Gerhard Bettendorf

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Gerhard Bettendorf (born May 4, 1926 in Freudenberg ; † April 20, 2009 in Hamburg ) was a German gynecologist / obstetrician and endocrinologist .

Live and act

Gerhard Bettendorf attended the secondary school in Betzdorf / Sieg until 1943 and was then drafted into military service in the Sudetenland during World War II . He was briefly in American captivity . He passed his Abitur after the end of the war in the summer of 1946. Bettendorf then studied medicine at the universities of Bonn and Heidelberg from 1947 to 1953 . In 1953 he received his doctorate there . This was followed by two years as an assistant in Hamburg , Hameln and Tübingen . There he worked at the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry under Adolf Butenandt until the beginning of specialist training in 1955 at the gynecological clinic of the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf under Gerhard Schubert . During this time, Bettendorf developed a special interest in clinical and experimental studies on endocrinology and, in particular, on research in the field of pituitary hormones. He remained connected to this scientific field throughout his life. With his habilitation in 1961 he laid the foundations for the isolation, characterization and clinical testing of human gonadotropins. He then spent a research stay at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston , Texas . In 1962 he founded the first department for clinical and experimental endocrinology at the University Women's Clinic in Hamburg with the support of Schubert and became its first director. In 1968 he was appointed associate professor and in 1972 he was appointed full professor. On March 1, 1983, Carl Schirren founded the Center for Reproductive Medicine at the University Hospital Hamburg and became its first director. Four years later, Gerhard Bettendorf took over the management of the center and held it until his retirement in 1991.

Merits

Bettendorf's merits include the introduction of human gonadotropins to induce ovulation in ovarian insufficiency with subsequent pregnancies (for the first time also in patients after removal of the pituitary gland ), as well as the clinical testing of clomiphene , LH-RH , GnRH agonists , prolactin inhibitors and antiandrogens . His publications on the history of endocrinology and reproductive medicine and on the history of pituitary hormones have become standard works.

Publications (selection)

  • The importance of protein and vitamin content in food for the amount of food eaten spontaneously . Dissertation , Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg 1953
  • Clinical application of human gonadotropins: Proceedings of a Workshop Conference, Hamburg 1970 . With Vaclav Insler . Thieme, Stuttgart 1970, ISBN 3-134-71801-4
  • Reproductive medicine . With Meinert Breckwoldt. Fischer, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-437-00523-5
  • On the history of pituitary hormones . Thieme, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-131-04571-X
  • Technology assessment in reproductive medicine: thoughts on the problem . 1995, In: Working materials on technology assessment and evaluation of modern biotechnology , University of Hamburg
  • On the history of endocrinology and reproductive medicine: 256 biographies and reports . Springer, Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-540-58254-1
  • Thoughts on reproductive medicine: following an increasingly sophisticated technology . Deutsches Ärzteblatt 93 (1996), A-529 online
  • Gerhard Bettendorf: Purification of FSH and LH from human hypophyseal gonadotropin. Together with P. Cygan, Meinert Breckwoldt. Acta Endocrinol 100 (1965), 113
  • Ovulation, Physiology and Drug Induction . Arch Gynäkol 2002 (1965), 133–159, also in Gebh Frauenheilk 25 (1965), 157-8

Honors

Gerhard Bettendorf was given numerous national and international functions. He worked in the WHO Study Group on Agents Stimulating Ovarian Function and the Society of German Natural Scientists and Doctors and was elected President of the North German Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics in 1974/75 and Chairman of the German Society for Endocrinology from 1975 to 1978 .

Bettendorf was made an honorary member of the following societies:

Other awards:

literature

  • Honorary members of the North German Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics (PDF file; 850 kB)
  • Gerhard Bettendorf (Ed.): On the history of endocrinology and reproductive medicine. Berlin, Heidelberg a. a. 1995, pp. 37-48 (autobiography)
  • Meinert Breckwoldt, Wilhelm Braendle, Herbert Kuhl: In memoriam Gerhard Bettendorf . Frauenarzt 50 (2009), 543; Reprint (PDF; 1.4 MB) in Endocrinology Information 33 (2009), p. 87
  • Andreas Mettenleiter : Testimonials, memories, diaries and letters from German-speaking doctors. Supplements and supplements II (A – H). In: Würzburg medical history reports. 21, 2002, pp. 490-518, here p. 493.

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personal data
SURNAME Bettendorf, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German gynecologist / obstetrician and endocrinologist
DATE OF BIRTH May 4, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Freudenberg (Siegerland)
DATE OF DEATH April 20, 2009
Place of death Hamburg