Georg Peters (physician)

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Georg Peters (born March 11, 1951 in Asperden ; † August 8, 2018 in the Karwendel Mountains ) was a physician, microbiologist and university professor . From 1992 until his fatal mountain accident, he headed the Institute for Medical Microbiology at the University of Münster . He was an internationally recognized expert in the field of staphylococci and the infectious diseases caused by them, to which he had devoted himself since the beginning of his scientific career.

Professional background

Georg Peters came from a simple, rural background. He studied human medicine at the University of Cologne , where he passed the state examination in 1975 and was awarded a Dr. med. received his doctorate . After working at the Norderney Children's Hospital and at the Clinic for Internal Medicine II at the University Hospital Cologne , he worked for several years at the Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene at the University of Cologne, initially as a research assistant and later as a senior physician .
In 1982, he acquired in Cologne recognition as a medical specialist for microbiology and infectious disease epidemiology and spent a year as a DFG - a scholarship to the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis . In 1985 he completed his habilitation and in 1986 received a C2 professor at the University of Cologne.
In 1992 he was appointed full professor at the University of Münster and since then has headed the Institute for Medical Microbiology there.

The focus of his scientific research were staphylococci and the diseases they cause. His findings on the pathogenesis of foreign body-associated infections caused by coagulase-negative staphylococci and their ability to form biofilms are considered groundbreaking . His first publication on this topic dates back to 1982. He consistently advocated the diagnosis, prophylaxis and therapy of infections caused by multi-resistant pathogens, such as the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains , the so-called MRSA. His reputation in this area was demonstrated by a. in his election as Vice President (1991) and President (1993) of the Gordon Research Conference on Staphylococcal Diseases.

Peters was a Principal Investigator member of the Cells in Motion (CiM) Cluster of Excellence at the University of Münster since 2012 .

He was able to inspire young academics to research pathogens and was awarded the teaching prize of the students of the medical faculty of the University of Münster several times.

Peters fought hard for the expansion of medical microbiology and infection medicine in Germany.

In memory of Peters, the Paul Ehrlich Society for Chemotherapy has set up a “Georg Peters Lecture” at its annual Bad Honnef Symposium on Infectious Diseases. The German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology (DGHM) held a "Georg Peters Memorial Lecture" at its 71st annual conference in Göttingen and the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) held a "Georg Peters Memorial Lecture" at the 29th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) held a “Georg Peters Memorial Session” on coagulase-negative staphylococci in Amsterdam.

Activity in committees / professional societies

Publications (selection)

Peters is listed in the Medline database PubMed for the period from 1987 to 2019 as an author or co-author of more than 240 specialist publications.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Martin Kalitschke: Scientist falls to his death. In: Westfälische Nachrichten . August 10, 2018, accessed May 23, 2019.
  2. ^ Scientist has an accident while hiking. In: The bell . August 14, 2018, accessed May 23, 2019.
  3. a b c d e f g Mathias Herrmann: Obituary Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Georg Matthias Peters . Medical Faculty Münster, August 30, 2018, accessed: May 23, 2019.
  4. ^ A b Mathias Herrmann, Georg Häcker: Obituary Prof. Dr. med. Georg Peters . Internet presence of the German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology, August 2018, accessed August 15, 2018.
  5. a b c d In memoriam Professor Dr. med. Georg Peters . Website of the University Hospital Münster, August 9, 2018, accessed: May 23, 2019.
  6. After a fatal hiking accident, the University of Münster mourns the loss of Prof. Dr. Georg Peters. In: Westfälische Nachrichten. August 13, 2018, accessed May 23, 2019.
  7. Participation in the Cluster of Excellence . Website of the CiM Cluster of Excellence of the WWU, accessed May 23, 2019.
  8. a b c d e f g Karsten Becker: Georg Peters †: Mourning for an excellent doctor . In: Dtsch Arztebl. 115 (35-36), 2018, pp. A-1555 / B-1313 / C-1301
  9. Bad Honnef Symposium 2019 program , Paul Ehrlich Society for Chemotherapy eV, March 26, 2019
  10. Georg Peters Memorial Lecture February 25 , 2019, DGHM 2019
  11. SY155 - GEORG PETERS MEMORIAL SESSION - coagulase negative staphylococci: the new, stealthy superbugs , 29th ECCMID LIVE, of 2019.
  12. George Peters - in memorium , website of the International Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy , 13. August 2018 Access August 15 2018th
  13. Peters elected to the Senate of the DFG: Medical microbiologist receives seat for "Theoretical Medicine". Medical Faculty Münster, July 6, 2012.
  14. WWU mourns PROF. DR.GEORG PETERS , press office of the University of Münster, August 13, 2018, accessed August 15, 2018.
  15. Imprint , BIOspektrum July 2006, 12th year, p. 787.
  16. PubMed search result , as of May 25, 2019.