Volker Friedberg
Volker Friedberg (born July 5, 1921 in Stuttgart ; † March 2, 2014 ) was a German gynecologist and obstetrician .
Live and act
After graduating from high school , Friedberg studied medicine at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz . As an assistant and later senior physician , he then worked in Mainz until 1960 under the gynecologist and surgeon Richard Kräuter (1888–1951). 1960 Friedberg went as chief physician at the Municipal Women's Clinic Saarbrücken , which he headed until 1966th In that year he accepted a chair at the University of Mainz and was appointed director of the university women's clinic. This was headed by Volker Friedberg until his retirement in 1988, although he received numerous inquiries and appointments to other chairs in Berlin , Marburg , Bonn , Heidelberg , Freiburg im Breisgau and Zurich during his work in Saarbrücken and Mainz .
From 1972 to 1974 Friedberg was President of the German Society for Gynecology and organized its congress in Wiesbaden in 1974 . The society later made him an honorary member . He was founding co-editor of the journal Der Gynäkologe . In 1989 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon. In 1994 he received the Carl Kaufmann Medal .
The focus of Volker Friedberg's clinical work was surgical gynecology, which he continuously developed in the area of the surgical treatment of cancer . Friedberg is considered the first university professor and clinic director in the Federal Republic of Germany to bring senology back into gynecology. His students include Lutwin Beck , Klaus Friese , Hermann Hepp , Michael Höckel , Rolf Kreienberg , Paul-Georg Knapstein , Eckhard Petri and Frank Melchert .
Volker Friedberg last lived in Überlingen -Hödingen on Lake Constance .
Fonts (selection)
- Volker Friedberg: The water balance and kidney function in normal and pathological pregnancy. Thieme Verlag, Leipzig 1957
- Volker Friedberg: Kidney and Pregnancy. Ciba, Basel 1963
- Volker Friedberg: Pregnancy Care. Hippokrates-Verlag, Stuttgart 1968
- Volker Friedberg, Hans-Dieter Hiersche: Obstetrics: a short textbook. Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart 1975, ISBN 3-13-513401-6
- Volker Friedberg, Günther H. Rathgen: Physiology of pregnancy: changes in the maternal organism. Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart 1980, ISBN 3-13-582801-8
- Paul-Georg Knapstein , Volker Friedberg: Plastic surgery in gynecology. Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-13-696701-1
- Volker Friedberg, Klaus Thomsen: Special gynecology. Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-13-596602-X
- Volker Friedberg: Drug Therapy in Gynecology. Springer-Verlag, Berlin 1991
literature
- Hans Ludwig , Walter Jonat : German Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics - From Program to Embassy. A short history (1886-2008) of the German Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics reviewing its 57 congresses. 2nd edition 2008. German Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics, ISBN 3-00-009676-0
- Lutwin Beck , Hermann Hepp : For the birthday of Volker Friedberg. The gynecologist 39 (2006), 501, doi: 10.1007 / s00129-006-1868-4
- Frank Melchert (Ed.): Current Obstetrics and Gynecology: Festschrift for Professor Dr. Volker Friedberg. Springer-Verlag, Berlin 1986, ISBN 3-540-16337-9
Individual evidence
- ↑ Obituary in the FAZ of March 8, 2014, p. 6 (accessed on press-abstract.com on March 14, 2014).
- ^ Obituary by Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in the Allgemeine Zeitung of March 8, 2014 (accessed on March 14, 2014).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Friedberg, Volker |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German gynecologist and obstetrician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 5, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 2, 2014 |