Friedrich Kamprad

Friedrich-Hugo Kamprad (born January 23, 1939 in Leipzig ; † July 24, 2008 there ) was a German radiologist . He was Professor of Radiation Therapy and Director of the Clinic and Polyclinic for Radiation Therapy and Radiation Oncology at the University Hospital of Leipzig University .

Life

Friedrich Kamprad grew up in his hometown of Leipzig and studied from 1957 to 1963 at the city's University of Medicine . He then worked as a compulsory assistant in the Zella-Mehlis city hospital and completed a year of clinical training in Espenhain . In 1966 he received his doctorate in Leipzig with a paper on radical operations on breast cancer according to Rotter-Halsted and according to Handley and Thackrey as Dr. med. He also received his license to practice medicine that year .

Kamprad's training as a specialist in radiology took place until 1970 at the former radiological clinic of Leipzig University under Wilhelm Oelßner . He then worked as a research assistant in the radiation therapy department with a focus on radiation biology . In 1979 he was appointed senior physician there. In 1978 he obtained his PhD B and in 1984 his teaching qualification (Facultas Docendi). From 1989 he taught as a lecturer in the field of radiation therapy. In 1992 he followed the call to a C3 professorship and three years later to a C4 professorship for the chair of radiation therapy at the University of Leipzig. In the latter position, he also headed the University's Clinic and Polyclinic for Radiation Therapy and Radiation Oncology.

One of the focal points of Kamprad's work was the interdisciplinary oncological care of tumor patients. He was head of the tumor center at the Leipzig University Hospital for several years. In addition, he played a significant role in the development of new radiation planning and simulation methods as well as whole-body radiation. In 1999 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .

Kamprad was a member of a working group in the Federal Environment Ministry that was involved in an amendment to the Radiation Protection Ordinance, and from 2004 worked as the head of the newly established medical office for the Free State of Saxony in the course of this ordinance. In the same year he stopped working for the University of Leipzig. In 2008 he died in Leipzig after a serious illness.

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Individual evidence

↑ Member entry by Prof. Dr. Friedrich Kamprad at the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina , accessed on July 19, 2016.

personal data
SURNAME	Kamprad, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Kamprad, Friedrich-Hugo (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German radiologist
DATE OF BIRTH	January 23, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH	Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH	July 24, 2008
Place of death	Leipzig

[1] Member entry by Prof. Dr. Friedrich Kamprad at the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina , accessed on July 19, 2016.