Wilfried Mommaerts
Wilfried Francius Henricus Maria Mommaerts (born March 4, 1917 in Broechem , near Antwerp , † February 7, 1994 ) was a Belgian - American cardiophysiologist ( physiology of the heart ) at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
Mommaerts made a significant contribution to the fact that the heart is no longer understood as a pump with valves, but as a muscle .
Life
Mommaerts studied biology at the University of Leiden ( Bachelor 1937, Master 1939). In 1941 he went to the Nobel Prize for Medicine Albert Szent-Györgyi at the University of Szeged ; In 1943 he received a Ph.D. from the University of Kolozsvar (now Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj in Romania ).
After various academic positions, Mommaerts moved in 1956 from Case Western Reserve University as professor of internal medicine and physiology and director of the Los Angeles County Heart Research Laboratory to UCLA. From 1966 until his retirement in 1987 he was chairman there . His successor at the Cardiovascular Research Laboratory was Glenn Langer.
In 1971 Mommaerts was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . The Scopus database gives him an h-index of 25 (as of August 2020).
Web links
- Wilfried F. H .M. Mommaerts; Heart Research Pioneer. Obituary in the Los Angeles Times February 21, 1994 (latimes.com)
- Finding Aid for the WFHM Mommaerts papers, 1943–1991 at the Online Archive of California (oac.cdlib.org)
- Wilfried Francis Henry Maria Mommaerts at prabook.com
- Entry with picture (1956) in the United States National Library of Medicine (nlm.nih.gov)
Individual evidence
- ^ Medical News. In: Journal of the American Medical Association. 163, 1957, p. 199, doi : 10.1001 / jama.1957.02970380041011 .
- ^ Cardiovascular Research Laboratory. In: ucla.edu. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, accessed August 15, 2020 .
- ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter M. (PDF; 1.1 MB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved on August 15, 2020 .
- ↑ Mommaerts, Wilfried FHM In: scopus.com. Scopus , accessed on August 15, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mommaerts, Wilfried |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mommaerts, Wilfried FHM; Mommaerts, Wilfried Francius Henricus Maria; Mommaerts, Wilfried Francis Henry Maria |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian-American cardiophysiologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 4, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Broechem near Antwerp , Belgium |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 7, 1994 |