Alfred Bollinger (doctor)

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Alfred Bollinger in the microcirculation laboratory

Alfred Bollinger (born January 23, 1932 in Herisau ; † April 3, 2015 ) was a Swiss physician and professor of angiology (vascular medicine) at the University of Zurich . Alfred Bollinger is one of the pioneers in angiology and has been honored with numerous international awards.

Life

Alfred Bollinger grew up as the son of the editor-in-chief of the Appenzeller newspaper Alfred Bollinger and his wife Nelly Bollinger-Müller in the Appenzellerland. He studied medicine in Geneva, Rome and Zurich and was trained as a doctor for internal medicine and cardiology. He began his work at the neurology department of the University Hospital Zurich, where he also received his doctorate in 1960, and later worked at the canton hospitals in Olten and St. Gallen (internal medicine) and at the National Heart Institute in Mexico City. After his return to the University Hospital Zurich, Bollinger worked in the cardiology department of the Medical University Polyclinic Robert Hegglin . Here Bollinger was commissioned to set up an angiology department. In 1969 he received his habilitation with "blood flow measurements in clinical angiology", in 1971 he became head physician at the Department of Internal Medicine ( Walter Siegenthaler ) and in 1977 he was Associate Professor of Angiology at the University Hospital Zurich.

Since his retirement in 1995, Bollinger has worked as a novelist and photographer and has written medical and historical works. He lived with his wife Verena Elisabeth Bollinger-Roth in Stäfa on Lake Zurich. Bollinger had two daughters and four grandchildren. He died at the age of 83 after developing cancer.

Services

  • extensive examinations of peripheral arterial occlusive disease with venous occlusion plethysmography
  • Introduction and first broad clinical application of Doppler sonography in Central Europe in patients with arterial and venous circulatory disorders (1968), later duplex sonography in collaboration with Eugene Strandness, Seattle and Kurt Jäger, Zurich / Basel. The method made it possible for the first time to measure the severity of a circulatory disorder without the use of X-rays and contrast media.
  • Indication and long-term follow-up of the first patient groups treated with balloon catheter angioplasty with obliterations of the pelvic and leg arteries with Andreas Grüntzig, who developed, built and then used the devices as an assistant to the Zurich angiology department (1974). The analysis of the results made it possible to refine the indication and optimize the choice of therapy method.
  • Development of a new fluorescence video microscopy system for studying human skin microcirculation. The method enables a better distinction between harmless and serious microcirculatory disorders, e.g. B. in rheumatic diseases, so that the treatment could be adjusted accordingly.
  • Measurement of the transcapillary diffusion of Na fluorescein by video densitometry in healthy people and patients (with Marcos Intaglietta, San Diego and Felix Mahler, Zurich / Bern). With collagen diseases, diabetes mellitus and chronic venous insufficiency, the permeability of the capillaries is increased.
  • Development of fluorescence microlymphography for the first visualization of the cutaneous network of the lymph capillaries. First measurements of the lymphatic capillary pressure using the servo zeroing technique. The visualization of the initial lymph vessels was the prerequisite for further examinations, such as B. the intralymphatic pressure measurement, which has contributed significantly to the understanding of the physiology and pathophysiology of the lymphatic system.

In addition to his scientific achievements, Bollinger was particularly committed as a university lecturer to the next generation of scientists. Many of his former employees took on leading academic positions.

Awards (selection)

  • Max Ratschow Prize of the German Society for Angiology (1969),
  • Prize of the Dutch Foundation for Circulatory and Metabolic Research (Maastricht 1988),
  • President (1990) and Honorary Member (1992) of the European Society for Microcirculation (London),
  • Max Ratschow commemorative medal in gold (Essen 1995, Curatorium Angiologiae Internationalis),
  • Honorary member of the German, French, Austrian, Swedish, Czech and Swiss Angiological Societies, the Spanish Society of Lymphology, the International Society of Lymphology, the American Venous Forum and the International Union of Angiology.

Fonts (selection)

Bollinger published 418 papers, including 260 original papers in German, English and American scientific journals.

Books

  • Blood flow measurements in clinical angiology. Huber, 1969.
  • Functional angiology. Thieme, 1979.
  • with Alexander Kriessmann: Practice of Doppler sonography. Thieme, 1982.
  • with Hugo Partsch : Initial Lymphatics. Thieme, 1984.
  • with Bengt Fagrell: Clinical Microcirculation. Hogrefe / Huber, 1990.

items

  • A. Bollinger, F. Mahler, G. de Sépibus: Diagnostics of peripheral venous diseases with Doppler flow detectors . In: Dtsch. med. Wschr. Volume 93, 1968, pp. 2197-2201.
  • A. Bollinger, P. Butti, J.-P. Barras, H. Trachsler, W. Siegenthaler: Red blood cell velocity in nailfold capillaries of man measured by a television microscopy technique. In: Microvasc. Res. Volume 7, 1974, pp. 61-72.
  • A. Bollinger, K. Breddin, H. Hess, FMJ Heystrates, J. Kollath, A. Konttila, G. Pouliadis, M. Marshall, R. Mey, A. Mietaschk, FJ Roth, W. Schoop : Semiquantitative assessment of lower limb atherosclerosis from routine angiographic images. In: Atherosclerosis. Volume 38, 1981, pp. 339-346.
  • A. Bollinger, K. Jäger, F. Sgier, J. Seglias: Fluorescence microlymphography. In: Circulation. Volume 64, 1981, pp. 1195-1200.
  • A. Bollinger, J. Frey, K. Jäger, J. Furrer, J. Seglias, W. Siegenthaler: Patterns of diffusion through skin capillaries in patients with long-term diabetes. In: N. Engl. J. Med. Volume 307, 1982, pp. 1305-1310.
  • A. Bollinger, B. Saesseli, U. Hoffmann, UK Franzeck: Intravital detection of skin capillary aneurysms by videomicroscopy with indocyanine green in patients with progressive systemic sclerosis. In: Circulation. Volume 83, 1991, pp. 546-551.

Works

  • with Verena Bollinger: Stromboli, volcano island symbol. AS Verlag, Zurich 1998.
  • Fire at the galeras. Novel. Buch and Medi @, Munich 2003
  • With the ball to the stars. Soccer novel. Wissner, Augsburg 2005
  • Gold coast from the peep window. Photo book with essay. Good, Stäfa 2007
  • Schurr's departure. Novel. Schwabe Johannes Petri, 2011
  • with Verena Bollinger: Stromboli, lighthouse of the Mediterranean. AS Verlag, Zurich 2012 ()

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary , In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . April 7, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Bollinger, Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss physician, professor of angiology
DATE OF BIRTH January 23, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Herisau , Canton of Appenzell
DATE OF DEATH 3rd April 2015