Hans-Günter Giessmann

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Hans-Günter Gießmann (born April 17, 1922 in Berlin ; † March 11, 2014 in Magdeburg ) was a German ophthalmologist , professor and chair of ophthalmology. He was rector of the Magdeburg Medical Academy.

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Hans-Günter Gießmann studied medicine and in 1951 at the Humboldt University of Berlin with the dissertation "the influence of the blood count over by irradiation with ultraviolet light under anesthesia" doctorate . By 1958, he completed specialist training in physiology at the Physiological Institute at Humboldt University. Immediately afterwards he moved to the eye clinic of the Medical Academy Magdeburg , where he began an ophthalmological training under Andreas Heydenreich and received his habilitation in 1963 with the paper "Investigations on the pathophysiology of amblyopia" . After Heydenreich left Magdeburg in 1966 , Hans-Günter Gießmann was appointed professor and given the chair of ophthalmology and the management of the clinic .

In 1967 Hans-Günter Gießmann began introducing microsurgery in the Magdeburg clinic. In 1974 he implanted intraocular lenses here for the first time . Gießmann took care of the modernization of the historic building with the addition of an operating wing, the establishment of a library, two research laboratories for physiological optics and a laboratory for the cultivation of tissue. He also created a department for electroretinography. He headed the clinic until his retirement in 1987. From 1970 to 1973 he was rector of the Magdeburg Medical Academy.

From 1939 Hans-Günter Gießmann was a member of the German Red Cross , from 1978 president of the DRK district committee in Magdeburg and after the fall of the Berlin Wall, played a key role in founding the Saxony-Anhalt state association in 1990, of which he was honorary president.

In the GDR, Hans-Günter Gießmann was honored with the honorary title of Honored Doctor of the People , with the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver, the Hufeland Medal in gold, the Fritz Heckert Medal and the Prize for Medicine of the Council of the Magdeburg District .

Hans-Günter Gießmann died after a short, serious illness on March 11, 2014 at the age of 91.

Fonts (selection)

  • About the influencing of the blood count through exposure to ultraviolet light under anesthesia. Dissertation , Medical Faculty of the Humboldt University of Berlin , February 12, 1951.
  • Conditional reflexes (Pavlov). HF 36. Supplement to the university film, German Central Institute for Teaching Aids, People and Knowledge, Berlin 1955.
  • Inhibition and Sleep (Pavlov). HF 37. Supplement to the university film, German Central Institute for Teaching Aids, People and Knowledge, Berlin 1955.
  • Studies on the pathophysiology of amblyopia. Habilitation thesis , Medical Academy Magdeburg , March 25, 1963.

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  • Professor Hans-Günther Gießmann on the occasion of his 90th birthday. In: Universitätsmedizin Magdeburg UMMD intern. Edition 3/2012, p. 13 ( PDF; 870 kB ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 75 years of passion for the German Red Cross in Saxony-Anhalt: mourning for honorary president of the DRK Landesverband Sachsen-Anhalt e. V. ( Memento of the original from March 15, 2014 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. , hallelife.de, March 14, 2014, accessed on March 16, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / hallelife.de
  2. ↑ Volksstimme . September 21, 1984.
personal data
SURNAME Giessmann, Hans-Günter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ophthalmologist
DATE OF BIRTH April 17, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH March 11, 2014
Place of death Magdeburg