Martina Wenker

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Martina Wenker (born September 1, 1958 in Göttingen ) is a German doctor , specialist , President of the Lower Saxony Medical Association and Vice President of the German Medical Association .

Life

After attending school, she studied biology and medicine at the Georg-August University in her hometown of Göttingen . After her license to practice medicine in 1983, she received her doctorate in 1985 with her dissertation on the value of cranial computed tomography in the diagnosis of skull fractures in the context of acute craniocerebral trauma .

After her recognition as a specialist in internal medicine, Wenker worked from 1990 first as an assistant doctor, then as a senior physician in the Diekholzen district hospital as a specialist in internal medicine.

Martina Wenker also worked in Diekholzen in the areas of pulmonary and bronchial medicine, allergology, environmental medicine, sleep medicine and quality management at the Diekholzen gGmbH Lung Clinic .

After Wenker became a member of the chamber assembly of the Lower Saxony Medical Association in 1998, she was elected to its board in 2002. In 2006 she took over the office of President of the Lower Saxony Medical Association. Meanwhile, Martina Wenker had already taken over the office of Vice President of the German Medical Association in 2011.

She ran for the election of the outgoing President of the German Medical Association, Frank Ulrich Montgomery , at the German Medical Association in Münster on May 30, 2019 . The Marburger Bund supports Wenker's candidacy. Wenker lost in the third ballot with 121 to 124 votes against the chairman of the Hartmannbund , Klaus Reinhardt .

Positions

Wenker's focus is on recruiting young doctors as well as improving the care of pain patients and strengthening palliative medical care. She speaks out against the abolition of § 219a StGB ( advertising for the termination of pregnancy ). Doctors who perform abortions should not be allowed to indicate this on their homepage. Wenker advocates the introduction of health as a school subject in general schools. It is open to developments in telemedicine, but calls for the protection of personal patient data and the observance of medical confidentiality.

She advocates compulsory vaccination against measles.

literature

  • oV : women's choice. Lower Saxony Medical Association elects new board. For the first time, a woman is at the helm of the medical profession in Lower Saxony . In: Niedersächsisches Ärzteblatt: Bulletin of the Medical Association and the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians Lower Saxony Cologne: Deutscher Ärzte-Verlag, 2006, ISSN 0028-9795

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g o.V. : Wenker, Martina ( Memento of the original from July 31, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in the database of Lower Saxony people (new entry required) of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library - Lower Saxony State Library in the processing of August 26, 2013, last accessed on October 24, 2017 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / gwlb.de
  2. ↑ Compare the information from the German National Library
  3. ↑ Marburger Bund supports the candidacy of Dr. med. Martina Wenker | Marburg Federation. Retrieved May 4, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Nordwest-Zeitung: Dr. Martina Wenker: First woman to head the German Medical Association? March 6, 2019, accessed May 4, 2019 .
  5. ^ Zeit Online: Klaus Reinhardt is the new medical president. May 30, 2019, accessed June 21, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Martina Wenker wants to become President of the German Medical Association. Retrieved May 4, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Nordwest-Zeitung: Dr. Martina Wenker: First woman to head the German Medical Association? March 6, 2019, accessed May 4, 2019 .
  8. ↑ https://www.noz.de/deutschland-welt/niedersachsen/artikel/1582541/aerztevertreterin-werbeverbot-fuer-abtriebe-sollte-bleiben
  9. ^ Medical Association of Lower Saxony: Dr. med. Martina Wenker on the "School Subject Health". September 7, 2017, accessed May 4, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Compulsory vaccination debate: Chamber president calls for measles vaccination for doctors. Retrieved May 4, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Wenker, Martina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German specialist doctor, President of the Lower Saxony Medical Association
DATE OF BIRTH September 1, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Goettingen