Ansgar Matthes

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Ansgar Matthes (born March 9, 1924 , † February 15, 2008 in Kehl-Kork) was a German neuropediatrician and epileptologist .

Life

After studying medicine in Berlin, Würzburg and Heidelberg, Matthes passed the state examination there in 1951 and received his doctorate. From 1952 he was a research assistant at the Heidelberg University Children's Clinic, where he set up and managed the epilepsy outpatient clinic and EEG department from 1955 to 1965. 1959-1960 followed a stay abroad at Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, with the US neurologist and epileptologist William Gordon Lennox .

After his return, Matthes completed his habilitation in 1960 in Heidelberg for pediatrics ("Psychomotor Epilepsy in Childhood").

In 1964 he became a senior physician at what was then the “Korker Anstalten” in Kehl-Kork with the subsequent development and expansion of the Kehl-Kork Epilepsy Center into a modern model facility, from 1969 together with the neuropediatrician and epileptologist Rolf Kruse .

Matthes was among other things chairman of the German section of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE; since 2004: German Society for Epileptology , DGfE).

In 1985 he retired.

plant

Matthes was a "pioneer of German pediatric epileptology". In addition to numerous articles in magazines and books, he was (co-) author and (co-) editor of several books and brochures in the field of neuropediatrics and epilepsy, including an epilepsy patient guide:

  • D. Janz , A. Matthes: The Propulsive Petit Mal Epilepsy. Clinic and course of the so-called lightning, nodding and salaam cramps. (= Bibliotheca Pediatrica, Supplementa ad Annales Pediatrici, Fasc. 60). S. Karger, Basel / New York 1955.
  • P. Bamberger, A. Matthes: Seizures in childhood. S. Karger, Basel / New York 1959.
  • A. Matthes, P. Bamberger: Epilepsy in children. German section of the International League Against Epilepsy, Heidelberg 1963.
  • A. Matthes: Epilepsy Primer. G. Thieme, Stuttgart 1969. (last edition: A. Matthes, H. Schneble: Epilepsien. Diagnostics and therapy for clinics and practice. 6th, revised edition. G. Thieme, Stuttgart / New York 1999)
  • A. Matthes: ABC for people suffering from seizures. A guide for patients and their families. G. Thieme, Stuttgart 1968. (last edition as (co-) author: A. Matthes, R.Kruse: Der Epilepsiekranke. Advice for the sick, his family, for teachers, educators and social workers. 5th edition. Trias, Stuttgart 1989)
  • A. Matthes, R. Kruse (Ed.): Neuropädiatrie. G. Thieme, Stuttgart 1973.
  • A. Matthes: Our child has seizures. Epilepsy In Children And What The Doctor Said. German section of the International League Against Epilepsy, Kehl-Kork 1984.
  • A. Matthes: Vademecum antiepilepticum. Epilepsie-Zentrum Kehl-Kork, Kehl 1974. (until the 6th edition (1982) sole author, from the 7th edition (1984) together with R. Kruse, from the 9th edition (1987) by R. Kruse and H . Schneble)

Awards

Matthes was honored with the following awards:

  • 1971: Michael Prize from the Michael Foundation
  • 1979: "Ambassador for Epilepsy" by the ILAE and the International Bureau for Epilepsy (IBE)
  • 1985: Honorary membership of the German section of the ILAE (since 2004 German Society for Epileptology)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ G. Krämer: Lexicon of Epileptology. Hippocampus Verlag, Bad Honnef 2012, p. 867.
  2. ^ H. Schneble: In memoriam: Prof. Dr. Ansgar Matthes. In: Z Epileptol. 21, 2008, p. 103.
  3. ↑ A. Matthes: The psychomotor epilepsy in childhood. I; II and III. In: Z Kinderheilkd. 85, 1961, pp. 455-471, 472-492 and 668-685.
  4. ↑ H. Doose: Laudation for Ansgar Matthes. In: Circular letter of the German section of the International League Against Epilepsy 1985. No. 83, pp. 210–211.
personal data
SURNAME Matthes, Ansgar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German neuropediatrist and epileptologist
DATE OF BIRTH March 9, 1924
DATE OF DEATH February 15, 2008
Place of death Throat cork