Alf Meyer to the Gottesberge
Alf Meyer zum Gottesberge (born April 5, 1908 in Herford ; † September 24, 2001 ) was a German ear, nose and throat doctor and former rector of the Düsseldorf Medical Academy ( University of Düsseldorf ).
Life
Meyer zum Gottesberge studied medicine in Bonn, Munich, Berlin, Innsbruck and Heidelberg with his doctorate in 1931. He then worked at the Pathological Institute of the University of Freiburg and the ENT clinic in Cologne, where he became an assistant in 1935 and senior physician in 1937 and qualified as a professor in 1939. In 1948 he became an adjunct professor in Cologne and in 1953 became director of the ENT clinic of the Medical Academy in Düsseldorf (he turned down a simultaneous call to Heidelberg). 1956/57 he was rector of the Medical Academy and from 1958 to 1967 medical director of the Düsseldorf municipal hospitals. In 1977 he retired.
He was a founding member and from 1950 to 1953 Chairman of the Society of German Audiologists (ADANO) and from 1962/63 President of the German Society of ENT Doctors. From 1969 to 1970 he was chairman of the Society of German Natural Scientists and Doctors . In 1963 he founded the study group for the biochemistry of the inner ear (later Workshop of Inner Ear Biology).
Meyer zur Gottesberge dealt with many topics such as functional pathology of inner ear hearing loss , acoustic trauma, noises in the ear, bone conduction, metabolism of the cochlea, Menière's disease , sense of balance and sudden hearing loss.
In 1953 he became a member of the Leopoldina . He was an honorary member of the German and Austrian Society for ENT Medicine, the German Society for Audiology and the International Society of Audiology. The German Society for Audiology awards the Meyer zum Gottesberge Prize .
Web links
- Rolf Willhardt, obituary University of Düsseldorf
- Laudation Honorary membership of the German Audiology Society
Individual evidence
- ↑ Member entry of Alf Meyer zum Gottesberge at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on October 19, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meyer zum Gottesberge, Alf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German doctor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 5, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Herford |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 24, 2001 |