Karl-Heinrich Wulf

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Karl-Heinrich Wulf (born January 23, 1928 in Kiel ; † December 5, 2016 in Würzburg ) was a German gynecologist and obstetrician .

Life

Karl-Heinrich Wulf studied medicine at the Universities of Kiel and Freiburg . In Kiel he completed his time as a medical assistant from 1953 to 1955 . In 1953 he was with the theme "A contribution to the morphology of diffuse tumors of the soft membranes" doctorate . From 1956 to 1969 he worked as an assistant at the Kiel University Women's Clinic under Ernst Philipp and Herbert Huber . In 1965, Wulf completed a study visit to the Nuffield Institute for Fetal Research in Oxford and the Department of Physiology at St. Mary Hospital Medical School in London .

In 1969 he was appointed as the successor to Egon Fauvet as a full professor at the Hannover Medical School . From 1969 to 1973 he was director of the women's clinic there . He did not accept an appointment to Düsseldorf , but on April 1, 1973, accompanied by some “Hanoverian assistants”, he succeeded Horst Schwalm as director of the Würzburg University Women's Clinic , which he headed until 1996. In 1996, after 23 years of service, Wulf handed the clinic over to Johannes Dietl .

Wulf's scientific focus was on perinatology, placental physiology, newborn adaptation, high-risk pregnancy and surgical obstetrics as well as gynecological morphology. Wulf was the 44th President of the German Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics and organized the 1982 congress in Munich .

Honors

Karl-Heinrich Wulf was an honorary member of the German Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics. On October 5, 2010, he was also honored with the Carl Kaufmann Medal of the Society.

Fonts (selection)

  • Karl-Heinrich Wulf, Heinrich Schmidt-Matthiesen : Clinic of gynecology and obstetrics. (founded by Horst Schwalm and Gustav Döderlein ). Urban and Fischer Verlag, Munich
  • H. Caffier, K. Rotte, K. Baier, Karl Heinrich Wulf: Breast-conserving therapy of breast cancer. Experience with the Würzburg treatment concept. Gynakol Obstetric Rundsch 33 (1993), Suppl 1, 87-9, PMID 8118371
  • Karl-Heinrich Wulf: Critical aspects of the microblood examination. Gynakol Obstetric Rundsch 33 (1993), Suppl 1, 149-51, PMID 8118248
  • Karl-Heinrich Wulf: Premature rupture of the bladder from a clinical point of view. Gynakol Rundsch 29 (1989) Suppl 2; 106-11, PMID 2612997
  • Karl-Heinrich Wulf: The programmed birth. Ther Umsch 38 (1981), 1009-14, PMID 7313983
  • Wolfgang Künzel , Karl-Heinrich Wulf: Premature birth. Urban and Schwarzenberg, 1997, ISBN 3-541-30721-8

literature

  • Walter Jonat , Christian Andree, Thoralf Schollmeyer : Kiel University Women's Clinic and Michaelis Midwifery School 1805–2005: A medical-historical study on the 200th anniversary. Georg Thieme Verlag, 2005, ISBN 3-13-142031-6 ( full text in the Google book search).
  • Johannes Dietl (Ed.): “200 Years of the University Women's Clinic and Midwifery School Würzburg” , Vogel-Verlag, Würzburg 2005

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary notice of Karl-Heinrich Wulf , FAZ , December 10, 2016
  2. ^ Karl-Heinrich Wulf: The University Women's Clinic and Midwifery School Würzburg (1932–1982). In: Peter Baumgart (Ed.): Four hundred years of the University of Würzburg. A commemorative publication. Degener & Co. (Gerhard Gessner), Neustadt an der Aisch 1982 (= sources and contributions to the history of the University of Würzburg. Volume 6), ISBN 3-7686-9062-8 , pp. 921–926; here: p. 924 f.
personal data
SURNAME Wulf, Karl-Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wulf, Karl Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German gynecologist and obstetrician
DATE OF BIRTH January 23, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Kiel
DATE OF DEATH 5th December 2016
Place of death Wurzburg