Alfred Breit

Alfred Breit (born April 16, 1922 in Wolnzach ; † May 20, 2011 ) was a German physician .

Career

Breit studied at the University of Munich . From 1956 he was chief physician at the Passau Clinic. In 1978, he followed a call to the chair for radiation therapy at the Technical University of Munich . At the same time he was director of the institute and the polyclinic for radiation therapy and radiological oncology at Klinikum rechts der Isar until his retirement in 1992 , which he led to international renown. He was a pioneer in the use of new imaging methods to optimize radio-oncological therapy methods.

Honors

• Honorary member of the German Society for Radiation Oncology
• Honorary member of the Austrian Society for Radiology
• Honorary member of the Austrian Society for Radiation Oncology
• Citizen Medal of the City of Passau (1992)

Web links

• The pioneer of radiation therapy turns 80 , press release of the Technical University of Munich, April 12, 2002
• Prof. Alfred Breit was 80 years old , article from April 25, 2002 in the Münchner Wochenanzeiger accessed on May 30, 2011
• A pioneer in radiology is dead. , In: Passauer Neue Presse from May 21, 2011