Konstanze Kuchenmeister

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Konstanze Kuchenmeister (born Haber; born December 29, 1968 in Hamburg ) is a German doctor and author.

Life

After graduating from high school in Hamburg in 1988, Kuchenmeister studied human medicine at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg . In 1999 she received her doctorate from the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg with a study of the mitogenic effects of IGF1 on ovarian carcinoma cells . She then worked as a doctor at the Neumarkt Clinic in the Upper Palatinate in Nuremberg and London and completed her training as a specialist in gynecology and obstetrics in 2003.

Konstanze Kuchenmeister became known to a wider public as a result of her cancer. She had just given birth to twins when she was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2004 . She faced surgery and chemotherapy, looked after her four children, and at the same time set up her own practice. When she believed she had beaten cancer, doctors diagnosed a brain tumor . The life biography "Heaven and Hell - The true story of Konstanze Kuchenmeister", written down as a factual novel by Hera Lind , became a bestseller in Germany, Austria and Switzerland in 2011, a 9-week Spiegel bestseller list, top 100 annual bestsellers in 2011 TB Fiction Germany.

Kuchenmeister is established in Schwabach and Nuremberg, Bavaria, as a specialist in gynecology and obstetrics. She is committed to preventive medical checkups and the HPV vaccination against cervical cancer.

family

Kuchenmeister's father Günter Haber (* 1939) is a lawyer, her mother is the toy entrepreneur Heidi Haber (* 1940). Kuchenmeister is the niece of the musicologist Helga de la Motte-Haber and the composer and music theorist Diether de la Motte . Kuchenmeister has been married since 1994 and has four children.

Television appearances

Radio appearances

  • People on Sunday, Antenne Bayern

Publications

  • 2000: Dissertation investigation of the mitogenic effects of IGF-I on ovarian carcinoma cells
  • 2011: Heaven and Hell - The true story of Konstanze Kuchenmeister . (with Hera Lind), Diana Verlag, ISBN 978-3-453-35490-6
  • 2012: My recipe for happiness: this is how you master every crisis in life on your own . Gräfe and Unzer, print edition, ISBN 978-3-8338-2581-1 ; electronic resource, ISBN 978-3-8338-2783-9

Award

  • 2011 My Aid Award, Vienna for her fight against cancer

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Doctor went through her own hell - RTL.de
  2. Kölner Treff January 26, 2011 - WDR Press Lounge
  3. Night café: Don't be afraid of strong women! - SWR TV :: NIGHTTCAFé | SWR.de
  4. Late Night: Closing a Truce with Cancer - TV News - DIE WELT
  5. People at Maischberger - MDR Sachsen Anh. | programm.ARD.de
  6. ^ People on Sunday, November 16, 2011 - Dr. Konstanze Kuchenmeister, defeated cancer (audio) - Antenne Bayern - Menschen am Sonntag - Episode 2038851  ( Page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.podcast.de  
  7. Party.at - Photos: Press conference "Dancer Against Cancer" / MyAid winner 2011, Palais Auersperg