Heinz fear worm
Heinz Angstwurm (born January 29, 1936 in Munich ) is a German neurologist and university professor . He is a reviewer on brain death and organ transplantation .
Life
Angstwurm studied human medicine at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich (LMU) and completed further training as a specialist in neurology and psychiatry . In 1988 he was appointed professor of neurology at the LMU Munich.
Heinz Angstwurm participated in a number of committees, events and publications on the subject of brain death, such as the symposium of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences on brain death in 1989, the commission of the Scientific Advisory Board of the German Medical Association on criteria for brain death and the declaration of organ transplants by Germans published in 1990 Bishops' Conference and the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany .
Awards
In 2003 he received the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon. The German Society for Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine awarded Angstwurm the Franz Kuhn Medal in 2005 . In 2011 he received the Paracelsus Medal , the highest honor awarded by the German medical profession.
Web links
- Literature by and about Heinz Angstwurm in the catalog of the German National Library
- DGAI document on the award of the Franz Kuhn Medal (PDF; 488 kB)
- Heinz Angstwurm - expert on the subject of brain death, article in Ärzteblatt (2011)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The explanation is u. a. printed in: K. Hilpert / J. Sautermeister (Ed.), Organ Donation - Challenge for the Protection of Life (QD 267). Freiburg i. Br. 2014. pp. 413-436.
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| SURNAME | Fear worm, Heinz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German neurologist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 29, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |