ernst Ruska loaned the medal from the archive of the Max Planck Society , which served as a template for a new issue.

The Albrecht von Graefe Medal should not be confused with the Graefe Medal of the German Ophthalmological Society (DOG) .

List of award winners

1981: R. Walter Schlesinger

1981: Hans Herken

1983: Ernst Ruska

1984: Heinz-Günter Wittmann

2002: Robert Gallo for his pioneering work on HIV and the discovery of chemokines

2003: Helmut Kewitz

2005: Klaus Aktories

2006: Hans Scherer for his research into the sense of balance

2008: Günter Stock

2010: Ivar Roots

2015: Gerd-Rüdiger Burmester

2017: Michael Foerster for his services in the field of oncological ophthalmology

Web links

The Albrecht von Graefe Medal and its background , on the website of the Berlin Medical Society, accessed on December 10, 2017

Individual evidence

^ The Albrecht von Graefe Medal and its background. In: Berlin Medical Society. 2007, accessed May 30, 2019 .
^ Katrin Pommer: Berlin Medicine Prize for AIDS researcher Robert Gallo. In: Information Service Wissenschaft idw. External press office of the UKBF, December 4, 2002, accessed December 10, 2017 .
^ Page of the meetings of the Berlin Medical Society. In: Journal of the Berlin Medical Society, 8th year 2017. Berlin Medical Society, accessed on December 10, 2017 .
↑ Ivar Roots: Awarding of the Albrecht von Graefe Medal to Prof. Dr. Michael Foerster. In: Journal of the Berlin Medical Society, 8th year 2017. Berlin Medical Society, accessed on December 10, 2017 .

[1] The Albrecht von Graefe Medal and its background. In: Berlin Medical Society. 2007, accessed May 30, 2019 .

[2] Katrin Pommer: Berlin Medicine Prize for AIDS researcher Robert Gallo. In: Information Service Wissenschaft idw. External press office of the UKBF, December 4, 2002, accessed December 10, 2017 .

[3] Page of the meetings of the Berlin Medical Society. In: Journal of the Berlin Medical Society, 8th year 2017. Berlin Medical Society, accessed on December 10, 2017 .

[4] Ivar Roots: Awarding of the Albrecht von Graefe Medal to Prof. Dr. Michael Foerster. In: Journal of the Berlin Medical Society, 8th year 2017. Berlin Medical Society, accessed on December 10, 2017 .