Dietrich Tönnis

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The grave of Dietrich Tönnis in the Tönnis family grave in the Dortmund-Oespel cemetery.

Dietrich Tönnis (born August 10, 1927 in Würzburg , † August 21, 2010 in Dortmund ) was a German pediatric orthopedist . His specialty was hip dislocation.

Life

He was the son of the neurosurgeon Wilhelm Tönnis and grew up in Berlin-Schmargendorf and Bochum-Langendreer. From 1947 to 1953 he studied medicine at the universities of Münster, Freiburg, Cologne and Munich. After the medical state examination in Munich, he spent a year internship in New Jersey with the help of the Ventnor Foundation. In 1966 he completed his habilitation at the Free University of Berlin and in 1972 became an adjunct professor at the University of Münster .

His clinical career included the following stations:

  • 1958–1960 assistant to the trauma surgery professional association University Clinic Bergmannsheil , Bochum
  • 1960–1968 assistant and senior physician at the Orthopedic University Clinic of the Free University of Berlin, Prof. Witt
  • 1968–1970 Senior Physician at the Orthopedic University Clinic Munich-Harlaching (Prof. Dr. AN Witt)
  • 1970–1992 Senior Physician at the Orthopedic Clinic of the Dortmund City Clinics
  • 1974–1975 internship at Monmouth Memorial Hospital in Long Branch, New Jersey
  • 1976 work at the Physiological Institute of the University of Cologne
  • 1977 assistant at the neurological clinic at the University of Cologne

To correct a dysplastic adolescent hip, Dietrich Tönnis developed his "triple osteotomy".

Awards

  • Honorary member of the Czech, Austrian and German Society for Orthopedics and Traumatology
  • 1963 Linninger Prize of the German Society for Accident Medicine
  • 1975 honorary member of the Northwest German Association for Orthopedics
  • 1999 honorary member of the European Pediatric Orthopedic Society
  • 1996 Medal of Honor from the Association for Pediatric Orthopedics
  • 2007 Pro maximis meritis medal from the EPOS

Publications

  • Congenital hip dysplasia and hip dislocation, Heidelberg 1984
  • Congenital Dysplasia and Dislocation of the Hip in Children and Adults, Heidelberg 1987
  • Triple Pelvic Osteotomy. J. Pediatr. Orthop. Part B, 3, 1994, 54-67 (co-author)
  • Lateral Acetabular Osteotomy. Pediatr. Orthop. Part B, 3, 1994, 40-46
  • Triple Pelvic Osteotomy. In: Macnicol (ed.): Color Atlas of Osteotomy of the Hip Mosby Wolfe 1996, 42-50
  • (together with Heinecke), reduced acetabular version and femoral neck torsion cause pain and osteoarthritis. Part 1 Statistics and Clin. Consequences. Z. Orthop. 137, 1999, 153-159
  • (together with Heinecke), Part 2: Etiology, diagnostics, therapy. Z. Orthop. 137, 1999, 160-167
  • (together with Heinecke), Current Concepts Review: Acetabular and Femoral Anteversion: Relationship with Osteoarthritis of the Hip. J. Bone Joint Surg. 81 A (12) 1999, 1747-1770

Web links

  • Obituary in Thieme e-journals [1]
personal data
SURNAME Tönnis, Dietrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German orthopedist
DATE OF BIRTH August 10, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Wurzburg
DATE OF DEATH August 21, 2010
Place of death Dortmund