Richard Michaelis (medic)

Richard Michaelis (* the 30th May 1931 in Schwäbisch Hall , † 17th January 2017 in Tübingen ) was a German doctor for Pediatrics focused on the development neurology and pediatric neurology .

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Richard Michaelis was born on May 30, 1931 in Schwäbisch Hall, the son of a family of doctors. After training as a landscape gardener, he studied medicine at the Universities of Freiburg , Tübingen and Munich and received his doctorate there in 1958. He then worked as a specialist in paediatrics at the University Children's Hospital of Göttingen , where he completed his habilitation in 1968. From 1969 to 1970 he was he works as a pediatrician in the USA ( University of California in Los Angeles / Division of Pediatrics). Michaelis had been working at the University Children's Hospital in Tübingen since 1971 , where he set up a department for developmental neurology, which he headed as medical director until his retirement in 1997. Since 1985 he has held a newly created chair for developmental neurology , social pediatrics and neuropediatrics .

Michaelis died on January 17, 2017 in Tübingen; his grave is in the Tübingen city cemetery . He dealt with early childhood development and child development disorders throughout his life and is considered a pioneer in his field.

His brother is the writer and columnist Rolf Michaelis (1933–2013).

Fonts (selection)

• Acceleration and posture errors , dissertation Munich 1958.
• Investigations into the neurophysiology of hypotrophic newborns, habilitation thesis Göttingen 1968.
• Developmental neurology (together with Monika Buchwald-Saal and others), Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-17-008537-9 (5th edition udT: Richard Michaelis / Gerhard Niemann: Developmental neurology and neuropediatrics. Basics, diagnostic strategies, developmental therapies and development support, Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart 2017, ISBN 978-3-13-118535-8 ).
• My child is not stupid. Developmental and learning disorders (together with Gislind Binder), Ravensburger Buchverlag, Ravensburg 1997, ISBN 3-473-42707-1 .
• Learning disorders: recognize early, take a targeted approach, successfully compensate (together with Gislind Binder), Urania-Verlag, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-332-01309-2 .
• Several articles in: Hans G. Schlack (Hrsg.): Entwicklungspädiatrie. Important pediatric knowledge about the first 6 years of life , Marseille, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-88616-113-7 .
• The first five years in the life of a child , Knaur, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-426-64260-3 (5th edition udT: The first five years. From baby to preschooler How your child develops , TRIAS, Stuttgart 2018, ISBN 978 -3-432-10487-4 ).

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• Ingeborg Krägeloh-Mann: pioneer of child neurology. Richard Michaelis died at the age of 85 . Obituary in: Schwäbisches Tagblatt from January 24, 2017.
• Gerhard Niemann / Andreas Oberle: Obituary Prof. Dr. Richard Michaelis. In: Kinderärztliche Praxis, Vol. 88 (2017), p. 189 online .

Web links

• University Clinic for Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine Tübingen, Department III (Neuropediatrics, Developmental Neurology, Social Pediatrics) .