Helmut Kyank
Helmut Kyank (born January 7, 1916 in Demitz-Thumitz ( Saxony ), † December 14, 1992 in Rostock ) was a German gynecologist. From 1958 to 1981 he was director of the Rostock University Women's Clinic.
Life
Kyank's parents were the Reichsbahn official Max Kyank and his wife Ida Kyank nee. Noack. He passed his Abitur in Leipzig in 1936 and served in the army (Wehrmacht) from 1937 to 1939 . He studied medicine at the University of Leipzig from 1939 and was awarded a Dr. med. PhD . In 1944/45 he was drafted into the Wehrmacht again. After the war he began his further training at the Leipzig University Women's Clinic. In 1950 he became a specialist in gynecology and obstetrics . He completed his habilitation in Leipzig in 1952. and was appointed senior physician and lecturer , later professor. In 1958 he moved to the gynecological clinic at the University of Rostock . In 1969 he came to her chair for gynecology as a full professor . He headed the Rostock clinic until his retirement in 1981. His successor was Hans Wilken . Kyank passed away in 1992 at the age of 75. He was married and had three children.
In the German Democratic Republic , Kyank was one of the most important textbook authors in gynecology and obstetrics alongside Karlheinz Sommer . At the Ministry of Health , he was 1963-1965 chairman of the problem committee for gynecology and obstetrics. From 1975 he sat on the Advisory Board of Annales chirurgiae et gynaecologiae .
Honors
- Chairman of the Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics of the GDR (1962–1964)
- Honored Doctor of the People (1965)
- Member of the former Academy of Sciences of the GDR (1967)
- Elected to the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (1968)
- Senior Medical Officer (GDR) (1971)
- Honorary member of the Jan Evangelista Purkyně Society, Prague (1972)
- National Prize of the GDR III. Class (1974)
- Plaque of honor from the Society for Clinical Medicine of the GDR (1974)
- Honorary member of the All Union Society for Cultural Connection with Foreign Countries (1976)
- Honorary member of the Hungarian Society for Obstetrics and Gynecology (1977)
- Honorary member of the Italian Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics (1978)
- Honorary Member of the Romanian Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics (1979)
- Honorary doctorate from Karl Marx University (1985)
memory
In the lecture hall of the Klinikum Südstadt Rostock , a marble plaque commemorates Kyank. Under his bronze head are the lectures given in his honor by leading scientists on major topics in gynecology and reproductive medicine:
- Fritz K. Beller (1998): How small is too small - how big is too big?
- Bruno Lunenfeld (1999): The aging man - a task for the next millennium
- Gisela Enders (2000): Viral Disease - Scourge of the New Century
- Heinrich Maass (2001): Hormones and Breast Cancer - Historical and Preventive Aspects
- Wolfgang Holzgreve (2004): Ethical conflict situations in pregnancy
- Harald zur Hausen (2005): Papilloma viruses as trailblazers for understanding the development of cancer through infections
- Wolfgang Fischer (2007): Urogynecologist - then and now
- Gunther Bastert (2009): Breast Cancer - Then and Now
- Klaus Diedrich (2013): Reproductive medicine from Louise J. Brown to today
Fonts
- with Martin Gülzow (Ed.): Diseases during pregnancy. Thieme, Leipzig 1966.
- with Karlheinz Sommer (ed.): Textbook of gynecology. Thieme, Leipzig 1969
- with Karlheinz Sommer, Reinhold Schwarz (ed.): Textbook of obstetrics. Thieme, Leipzig 1971.
- with Reinhold Schwarz (ed.): Gynecological operations. Johann Ambrosius Barth Verlag , Leipzig 1986.
- with Fritz K. Beller (ed.): Diseases during pregnancy. Thieme, Leipzig Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-136-49005-3 .
literature
- Reinhold Schwarz : The history of the Rostock University Women's Clinic 1887–1997: What has remained? Gynäkologische-Obstshilfliche Rundschau 38 (1998), pp. 151–157. doi : 10.1159 / 000022254
Web links
- Literature by and about Helmut Kyank in the catalog of the German National Library
- Helmut Kyank in the professorial catalog of the University of Leipzig
- Entry on Helmut Kyank in the Catalogus Professorum Rostochiensium
- Member entry of Helmut Kyank at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on April 11, 2015.
- Literature about Helmut Kyank in the state bibliography MV
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dissertation: Does the supply of vitamin E influence the corpus luteum hormone effect on the uterine mucosa and its glycogen content in rats?
- ↑ Habilitation thesis: Oxidation situation and protein metabolism in pregnancy toxicoses .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kyank, Helmut |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German gynecologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 7, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Demitz-Thumitz |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 14, 1992 |
| Place of death | Rostock |