Waldemar Kozuschek
Waldemar Aloisius Kozuschek (born May 10, 1930 in Gleiwitz , Upper Silesia , † August 10, 2009 in Witten ) was a German medic . He was considered an expert in kidney transplants .
Life
Waldemar Kozuschek studied medicine in Wroclaw and worked at the Wroclaw City Clinics and the Surgical Department of the Wroclaw Medical Academy . After studying in Utrecht , Rochester and Philadelphia, she specialized in kidney transplantation. In 1970 he completed his habilitation in Katowice and moved to Germany. First he worked at the University Hospital in Bonn . His rehabilitation in 1972 took place with the text " Johann von Mikulicz-Radecki - Life and Work" .
In 1975 he was offered a professorship for surgery at the new medical faculty of the Ruhr University Bochum and took over as chief physician, from 1978 also director, of the surgical university clinic of the Knappschaftskrankenhaus Bochum-Langendreer . Under his leadership, the clinic increasingly acquired a university profile. From 1993 the transplant center in Bochum could be built. In addition to the kidney transplant (1993), there were pancreas transplants (1994) and a first liver transplant (1995).
Kozuschek has published over 300 scientific papers. He has received several honorary doctorates and an honorary senator from the University of Wroclaw for his work . For many years, Kozuschek promoted the exchange between German and Polish surgeons, especially between the universities in Bochum and Breslau. On the 100th anniversary of the death of Johann von Mikulicz, Kozuschek's Polish-German biography was published in 2005.
Since his retirement, his students in the position of chief physician have organized a scientific event in May under the title "Langendreer-Treff für Chirurgie".
Web links
- Literature by and about Waldemar Kozuschek in the catalog of the German National Library
- Obituary for Waldemar Kozuschek. on: ku-gesundheitsmanagement.de
- Mr. o. Prof. Dr. med. Dr. hc mult. Waldemar Kozuschek on his 65th birthday. In: Chir Gastroenterol. 1995, 11, pp. 8-10. doi: 10.1159 / 000189884
- Solemn farewell and farewell lecture by Prof. Dr. Dr. hc mult. Waldemar Kozuschek. PontePress, Bochum 1996, ISBN 3-920328-23-X .
Footnotes
- ↑ Monika Śliwa: Honorowi Senatorowie. In: Strona główna UWr - www.uni.wroc.pl. Retrieved August 21, 2012 (Polish).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kozuschek, Waldemar |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kozuschek, Waldemar Aloisius (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German medic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 10, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gleiwitz , Upper Silesia |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 10, 2009 |
| Place of death | Witten |