Johann Navrátil (physician)
Johann Navratil (Czech: Jan Navrátil , born January 26, 1909 in Neu Spielberg near Melk , Lower Austria, † 1992 in Vienna ) was a Czech-Austrian doctor, university professor, cardiac surgeon and international pioneer of cardiac surgery technology.
Life
Johann Navrátil moved with his Czech parents in 1919 after the First World War from Lower Austria, first to Kaschau (Košice) in eastern Slovakia and in 1923 to Brno (Brno) in Moravia, where he also found his training. From 1953 he dealt with heart operations, in 1954 he was appointed professor of surgery.
He was head of the Second Surgical University Clinic in Brno “Svatá Anna” and in 1967 was appointed head of the Second Surgical Clinic at the Vienna General Hospital in order to develop modern cardiac surgery there and where he expected even better research opportunities in cardiomedicine. His professional change to Vienna, in the then so hopeful thaw of the Cold War , meant after the surprising suppression of the Prague Spring in 1968 and the subsequent " normalization " in the 1970s, also a significantly painful separation from his previous place of work in "his “Brno Heart Clinic. He died in Vienna at the age of 83, but was buried in the Brno Central Cemetery. In 1966 Johann Navrátil was elected a member of the Leopoldina . In 2009 he was made an honorary citizen of Brno posthumously , and his house is adorned with a memorial plaque.
literature
- [Richard] Helmut Jenny: An old doctor looks back . Novum, Horitschon / Wien / Munich 2006, p. 239, ISBN 978-3-902536-50-1 .
- Jan Navrátil: K otázce náhrady srdeční chlopně . Lékařská fakulta University JE Purkyně, Brno 1965 (Czech).
- Jan Navrátil: Kapitoly z experimentálni chirurgie. In: Acta Facultatis medicae Universitatis Brunensis Volume 11. Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, Praha / Lékařská fakulta University JE Purkyně, Brno 1963 (Czech).
Awards
- 1959 Czechoslovak Peace Prize (Cena míru)
- 1962 Order of the Czechoslovak Republic for his services in cardiac surgery
- 1979 Ring of Honor of the City of Vienna
Individual evidence
- ↑ October 24, 1967: Professor Navratil with Mayor Marek
- ^ Member entry of Johann Navrátil at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on December 30, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Navrátil, Johann |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Navratil, Johann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian surgeon |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 26, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Melk |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1992 |
| Place of death | Vienna |