Michael Pfreundschuh
Michael G. Pfreundschuh (born December 4, 1949 in Rheinsheim ; † March 5, 2018 in Kirrberg ) was a German hematologist and oncologist . He held a professorship at the Saarland University Hospital in Homburg , where he was director of the Clinic for Internal Medicine I ( oncology , hematology , clinical immunology and rheumatology ).
Career
Pfreundschuh studied medicine at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität in Heidelberg , where he also received his doctorate in 1975 and trained as a specialist in internal medicine in 1982 . From 1976 to 1978 he was a fellow in the Department of Medicine at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City . In 1982/1983 he completed further training as a hematologist and oncologist at the University of Hanover , in 1984 he received his habilitation in the field of internal medicine at the Medical University of Hanover and was appointed senior physician . In 1987, he was appointed university professor at the University of Cologne . He took over the chair for internal medicine at the University of Saarland in Homburg in 1991 and at the same time became director of the university's Medical Clinic I.
The Serex method for identifying antigens was developed in 1994 in Homburg in the work group around Pfreundschuh .
Literature by Michael Pfreundschuh
- M. Pfreundschuh: Oncological Therapy. Verlag Thieme, 1997, ISBN 3-131-06421-8
- M. Pfreundschuh and J. Schölmerich (editors): Pathophysiology Pathobiochemistry. Elsevier, 2004, ISBN 3-437-42001-1
- M. Pfreundschuh: Progress in therapy for aggressive lymphomas. Verlag Uni-Med, 2004, ISBN 3-895-99762-5
Awards
- William B. Coley Award 2000
- Wilhelm Warner Prize for Cancer Research 2003
- Federal Cross of Merit 2016
Web links
- Website of Pfreundschuh at the Saarland University Hospital
- Website of the German Study Group for Highly Malignant Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas (DSHNHL) , headed by Michael Pfreundschuh, Norbert Schmitz, Lorenz Trümper and Markus Löffler
- Lorenz Trümper: Obituary for Professor Dr. med. Michael Pfreundschuh , website of the Competence Network Malignant Lymphoma eV, May 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ Andreas Kindel: Mourning the physician Michael Pfreundschuh. Saarländischer Rundfunk, March 7, 2018, accessed on March 7, 2018 .
- ↑ Christine Maack: Saar top oncologist Pfreundschuh is dead. In: Saarbrücker Zeitung . March 7, 2018, accessed June 4, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pfreundschuh, Michael |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pfreundschuh, Michael G. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German hematologist and oncologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th December 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rheinsheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th March 2018 |
| Place of death | Kirrberg |