Meta Alexander
Meta Alexander (born July 14, 1924 in Berlin ; † May 13, 1999 there ) was a German internist . She was head of the department for internal medicine with a focus on infectious diseases at the Rudolf Virchow Hospital in Berlin and a founding member of the German Society for Infectious Diseases (DGI).
Career
Alexander was born as the daughter of the businessman Ernst Alexander and the Kate Alexander. She studied medicine at the Humboldt University (HU) and at the Free University (FU), where she received her doctorate in 1951. After assisting in surgery and ophthalmology, she became a research assistant to Professor Hans Freiherr von Kreß at the Medical Clinic of the FU in 1952 . From 1960 on, she was a senior physician in four wards at the clinic's newly built infection house. Following her habilitation, she took on a teaching position at the FU in 1963. In 1969 she was appointed adjunct professor there and in 1971 C3 professor. In 1975 she was appointed head of the department for internal medicine with a focus on infectious diseases at the Rudolf Virchow Clinic and at the same time she was elected managing director of the medical clinic.
She published more than 100 articles on clinical infectiology and several well-known textbooks, such as the four-volume standard work Internal Medicine in Practice and Clinic . Together with Helmut Mommsen , she is the founder of the Gesundheits-Brockhaus .
After her death, the Meta Alexander Foundation was established from her inheritance. Its purpose is to provide grants for work in the field of infectious diseases in the form of grants and research awards at irregular intervals. It is awarded by the German Society for Infectious Diseases.
Meta Alexander found her final resting place in the cemetery of the St. Matthias Congregation (Berlin-Tempelhof) .
Awards
- 1981: Federal Cross of Merit (on ribbon)
- 1984: Ernst von Bergmann plaque from the German Medical Association
- Rudolf Virchow Medal of Merit from the Humboldt University of Berlin
literature
- Meta Alexander and Hansjürgen Raettig: Infectious Diseases Epidemiology • Clinic • Prophylaxis , Georg Thieme Verlag, 5th edition, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-13-441305-1
- Deutsches Ärzteblatt . Volume 96, 1999, p. 33
Web links
- Literature by and about Meta Alexander in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Alexander, Meta |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German internist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 14, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 13, 1999 |
| Place of death | Berlin |