Karl Heinz Rahn

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Karl Heinz Rahn (born August 11, 1937 in Bad Dürkheim ) is a German nephrologist and emeritus professor of internal medicine at the Westphalian Wilhelms University of Münster .

Life

Rahn, grew up in Morbach , graduated from the Herzog-Johann-Gymnasium in Simmern in 1956 and accepted into the German National Academic Foundation. He studied medicine from 1956 to 1962 in Mainz and Düsseldorf . In 1962 he passed the medical state examination as well as the doctorate to Dr. med., then he received his clinical training as a medical assistant in Bochum and Herne. From 1963 to 1965 he was a research assistant at the Pharmacological Institute of the University of Mainz . He completed his specialist training in internal medicine at the 2nd Medical University Clinic in Mainz. After a stay at Emory University in Atlanta (USA), he returned to the Mainz University Clinic in 1968, where he received his habilitation in internal medicine and clinical pharmacology in 1971 . In 1972 he moved to the Department of Internal Medicine II at the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen as a senior physician .

In 1976 Karl Heinz Rahn was appointed full professor at the University of Maastricht (Netherlands) and as a senior physician in the Department of Nephrology, Hypertension and Clinical Pharmacology at the Department of Internal Medicine . In 1987 he was appointed to the medical faculty of the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster , combined with his appointment as director of the medical clinic and polyclinic D. From 1993 until his retirement in 2004, Rahn was also the medical director of the Münster University Clinic.

The clinical focus of Karl Heinz Rahn is the treatment of hypertension and kidney diseases. In the scientific and experimental area, hypertension and nephrology form a focus.

  • 1987 to 1991 member of the board of the German Society for Hypertension , 1991 to 1995 chairman of this society
  • Since 1992 member of the board of the International Society of Hypertension, 1996 to 1998 Vice-President and 1998 to 2000 President of this society
  • 1999 to 2000 chairman of the German Society for Internal Medicine
  • 2001 conference president of the German Society for Nephrology
  • 2009 to 2015 President of the AWMF

Awards

  • 1969 Paul Martini Prize for Clinical Pharmacology
  • 1976 Prize of the College for Medical Training in Regensburg
  • 1996 Franz Gross Prize for high pressure research from the German Society for Hypertension
  • 2004 "Distinguished Member Award" of the "International Society of Hypertension"
  • 2007 "Life Achievement Award" from the "European Society of Hypertension"
  • 1998 honorary member of the Polish Society for Hypertension
  • 1999 honorary member of the American College of Physicians
  • 2003 honorary member of the German Society for Internal Medicine
  • 2012 honorary member of the German Society for Hypertension
  • Silver town hall commemorative coin of the city of Münster

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personal data
SURNAME Rahn, Karl Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German nephrologist and professor emeritus for internal medicine
DATE OF BIRTH August 11, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Dürkheim