Martin Herbst
Martin Herbst (born September 19, 1917 in Seifersdorf , Saxony , † December 21, 2005 in Leipzig ) was a German doctor and pioneer of cardiac surgery.
Life
Martin Herbst studied medicine in Berlin and Würzburg . In 1943 he received his doctorate from the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg with the thesis "Experimental studies on the influence of nicotine on the child in the second half of pregnancy" . After completing his doctorate, he was drafted to North Africa for the German Africa Corps in March 1943 . Eight weeks later he was taken prisoner by the British , from which he was released in 1947.
Initially he worked at the Limbach City Hospital (Saxony) until 1950 , then completed his specialist training as a surgeon at the University of Leipzig . In 1957 he completed his habilitation there with the thesis “Shunt operation of the Fallot symptom complex with homoioplastic artery transplants” and initially worked as a private lecturer . His appointment as first full professor of cardiovascular surgery in 1961 and the establishment of a separate clinic created the further prerequisites for testing operations with the newly installed heart-lung machine and transferring them to clinical practice. Until 1982 he was director of the Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery at the University of Leipzig.
Herbst was honored as an Honorary Senator of the University of Leipzig because of his services, which he significantly shaped with the expansion of the Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery as the first of its kind in Europe.
Web links
- "Biography of Martin Herbst" In: www.uniklinikum-leipzig.de
- "Leipzig cardiac surgery pioneer has passed away"
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Herbst, Martin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German doctor and pioneer in cardiac surgery |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 19, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Seifersdorf , Saxony |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 21, 2005 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |