Walter Scharpff

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Walter Scharpff (born March 6, 1894 in Stuttgart ; † July 21, 1974 there ) was a German internist .

Life

After graduating from Dillmann-Gymnasium in Stuttgart in 1912 , Scharpff studied medicine at the universities of Tübingen , Freiburg im Breisgau and Munich . He had been a member of the Igel Tübingen academic association since the winter semester of 1912/13 . In 1920 he received his doctorate in Tübingen. From 1935 he was chief physician in the internal department at the Red Cross hospital in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt . From 1952 until his retirement in 1965 he was chief physician in the internal department of the Bethesda Hospital in Stuttgart.

In 1951 he took over provisional management of the Association of Leading Hospital Doctors in Germany and was its full chairman from 1952 until his resignation in May 1960. In 1954 Scharpff was awarded the title of professor for his services to the German hospital system .

He published mainly in the field of diseases of the stomach, liver, gall bladder and blood vessels.

Honors

literature

  • Medical journal for Baden-Württemberg. Vol. 14 (1959), p. 49 f.
  • Professor Dr. Walter Scharpff is 80 years old. In: The hospital. Vol. 66 (1974), p. 72.
  • Prof. Dr. med. Walther [sic!] Scharff †. In: The hospital. Vol. 66 (1974), p. 393.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Altenverein der Tübingen Association Igel eV (Ed.): Directory of members 1871–1983. Edited by Hans Körner. Vögel, Stamsried 1983, p. 58.
personal data
SURNAME Scharpff, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German internist
DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH July 21, 1974
Place of death Stuttgart