Hans Mau
Hans Mau (born January 15, 1921 in Kiel ; † February 14, 2012 in Tübingen ) was a German orthopedist .
Life
After graduating from high school in Hamburg , Mau studied medicine at the universities of Tübingen and Heidelberg from 1939 . Like his father Carl Mau and his uncle before , he joined the Derendingia fraternity in Tübingen during his studies . He received his doctorate in 1947. med. in Hamburg and completed his habilitation in Heidelberg in 1957. In 1954 and 1955 he went to the USA on a scholarship with the Fulbright program .
Hans Mau worked as a senior physician in Heidelberg from 1955 .
From 1963 he was full professor for orthopedics at the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen until his retirement in 1986. He was a member of numerous organizations, including the German Academy of Natural Scientists ( Leopoldina ) and the German Society for Orthopedics, of which he became president in 1975 was.
His main research focus was on scoliosis , a malformation of the spine. In addition, he defined the term dysostosis , a disorder of bone formation, precisely for individual joints.
Web links
- Obituary on the website of the University of Tübingen
- Member entry of Hans Mau at the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mau, Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German orthopedist and professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 15, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kiel |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 14, 2012 |
| Place of death | Tübingen |