Horst Bourmer
Horst Reiner Bourmer (born August 17, 1920 in Koblenz ; † May 20, 2001 in Cologne ) was a German surgeon and medical professional .
Career
Born in Koblenz as the son of a veterinarian, Horst Reiner Bourmer attended school in Frankfurt / Main and Cologne. After graduating from high school in 1938, he studied medicine in Berlin, Kiel, Cologne, Heidelberg and Tübingen, interrupted by war missions. He passed the state examination in 1944 , was then employed as a marine medical officer in the naval hospital and as a submarine doctor, and was taken prisoner by the British.
Bourmer was promoted to Dr. med. PhD . He then worked clinically at the II. Medical University Clinic Hamburg-Eppendorf, at the State Hospital Sanderbusch / Oldenburg, at the Surgical University Clinic Cologne-Lindenthal and at the II. Surgical University Clinic of the Cologne-Merheim Municipal Hospitals with further training as a doctor for surgery, urology and Anesthesia. From 1957 to 1961 he worked as a senior physician in Cologne-Merheim before he was appointed chief physician at the Cologne-Worringen Municipal Hospital in 1961, where he worked until the end of 1981.
In addition, he held a leading position in the committees and associations of medical self-administration. From 1961 to 1968 he was the second chairman of the Marburger Bund , 1972-1989 Chairman of Hartmann Federal from 1973 to 1978, vice president of the German Medical Association , 1978-1990 President of the Federal Association of German Medical Associations and 1981-1993 President of the Medical Association of North Rhine .
Bourmer was married to Almuth nee Meyer-Abich (1921-2016). He died in 2001 at the age of 80. The family grave is located in the Melaten cemetery in Cologne .
Honors
- 1971: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1982: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1986: Great Cross of Merit with Star of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1991: Great Cross of Merit with Star and Shoulder Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1994: Paracelsus Medal of the German Medical Association
- 1997: Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
- Honorary chairman of the Hartmannbund
- Honorary President of the North Rhine Medical Association
- Honorary President of the Board of Trustees of the German Heart Center Berlin
Web links
- Literature by and about Horst Bourmer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Laudation for the award of the Paracelsus Medal . Dtsch Arztebl 1994; 91 (20): A-1462
Individual evidence
- ^ Tomb in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved May 12, 2020 (English).
- ↑ Merit holders since 1986. State Chancellery of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, accessed on March 11, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bourmer, Horst |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bourmer, Horst Reiner |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German medic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th August 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Koblenz |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 20, 2001 |
| Place of death | Cologne |