Ernst Custodis
Ernst Custodis (born March 23, 1898 in Düsseldorf ; † August 2, 1990 there ) was a German ophthalmologist and university professor .
Live and act
Born in Düsseldorf, he studied medicine in Münster, Göttingen, Munich, Düsseldorf and Bonn from 1916. In 1924 he was promoted to Dr. med. PhD. Until 1933 he worked as a doctor in Bremen, Aachen, Tübingen and Düsseldorf. In 1933 he became senior physician at the eye clinic of the Medical Academy in Düsseldorf , in 1939 he became an adjunct professor there, and from 1946 until his retirement in 1967 he was head of the clinic and chair of ophthalmology in Düsseldorf.
Custodis was a pioneer in retinal surgery. In 1949 he was the first to successfully treat retinal detachment with a seal .
In memory of Ernst Custodis, the Retinological Society honors outstanding retinologists with the Custodis Lecture .
Awards
- Gullstrand Medal from the Swedish Society of Medicine
- Federal Cross of Merit (1966)
- Honorary membership of the German Ophthalmological Society (1971)
- Honorary membership of the Retinological Society (1988)
- Paracelsus Medal of the German Medical Association (1986)
literature
- Obituary for Ernst Custodis. In: Deutsches Ärzteblatt , 1990, 87 (40), pp. A – 3015
- Festschrift 150 years of DOG . (PDF) German Ophthalmological Society, Munich 2007
- Laudation for the award of the Paracelsus Medal. (PDF) In: Deutsches Ärzteblatt , 1986, 83 (19), pp. A – 1385
- Kristin Runge: The Development of Surgical Treatment for Rhegmatogenic Retinal Detachment . Dissertation, University Medicine, Ernst Moritz Arndt University Greifswald, 2013
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ernst Custodis: About tumors of the ureters . Dissertation, Medical Faculty of the University of Bonn, 1925, DNB 571974090
- ↑ E. Custodis: Does sewing the seal on the sclera mean an advance in the surgical treatment of retinal detachment? In: German Ophthalmological Society . 1953, 58, pp. 102-105
- ^ Custodis Lecture . Retinological Society
- ↑ Stefan Seregard: Gullstrand's Nobel Prize 100 years and counting . In: Acta Ophthalmol. , 2011, 89, pp. 699-700, doi: 10.1111 / j.1755-3768.2011.02333.x
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Custodis, Ernst |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German ophthalmologist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 23, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dusseldorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd August 1990 |
| Place of death | Dusseldorf |