Margaret M. Hoehn

Margaret May "Peggy" Hoehn (born November 24, 1930 in San Francisco as Margaret May Maier , † July 16, 2005 in Denver ) was a neurologist of Canadian origin . She was one of the first prominent researchers in the field of movement disorders. In 1967, together with Melvin D. Yahr, she published the Hoehn and Yahr scale , which can be used to classify the severity of Parkinson's disease .

Life

Hoehn earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon and a medical degree from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver . She trained as a neurologist in Vancouver and London . She then worked in Boston before moving to Columbia University as an associate professor in 1963 . From 1970 she was a professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Denver .

Hoehn was the mother of a son and a daughter.

Act

Margaret Hoehn was one of the first prominent researchers in the field of movement disorders. Together with Melvin D. Yahr , she published a descriptive study in 1967 on 672 people suffering from Parkinson's disease . As part of this work, a five-point scale was introduced to assess the severity of the disease. This Hoehn and Yahr scale was widely used. The publication is one of the most cited works in the field of movement disorders. Numerous later works were devoted to u. a. Parkinson's therapy with levodopa and bromocriptine .

Publications (selection)

MM Hoehn, MD Yahr: Parkinsonism: onset, progression and mortality. In: Neurology. 17, 1967, pp. 427-442, PMID 6067254 , doi : 10.1002 / mds.20213 .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Hoehn, Professor Margaret “Peggy”, MD . In: The New York Times , July 24, 2005.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e G. Frederick Wooten: Margaret M. Hoehn, November 24, 1930– July 16, 2005. In: Movement Disorders . 21, 2006, p. 131, doi : 10.1002 / mds.20839 .
↑ ^a ^b M. M. Hoehn, MD Yahr: Parkinsonism: onset, progression and mortality. In: Neurology. 17, 1967, pp. 427-442, PMID 6067254 , doi : 10.1002 / mds.20213 .

personal data
SURNAME	Hoehn, Margaret M.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hoehn, Margaret May (full name); Hoehn, Peggy (nickname); Maier, Margaret May (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Canadian-born neurologist
DATE OF BIRTH	November 24, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH	San Francisco
DATE OF DEATH	July 16, 2005
Place of death	Denver

[nytimes-1] Hoehn, Professor Margaret “Peggy”, MD . In: The New York Times , July 24, 2005.

[Wooten2006-2] G. Frederick Wooten: Margaret M. Hoehn, November 24, 1930– July 16, 2005. In: Movement Disorders . 21, 2006, p. 131, doi : 10.1002 / mds.20839 .

[hoehn1967-3] M. M. Hoehn, MD Yahr: Parkinsonism: onset, progression and mortality. In: Neurology. 17, 1967, pp. 427-442, PMID 6067254 , doi : 10.1002 / mds.20213 .