Oskar Josef Beck

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Oskar Josef Beck (born October 7, 1936 in Munich ) is a German neurosurgeon and university professor.

Life

Beck studied medicine at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . He passed the medical state examination in 1962 . In 1964 he received his license to practice medicine and then completed training in general surgery. He received his doctorate in 1966 as Dr. med. with the topic "Adhaesiva cystica arachnitis posttraumatica of the posterior fossa ". In 1966 he was one of the initiators in setting up the emergency medical service at the surgical polyclinic in Munich . In 1967 he began training in neurosurgery at LMU. In 1978 he became senior physician at the LMU neurosurgical clinic. In 1983 Beck completed his habilitation and was appointed private lecturer with a license to teach neurosurgery. In 1985 Beck was appointed C2 professor for neurosurgery.

At the height of his operative activities (approx. 4000 operations) as long-time senior physician at the neurosurgical clinic of the LMU and his professional career, he was President of the Laser Association of Neurological Surgeons International (LANSI) from 1992–1994. He organized the 11th Annual Meeting Laser Association of Neurological Surgeons International on September 9-11, 1993 in the Platzl Hotel in Munich.

Particular attention and focus of his scientific work were the topics recognized worldwide: a.) Treatment of stroke and its therapy. The basics of cerebral vasospasm. b.) Surgical elimination of cerebral vascular malformations. c.) Use of laser technology in neurosurgery. With the ND: YAG laser was only possible at all after Beck's experimental work in human medicine. In 1969 Beck determined the brain death of the organ donor during the first heart transplant in Germany. His scientific work is the basis of his work at LMU “Report on the Transplantation of a Human Heart” (see below). He was one of the first working group on the development of laser treatment in neurosurgery, which was established in Munich in 1973/1974.

In the context of the debate about the definition of brain death , Beck takes the view that although brain death irreversibly initiates the dying process, there is still recognizable biological life in the body of the brain dead. Brain dead are therefore to be regarded as dying. He therefore advocated a close consent solution in connection with the Transplantation Act. A review focuses on Beck's positions on the question of the definition of brain death in the context of organ transplants and the handling of laboratory animals in animal experiments.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Oskar Josef Beck: The arachnitis adhaesiva cystica posttraumatica of the posterior fossa , dissertation Munich 1966
  2. ^ Chronicle of the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich 1984–1986. 1986, p. 30.
  3. ↑ Invitation to the event with a foreword by OJ Beck
  4. ^ German Society for Laser Medicine: History , accessed on March 4, 2017
  5. ↑ Gisela Klinkhammer: Abortion: When does the right to life begin? , Section: Brain Death Diagnostics. In: Deutsches Ärzteblatt . 93 (34-35), 1996, pp. A-2140 / B-1816 / C-1708; accessed on March 4, 2017
  6. ↑ KAO - Critical education about organ transplants: Subject areas - brain death and organ donation ( memento of the original from March 6, 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. , accessed March 10, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.initiative-kao.de
  7. ^ Maria Overdick-Gulden: Neurosurgery and brain death. Review of Oskar Josef Beck: Munich and neurosurgery. From the beginning to laser surgery. In: Lebensforum 2017/1, p. 31 pdf
personal data
SURNAME Beck, Oskar Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German neurosurgeon and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH October 7, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich