Rudolf Hohenfellner
Rudolf Hohenfellner (born August 11, 1928 in Vienna ) is an Austrian urologist and longstanding professor of urology at the University of Mainz .
Live and act
Rudolf Hohenfellner studied medicine at the University of Vienna from 1946 to 1953 . He then began training in surgery and urology under Bertrand Bibus and Richard Übelhör .
He moved to the Saarland University in Homburg to Carl Erich Alken , who was head of the only German urological university clinic at the time, where he defended his theses on bladder replacement with peritoneal flaps in 1964 . In November 1967 he accepted a position at the University of Mainz, where from 1968 he took over the newly created chair for urology. His main areas of interest were reconstructive and pediatric urology. He headed the urological clinic until his retirement in 1996. In 1973, he refused an offer to the chair of urology at the University of Vienna to succeed his teacher Übelhör. He was followed in Mainz in 1997 by Joachim Wilhelm Thüroff .
Hohenfellner was the founder in 1970 and co-editor of the journal Current Urology until 1997 . From its inception in 1975 to 2000 he was President of the CE Alken Foundation. Rudolf Hohenfellner is chairman of the Scientific Committee of the Italian Foundation for Research in Urology.
Fonts (selection)
- The urological complications of collum carcinoma. Springer-Verlag, 1965, DOI: 10.1007 / 978-3-642-86391-2
- Pediatric urology in clinic and practice. Thieme-Verlag 1986, ISBN 978-3-13-674801-5
- Selected urological surgical techniques: step by step. Thieme-Verlag 1994, ISBN 978-3-13-136101-1
- with Jens-Uwe Stolzenburg: Manual endourology. Springer-Verlag 2005, ISBN 978-3-540-25622-9
- with Ernst J. Zingg (Ed.): Urology in Clinic and Practice 2 Bd. Thieme-Verlag 1982
Honors
The German Society for Urology awards the Rudolf Hohenfellner Prize every year.
- SIU Félix Guyon Award from the Société Internationale d'Urologie 2011
- Maximilian Nitze Medal of the German Society for Urology 1995
- Honorary doctorate from Hyōgo Medical School (2008)
- Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
- President of the Société Internationale d'Urologie (1994–1997)
- President of the German Society for Urology , Congress President 1985
- President of the Society of Pelvic Surgeons (1991–1992)
- Honorary member of the German Society for Urology
- Corresponding member of the German Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics
Web links
- Rudolf Hohenfellner In: Directory of professors at the University of Mainz. (Accessed on December 22nd, 2019)
Individual evidence
- ↑ News of the Austrian Society for Urology and Andrology 24 (2014), p. 52.
- ^ Chronicle of the Urological Clinic of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- ^ History of the CE Alken Foundation
- ↑ Comitato of the Fondazione per la Ricerca in Urologia
- ^ SIU Félix Guyon Award 2011
- ↑ Maximilian Nitze Medal
- ^ Honorary members of the German Society for Urology
- ↑ corresponding members of the German Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hohenfellner, Rudolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian urologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 11, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |