Karlheinz Summer
Karlheinz Sommer (born March 23, 1907 in Neukirch , East Prussia , † July 18, 1989 in Berlin ) was a German gynecologist .
Sommer worked in the medical service of the Reichsmarine (during and) after studying medicine at the Universities of Königsberg and Berlin . During the Second World War he was a Navy medical officer . In this role he was in charge of the obstetric and gynecological department of the Stralsund Marine Hospital , which was completed in 1939 and is now the clinic. In 1944 he completed his habilitation in Leipzig. In May 1945, under his leadership, the transition from caring for the wounded to the beginnings of obstetric and gynecological care for the population of Stralsund was mastered. Until 1947 he was a lecturer at the Ernst Moritz Arndt University in Greifswald . In 1947, Sommer followed his Kiel mentor Robert Schröter to the University of Leipzig , where he taught, among other things, as a professor with a teaching assignment (1950) and with a full teaching assignment (1951). During this time he was chief gynecologist at the University Women's Clinic ( Triersches Institute ). In 1954 he took over the management of the women's clinic 2 of the newly established Medical Academy Magdeburg . His successor was Wilfried Möbius from Leipzig.
In 1956, Sommer was appointed full professor and successor to Gustav Mestwerdt (1910–1979) at the Martin Luther University in Halle-Wittenberg , where he worked until 1965. From 1958 to 1960 and from 1962 to 1964 he was dean of the university's medical faculty. From 1965 he was director of the Central Institute for Traffic Medicine of the GDR in Berlin.
Together with Helmut Kyank, Sommer was one of the most important textbook authors in the field of gynecology and obstetrics in the GDR . He was a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and was awarded the Medal of Merit in 1982 as a former member of the President .
In 1965 he followed his wife Elisabeth Rose-Sommer, a successful soprano whom he had met at the Stralsund Theater, to Berlin, where he died in 1989 at the age of 82.
Fonts (selection)
- with Helmut Kyank (Ed.): Textbook of Gynecology. Georg Thieme, Leipzig, 1969
- with Egon Bernoth and H. Opitz: Investigations of the mechanical properties of the human membrane after early and timely rupture of the bladder. Arch Gynaecol Obstet 192 (1960) ,: 365-78, doi : 10.1007 / BF00669890 , PMID 13799805
- Risks of delivery for the child and how to avoid them. Z Ärztl advanced training course (Jena). 56: 948-50 (1962), PMID 13978188
- About perinatal mortality. Dtsch Gesundheitsw 14 (1959), 1034-6, PMID 13832766
- Labor and Perinatal Mortality. Pediatrician Prax (1953), 1-10, PMID 13192916
- Woman's gonorrhea. A practical Guide. Thieme, Leipzig 1939
- About Recklinghausen's disease. Diss. Univ. Berlin 1933
Web links
- On the history of the Stralsund Women's Clinic ( Memento from August 31, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- History of the University Women's Clinic Halle (Saale) ( Memento from August 30, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ^ Deans of the Halle Medical Faculty from 1945 of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
- ^ Winner of the Merit Medal of the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Summer, Karlheinz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German gynecologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 23, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neukirch , East Prussia |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 18, 1989 |
| Place of death | Berlin |