Rolf Degen (doctor)

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Rolf Degen (born July 25, 1926 in Chemnitz ; † August 3, 2012 ) was a German neuropediatrist and epileptologist .

Life

After studying medicine in Leipzig, Degen worked at the university children's clinic there from 1955 to 1973. First he completed his specialist training, in 1964 he completed his habilitation .

From 1966 to 1973 he was head of the department for neuropediatrics in Leipzig, after his escape to the Federal Republic of Germany from 1973 to 1991 head of the EEG department and consultation hours for children with seizures at the special hospital Bethel (today Epilepsy Center Bethel, Von Bodelschwinghsche Stiftungen Bethel ) with construction of a sleep laboratory.

In 1974 he was appointed associate professor for paediatrics at the Münster University Hospital .

plant

Degen's scientific focus was on the genetics of epilepsies and the influence of sleep or lack of sleep on epileptic seizures. He was (co-) author of numerous articles in specialist journals or book chapters, in addition Degen was author or (co-) editor of 12 books:

  • R. Degen: The child suffering from seizures during the consultation. Symptoms, diagnosis and therapy of seizure disorders in childhood. JA Barth, Leipzig 1970.
  • R. Degen: Seizure Diseases. A guide for people with seizures and their families. JA Barth, Leipzig 1971.
  • R. Degen: The child's seizure disorders. Epileptic and non-epileptic seizures. Hippocrates, Stuttgart 1976.
  • A. Opitz, R. Degen (Ed.): Anesthesia for cerebral seizures and intensive therapy of status epilepticus. Perimed Verlagsgesellschaft, Erlangen 1980.
  • A. Opitz, R. Degen, J. Kugler (eds.): Anesthesia in epileptics and treatment of status epilepticus. In: Symposium 1981, Bethel / Bielefeld November 14 and 15, 1981. Editiones Roche, Basel 1982.
  • R. Degen, E. Niedermeyer (Ed.): Epilepsy, Sleep and Sleep Deprivation. Elsevier, Amsterdam / New York / Oxford 1984. (2nd edition. R. Degen, EA Rodin (Ed.): Epilepsy, Sleep and Sleep Deprivation. (= Epilepsy Research. Suppl. 2). Elsevier, Amsterdam / New York / Oxford 1991)
  • R. Degen: The cerebral seizure disorders - epilepsies. Introduction for patients and their relatives. F. Vieweg & Sohn, Braunschweig / Wiesbaden 1988.
  • E. Niedermeyer, R. Degen (Eds.): The Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome. Proceedings of a Symposium Held in Bad Kreuznach, Federal Republic of Germany, September 17-19, 1987. (= Neurology and Neurobiology. Vol 45). AR Liss, New York 1988, ISBN 0-8451-2749-7 .
  • R. Degen, FE Dreifuss (Ed.): Localized and Generalized Epilepsies of Early Childhood. (= Epilepsy Res. Suppl. 6). Elsevier, Amsterdam / London / New York / Tokyo 1992, ISBN 0-444-81266-0 .
  • R. Degen: Practice of Epileptology. Classification, symptomatology, etiology, diagnostics, prophylaxis, therapy, social problems. G. Fischer, Stuttgart / New York 1991. (2nd edition. 1993, ISBN 3-437-11467-0 )
  • R. Degen: Epilepsies and epileptic syndromes in children and adults. Clinical and electroencephalographic differential diagnosis. Blackwell Wissenschafts-Verlag, Berlin / Vienna 1998.
  • R. Degen: Epilepsies and epileptic syndromes in children and adults: electroencephalography. Blackwell Wissenschafts-Verlag, Berlin / Vienna 1999.

Award

In 2000 Degen was awarded honorary membership of the German section of the ILAE (since 2004: German Society for Epileptology ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A. Ebner: In memoriam Prof. Dr. Rolf Degen (July 25, 1926 - August 3, 2012). In: Z Epileptol. 25, 2012, p. 300.
personal data
SURNAME Sword, Rolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German neuropediatrist and epileptologist
DATE OF BIRTH July 25, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Chemnitz
DATE OF DEATH August 3, 2012