Konstantin-Alexander Hossmann
Konstantin-Alexander Hossmann (born March 31, 1937 in Breslau ) is a German neurologist .
Life
Hossmann studied physics and medicine between 1956 and 1962 in Göttingen , Paris, Hamburg, Munich and Berlin. In 1963 he received his doctorate from the Free University of Berlin in Berlin. med., in 1968 he did his second doctorate (mention sciences) at the University of Paris. He completed his habilitation in 1972 at the University of Cologne , where he was appointed adjunct professor for experimental neurology in 1976. Between 1978 and 1982 he was head of the research center for brain circulation research of the Max Planck Society in Cologne. In 1982 he was appointed Scientific Member of the Max Planck Society and at the same time director of the newly founded Max Planck Institute for Neurological Research in Cologne . In 2005 he retired.
Hossmann's main research areas were experimental neurology, translational research, stroke, cerebral resuscitation and brain edema.
Academic offices and memberships
- Full member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts since 1998
- 1996–1999 Chairman of the Biological-Medical Section of the Max Planck Society
- Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
Prizes and awards
- 1975: Hugo Spatz Prize of the German Society for Neurology
- 1979: Hans Berger Prize from the German EEG Society
- 1980: Honorary Fellow of the American Heart Association, Stroke Council
- 1984: Fogarty Scholar, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda
- 1994: Hellmut Weese Medal of the German Society for Anesthesiology
- 1996: Zülch Prize from the Max Planck Society
- 2006: Vladimir A. Negovsky Medal from the European Academy of Natural Sciences
- 2007: Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Society for Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism
Hossmann was a member of various editorial boards, such as the journals Neurosurgical Review , Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism , Stroke and NeuroImage .
Web links
- Literature by and about Konstantin-Alexander Hossmann in the catalog of the German National Library
- North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts: Konstantin-Alexander Hossmann
- Max Planck Institute for Neurological Research: Emeriti ( Memento from May 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (with detailed curriculum vitae)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hossmann, Konstantin-Alexander |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German neurologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 31, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wroclaw |