Georg Holfelder
Georg Holfelder (born August 27, 1929 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a German orthopedist and medical professional politician .
Live and act
Georg Holfelder studied physics and medicine at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt / Main from 1950 to 1956 after attending the Lessing grammar school in Frankfurt am Main and the state grammar school in Posen . After passing the state examination and doctorate as Dr. med. in the same year (subject of “body weights of babies in a big city”) he completed his clinical training in Höxter / Westphalia, Bad Orb, Lübeck and Heidelberg. He was recognized as a specialist in orthopedics in 1963.
In 1965 Georg Holfelder set up his own practice in Frankfurt am Main. From 1984 to 2000 he was a member of the Presidium of the State Medical Association of Hesse, and from 1987 to 1999 President of the Association of Professional Medical Associations (GFB).
Awards
- Richard Hammer Medal of the State Medical Association of Hesse 1993
- Honorary membership of the professional association of doctors for orthopedics in 1999
- Honorary membership of the German Society for Orthopedics and Orthopedic Surgery 2001
- Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 2001
- Paracelsus Medal 2002
Web links
- Laudation for the award of the Paracelsus Medal . Dtsch Arztebl 2002; 99 (22): A-1498
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| SURNAME | Holfelder, Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German orthopedist and medical professional politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 27, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |