Werner Seeger

Werner Seeger (born November 6, 1953 in Herford ) is a German physician, scientist and pulmonologist . Since 2006 he has been the medical director of the University Hospital Gießen and Marburg and since 2011 chairman of the German Center for Lung Research .

Life

Werner Seeger studied medicine in Münster and Giessen . From 1979 to 1982 he was a research assistant and assistant doctor at the Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry at the Justus Liebig University of Gießen (JLU), then from 1982 to 1987 at the Medical Clinic of the JLU . In 1987, Seeger completed his habilitation in Giessen with a thesis on "Internal Medicine and Pathophysiology" and became senior physician in the same year . In 1991 he was appointed professor and head of the clinical research group “Respiratory Insufficiency” at JLU and in 1996 he was appointed professor for internal medicine / pulmonology.

In 2000 he became Managing Director of the Center for Internal Medicine at JLU and in 2006 Medical Director of the University Clinic in Giessen and Marburg . Seeger has been on the board of directors of the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research in Bad Nauheim since 2007 and has been chairman of the German Center for Lung Research since 2011 .

From 1999 to 2001 Seeger was President of the German Society for Internal Intensive Care Medicine and Emergency Medicine , from 2001 to 2002 President of the German Society for Pneumology and from 2005 to 2006 President of the German Society for Internal Medicine . From 1997 to 2009 he was the spokesman for the Collaborative Research Center “Cardiopulmonary Vascular System”, from 2002 to 2009 a member of the DFG Senate Commission for Clinical Research and from 2003 to 2009 a member of the Science Council . Since 2012 Werner Seeger has also been involved as a member of the scientific advisory board of the Association against Tobacco for the prevention of smoking at school level by medical students. He is a member of various international and national specialist societies, including the Leopoldina , committees and commissions, and is considered one of the most renowned lung specialists.

Awards

Seeger's habilitation thesis was awarded the Schunk Prize for Human Medicine from the Justus Liebig University in Gießen in 1987 and the Frerichs Prize from the German Society for Internal Medicine in 1988 .

In 2008 he received the Robert Pfleger Research Award, endowed with 50,000 euros, from the Robert Pfleger Foundation based in Bamberg .

In 2019 Seeger was awarded the Balzan Prize .

literature

Klaus Wilhelm: Cross-border commuter between clinic and laboratory . In: MaxPlanckForschung , (Ed.) Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science e. V., 1/2011, pp. 64-71.

Web links

University of Giessen Lung Center (UGLC), Werner Seeger, MD
Literature by and about Werner Seeger in the catalog of the German National Library
Willi Weitzel meets Professor Seeger (video interview)
CV Werner Seeger

Individual evidence

↑ Werner Seeger, MD. University of Giessen Lung Center, archived from the original on July 12, 2011 ; accessed on July 11, 2011 (English).
↑ Board of Directors and Management. Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, archived from the original on July 12, 2011 ; Retrieved July 12, 2011 (infographic).
↑ http://www.dgim.de/portals/pdf/DGIM_jahresbroschuere_05.pdf
↑ Federal President appoints Prof. Dr. Werner Seeger to the Science Council. Informationsdienst Wissenschaft, February 21, 2003, archived from the original on July 12, 2011 ; Retrieved July 12, 2011 .
↑ http://dzl.de/index.php/en/press-and-events/news/110-gegentabak
↑ http://gegentabak.de/wissenschaftlicher-beirat/
↑ Member entry of Werner Seeger (with picture and CV) at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on July 22, 2016.
^ Klaus Wilhelm: Cross-border commuter between clinic and laboratory . In: MaxPlanckForschung , (Ed.) Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science e. V., 1/2011, p. 64.
↑ New treatment strategies made in Central Hesse. MitteHessen e. V. - Regional Management for Central Hesse, archived from the original on July 12, 2011 ; Retrieved July 12, 2011 .
^ Theodor-Frerichs Prize: Committee and Prize Winners. German Society for Internal Medicine, archived from the original on July 12, 2011 ; Retrieved July 12, 2011 .
↑ Robert Pfleger Research Award for Prof. Dr. Werner Seeger from the University of Giessen. Science Information Service, archived from the original on July 12, 2011 ; Retrieved July 12, 2011 .

personal data
SURNAME	Seeger, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German physician, pulmonologist, member of the Science Council
DATE OF BIRTH	November 6, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH	Herford

[JLU-1] Werner Seeger, MD. University of Giessen Lung Center, archived from the original on July 12, 2011 ; accessed on July 11, 2011 (English).

[2] Board of Directors and Management. Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, archived from the original on July 12, 2011 ; Retrieved July 12, 2011 (infographic).

[3] ttp://www.dgim.de/portals/pdf/DGIM_jahresbroschuere_05.pdf

[4] Federal President appoints Prof. Dr. Werner Seeger to the Science Council. Informationsdienst Wissenschaft, February 21, 2003, archived from the original on July 12, 2011 ; Retrieved July 12, 2011 .

[5] ttp://dzl.de/index.php/en/press-and-events/news/110-gegentabak

[6] ttp://gegentabak.de/wissenschaftlicher-beirat/

[7] Member entry of Werner Seeger (with picture and CV) at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on July 22, 2016.

[8] Klaus Wilhelm: Cross-border commuter between clinic and laboratory . In: MaxPlanckForschung , (Ed.) Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science e. V., 1/2011, p. 64.

[9] New treatment strategies made in Central Hesse. MitteHessen e. V. - Regional Management for Central Hesse, archived from the original on July 12, 2011 ; Retrieved July 12, 2011 .

[10] Theodor-Frerichs Prize: Committee and Prize Winners. German Society for Internal Medicine, archived from the original on July 12, 2011 ; Retrieved July 12, 2011 .

[11] Robert Pfleger Research Award for Prof. Dr. Werner Seeger from the University of Giessen. Science Information Service, archived from the original on July 12, 2011 ; Retrieved July 12, 2011 .