Lorenz E. Zimmerman

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Lorenz Eugene Zimmerman (born November 15, 1920 in Washington, DC , † March 16, 2013 in Towson , Maryland ) was an American ophthalmologist and pathologist.

Zimmerman studied medicine at George Washington University with a bachelor's degree in 1943 and a master's degree in 1945. He completed his specialist training (internship) at DC General Hospital and at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center (residency in pathology). After completing his specialist training, he served as a field doctor (head of the pathology laboratory) until 1952 in the Korean War , for which he was awarded the Bronze Star and the Legion of Merit . In 1952 he received his diploma in pathology. In Washington DC he was on his return to the Armed Forces Medical Institute of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where he stayed for the rest of his career and was head of ophthalmic pathology from 1954. From 1954 he was also associate professor and since 1963 professor of ophthalmic pathology at George Washington University. Since 1983 he has been Professor of Ophthalmology and Pathology at Georgetown University . After his retirement he lived in Baltimore and from 2002 at the Blakehurst Retirement Community in Towson , Maryland . There he succumbed to complications of a respiratory infection on March 16, 2013 at the age of 92. He had been married since 1960 to Anastasia U. Zimmermann, who died of heart failure just ten days after Zimmermann's death , and had six children.

In the USA he was considered to be the founder of modern ophthalmic pathology and was a founding member of the Verhoeff Society of Ophthalmic Pathology. In addition to a standard textbook, he published over 300 scientific publications.

In 1976 he received the Ernst Jung Prize . He received the Helen Keller Prize for Vision Research, the Pisart Award, the Dutch Donders Medal, and the Lucien Howe Medal from the American Ophthalmologic Society. He was an honorary doctor of the University of Illinois . The American Society for Ophthalmic Pathology donated the Lorenz E. Zimmerman Lecture in his honor.

Fonts

  • with Michael J. Hogan: Ophthalmic Pathology. 2nd edition, Saunders, Philadelphia PA 1962.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Life data from: American Men & Women of Science. A biographical directory of today's leaders in physical, biological and related sciences. Volume 7: T - Z. Gale Group, Detroit et al. 2004, ISBN 0-7876-7399-4 .
  2. ^ Obituaries: Lorenz Zimmerman and Anastasia Zimmerman . Washington Post April 23, 2013. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  3. ↑ Tso MM: In Memoriam: Lorenz E. Zimmerman, MD (1920-2013), and Anastasia U. Zimmerman (1923-2013) . JAMA Ophthalmol. 2013; 131 (8): 1104-1105. doi : 10.1001 / jamaophthalmol.2013.4875 .
  4. ↑ The first edition has other authors.
personal data
SURNAME Zimmerman, Lorenz E.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zimmerman, Lorenz Eugene
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American medic
DATE OF BIRTH November 15, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Washington, DC
DATE OF DEATH March 16, 2013
Place of death Towson , Maryland