Friedrich Wilhelm Eigler
Friedrich Wilhelm Eigler (born May 10, 1932 in Sangerhausen ) is a German emeritus for surgery.
Life
Eigler studied medicine at the Philipps University of Marburg , the Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg , the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich and the Justus Liebig University of Gießen . In 1956 he was promoted to Dr. med. PhD. He received his surgical training in Cologne from Georg Heberer . In 1971, Eigler came to the then Essen Medical Faculty of the Ruhr University Bochum as full professor , where he took over the department of general surgery as director. On July 5, 1972, he transplanted his first kidney in Essen. The first liver transplant followed in 1987. With his clinic, Eigler was involved in Eurotransplant and in the KfH Board of Trustees for Dialysis and Kidney Transplantation . He played a leading role in the restructuring of the West German Tumor Center in Essen. After 27 years he retired in 1998.
Honorary positions
- Chairman of the Association of Lower Rhine-Westphalian Surgeons (1977)
- Dean of the Medical Faculty of the University of Essen (1981–1983)
- Advisory Board of the German Foundation for Organ Transplantation (1984–1996)
- Chairman of the Working Group of German Transplant Centers (1990–1994)
- Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Institute for Science and Ethics at the Universities of Bonn and Essen (since 1994)
- Member of the Standing Commission for Organ Transplantation of the German Medical Association
- Chairman of the advanced and advanced training commission of the German Society for Surgery
Honors
- Curt Adam Prize (1965)
- Hans von Haberer Prize of the Association of Lower Rhine-Westphalian Surgeons (1968)
- Ernst von Bergmann badge (1991)
- Honorary Member of the Valencian Surgical Society (1993)
- Honorary member of the German Transplant Society
- Honorary doctorate
- Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class (1999)
- Honorary member of the German Society for Surgery (2011)
literature
Web links
- Literature by and about Friedrich Wilhelm Eigler in the catalog of the German National Library
- US National Library of Medicine
- WorldCat
- Herbert Junghanns: Surgeons Directory: Biography and Bibliography (1980)
Individual evidence
- ^ Medical symposium in honor of the Eigler family
- ↑ Deutsches Ärzteblatt 1997
- ↑ Dissertation: On the effect of testosterone and deoxycorticosterone on the testes of long-term hypophysectomized rats .
- ↑ WAZ 2013 (with picture)
- ↑ IDW
- ↑ Honorary member of the German Transplantation Society
- ^ Honorary members of the German Society for Surgery
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eigler, Friedrich Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German surgeon and transplant doctor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 10, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sangerhausen |