Peter Pfannenstiel
Peter Pfannenstiel (born October 20, 1934 in Marburg ; † March 4, 2013 ) was a German internist and nuclear medicine specialist . He was a leading expert on thyroid disease .
The son of the SS hygienist Wilhelm Pfannenstiel studied human medicine from 1955 to 1960 in Heidelberg, Marburg, Innsbruck and Freiburg. In 1955 he became a member of the Corps Vandalo-Guestphalia Heidelberg. In 1960 he started work on the iodine metabolism in the normal and with thyroid hormone stimulated rat thyroid gland . Examined with a radio-iodine technique. PhD in Freiburg. After a research stay at the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies , Oak Ridge (Tennessee) , he was recognized as a specialist in internal medicine in 1969. In 1969 he completed his habilitation in Freiburg with the paper Determination of the radiation dose and assessment of the dose effect of thyroid diseases after therapy with radioiodine . In 1969 he was appointed private lecturer for internal medicine, particularly nuclear medicine, at the University of Freiburg . From 1970 to 1989 he was in charge of the nuclear medicine department at the German Clinic for Diagnostics , Wiesbaden. From 1989 to 2001 he ran his own practice.
In 1971 he was appointed adjunct professor in Mainz. In 1978 he was appointed a specialist in nuclear medicine in Frankfurt.
Pfannenstiel has published over 650 publications and book chapters on various nuclear medicine and endocrinological topics. In 1995 he founded the Thyroid League eV, whose president he was until 1998, from 1998 honorary president.
Web links
- Literature by and about Peter Pfannenstiel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Peter Pfannenstiel's website
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pfannenstiel, Peter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pfannenštilʹ, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physician and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 20, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Marburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th March 2013 |