Gunnar B. Stickler
Gunnar B. Stickler (* 13. June 1925 in Peterskirchen , † 4. November 2010 in Minneapolis , Minnesota ) was a German - American pediatrician . The Stickler syndrome was named after him.
Life
Gunnar Stickler attended the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich until 1943 . He studied medicine at the universities of Vienna , Erlangen and Munich and received his doctorate in 1948 with the thesis The effects of light, especially of ultraviolet light on the vegetative system. In 1951 he emigrated to the United States, where he worked as a pediatrician at Mountainside Hospital, Montclair, New Jersey , and then at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota . In 1965 he published the work on hereditary progressive arthro-ophthalmopathy, now known as Stickler syndrome . In 1973 he became director of the Mayo Children's Clinic. During his life, he wrote over 200 articles in medical journals. Stickler was married and had two children. He retired in 1989 and died in 2010.
Web links
literature
Alison Snyder (January 22, 2011). " Gunnar Stickler ". The Lancet .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Annual report of the Wilhelms-Gymnasium Munich 1942/43.
- ↑ Stickler GB, Belau PG, Farell, FJ, Jones JD, Pugh DG, Steinberg AG, Emmerson Ward L: Hereditary progressive arthro-ophthalmopathy. In: Mayo Clin Proc . tape 40 , 1965, pp. 433 .
- ↑ Stickler.org ( Memento of the original from July 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stickler, Gunnar B. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-American pediatrician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 13, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Peterskirchen |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 4, 2010 |
| Place of death | Minneapolis , Minnesota |