Gerhard Exner (surgeon)

Gerhard Exner (born October 6, 1942 in Stuhm , West Prussia , † June 6, 2009 in Hamburg ) was a German surgeon.

Life

From the summer semester of 1962, Exner studied medicine at the Philipps University of Marburg and the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz . In January 1968 he passed the state examination in Mainz. After two years as a medical assistant , he was licensed as a doctor on January 1, 1970 .

He completed his surgical training at the Elisabethenstift in Darmstadt and at the Frankfurt-Hoechst municipal hospital . On December 18, 1974 doctorate he in Mainz for Dr. med. As a specialist in surgery (State Medical Association of Hesse), he joined the professional association accident hospital in Hamburg on June 1, 1976 . He devoted himself to Paraplegiology and directed more than 30 years, the Department of paraplegia . He set up a permanent ventilation station and successfully campaigned for the legislature to ensure that the treatment of paraplegics according to the Hospital Financing Act can continue to be billed in flexible daily rates instead of flat-rate per case and special remuneration.

In 2006 he retired. The funeral service was in St. Petri and Pauli in Hamburg-Bergedorf .

Symposium “Today's Nursing for Paraplegics - Possibilities and Progress in Order and Organization”, June 7th and 8th 1991, Center for Paraplegics, Berufsgenossenschaftliches Unfallkrankenhaus Hamburg / event: Berufsgenossenschaftlicher Verein für Heilmedizin Hamburg eV, ed. from the Main Association of Trade Associations (HVBG), St. Augustin 1993.
Pressure Ulcers - Prevent and Treat. A guide , ed. by the working group Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus eV, Federal Association for the Promotion of People with Congenital Paraplegia (Spina Bifida) and / or disorders of the cerebral circulation (Hydrocephalus). Dortmund 2003. ISBN 3-934821-03-0 .

Honorary member of the German-speaking Medical Society for Paraplegia
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany , Cross of Merit on Ribbon (September 21, 2006)

↑ ^a ^b Archive of the BUK Hamburg
↑ Dissertation: Studies on the effectiveness of some humidifiers .
↑ Dr. Gerhard Exner: Mourning a pioneer in medicine , in: Bergedorfer Zeitung , June 11, 2009.
↑ Information from the Federal President's Office
^ Cross of Merit for Gerhard Exner , in: Hamburger Abendblatt , December 12, 2006.

personal data
SURNAME	Exner, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German surgeon and paraplegiologist
DATE OF BIRTH	October 6, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH	Stuhm , West Prussia
DATE OF DEATH	June 6, 2009
Place of death	Hamburg