Jürgen Koebke
Jürgen Koebke (born November 3, 1945 in Cologne ; † February 23, 2012 there ) was a German anatomist . From 2002 to 2010 he was the managing director of the Anatomical Institute of the Medical Faculty of the University of Cologne .
Life
Koebke, the son of a general practitioner , attended the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Gymnasium in Cologne and studied biology in Cologne from 1965 after his military service . In 1973 he was promoted to Dr. rer. nat. PhD .
From 1974 Koebke worked as a scientific assistant in the Cologne Anatomical Institute. In 1977 he went to Bernhard Tillmann in Kiel , whose anatomical teaching was shaped by Wolfgang Bargmann (anatomist) . In 1978 Koebke began a second degree in medicine and passed the first state examination in 1981.
In 1983 Koebke took over a professorship at the Anatomical Institute of the University of Cologne and became head of the functional anatomy and biomechanics working group . His main areas of work were the topographical and clinical anatomy of the musculoskeletal system , implantology and endoprosthetics .
From 1985 to 1992 he took over the university course counseling and from 1992 to 2003 he was the first dean of the medical faculty of the University of Cologne.
From 2002 to 2010 he was managing director of the anatomical institute of the medical faculty of the University of Cologne.
Jürgen Koebke published around 250 papers and around 30 book chapters.
He retired in April 2011.
Koebke committed suicide on February 23, 2012. A few days earlier, significant irregularities in the burial of body donors at his former institute had become public. It is not known whether and to what extent he was personally at fault. After his death there were public expressions of mourning in front of the anatomical institute. He left behind his wife and four daughters.
Jürgen Koebke was buried in the Lövenich cemetery in Cologne (hall 4).
honors and awards
- 2001: Honorary professor at the Rostov-on-Don State Medical University
- 2005: Honorary doctorate from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Fonts (selection)
- On the question of the ability to differentiate between the marginal zones of the early stages of development of Ambystoma Mexicanum Cologne 1974 (= dissertation , University of Cologne, 1974).
- A biomechanical and morphological analysis of human hand joints. Springer, Berlin 1983, ISBN 3-540-12438-1 (= revised habilitation thesis , University of Kiel, 1981).
literature
- Jutta Knifka, Arnhild Kanthack, Doychin N. Angelov: In memory of Jürgen Koebke. In: Annals of Anatomy - Anatomischer Anzeiger . Vol. 195, H. 3, May 2013, pp. 203 f., DOI: 10.1016 / j.aanat.2013.01.002 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Robert Baumanns: Tragedy about Cologne university professor. In: express.de. February 24, 2012, accessed March 9, 2012.
- ^ Claudia Hauser: Anatomy: At least three nameless corpses. In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger online. February 16, 2012, updated March 8, 2012, accessed December 4, 2017.
- ↑ A public prosecutor's investigation or disciplinary proceedings were not included, see: Claudia Hauser: Anatomie-Scandal: University is shaken. In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger online. February 27, 2012, accessed December 4, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Koebke, Jürgen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German anatomist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 3, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 23, 2012 |
| Place of death | Cologne |