Klaus Hierholzer

Klaus Hierholzer (born June 8, 1929 in Konstanz , † February 11, 2007 in Allensbach ) was a German doctor and physiologist .

Live and act

His parents were the government veterinarian Erhard Hierholzer and his wife Isolde Hierholzer, b. Werner. He studied medicine in Tübingen, Frankfurt / Main and Innsbruck. He then worked at the Institute for Pharmacology at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg , where he received his PhD in 1954. med. PhD . This was followed by a research stay at Cornell University in New York , USA. From 1960 to 1964 he worked in the medical clinic of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main , during which time he acquired specialist certification for internal medicine. In 1964 he moved to the Institute for Physiology at the Free University of Berlin , where he completed his habilitation in 1966 .

In 1968 he accepted a position as professor and director at the newly founded Institute for Clinical Physiology , a research institute located in the main building of the recently opened Steglitz University Hospital (now the Benjamin Franklin Campus of the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin). He headed the institute until his retirement in 1995.

His teaching and research focused on endocrinology and the physiology of the kidney . Another area of research was the historical development of nephrology and the exodus of science from Berlin before and after 1933.

From 1977 to 1979 he was Vice President of the Free University of Berlin . From 1985 to 1991 he was a senator and a member of the main committee of the German Research Foundation .

He was buried on February 16, 2007 in the main cemetery in Konstanz .

Memberships

1982: Member of the Leopoldina
1987–1990: Founding member and board member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences . In it: Speaker of the working group "Exodus of Sciences from Berlin"
1992: Member of the Academy of Charitable Sciences in Erfurt

Awards

1967: Schoeller Junkmann Prize
1991: Bezold Medal
1994: Franz Volhard Medal
1998: Dr. med. vet. hc, University of Naples

Works (selection)

Endocrinology in 3 volumes, - Vol. 1: General endocrinology, hypothalamus, adenohypophysis, hypothalamus-neurohypophyseal system / Vol. 2: Adrenal cortex, thyroid gland, sex hormones / Vol. 3: Parathyroid gland, prose, pancreas, adrenal medulla , with Diether Neubert, Friedmund Neumann and Hans-Jürgen Quabbe, Munich 1977
Physiological and pharmacological principles of therapy. Ototoxicity, pharmacokinetics, glycoside intoxications with N. Rietbrock, Braunschweig 1979
Concentration measurements of pharmaceuticals. Significance for clinic and practice. Physiological and pharmacological principles of therapy , with N. Rietbrock, Braunschweig 1980
Phase leaps and continuity in the natural and cultural world - Science Conference in Berlin 8. – 10. October 1987, Reichstag building; 750 years of Berlin - with Heinz-Günter Wittmann (Ed.), Stuttgart 1988
Human pathophysiology with Robert F. Schmidt (Ed.), Weinheim 1991
Exodus of science from Berlin with Wolfram Fischer and Michael Hubenstorf, 1994

literature

Natale G. De Santo, Michael Fromm, Ferdinando Russo, Michael Wiederholt: Klaus Hierholzer in memoriam: Klaus Hierholzer and his impact on the renal effects of steroid hormones . Arte Tipografica, Napoli 2008, ISBN 978-88-89776-97-1

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personal data
SURNAME	Hierholzer, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German doctor and physiologist
DATE OF BIRTH	June 8, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH	Constancy
DATE OF DEATH	February 11, 2007
Place of death	Allensbach