Wilhelm Ertz

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Wilhelm Ertz (born  January 30, 1923 in Neunkirchen / Saar ; † June 18, 2017 in Ottweiler ) was a German general practitioner from Ottweiler and has been the recipient of the Paracelsus Medal since 2006 .

Life

He studied medicine from 1941 to 1946 in Berlin , Würzburg and Freiburg im Breisgau ; on October 14, 1946 he was granted his license to practice medicine. He received his doctorate in 1947 under Günther Just at the Institute for Hereditary Science in Würzburg with the work attempt to record the psychological constitution of the feeble-minded . From 1947 to 1957 he was employed at various Saarland clinics .

From 1957 to 1994 he worked as a practicing general practitioner and obstetrician , and later as a specialist for general medicine in Ottweiler .

In 1983, Ertz founded the ethics committee of the Saarland Medical Association . He worked on the commission even when he was retired; until 2000 he was its leader.

In addition to his work in the ethics committee, he was involved in professional political bodies, medical professional associations and corporations at local, regional, state and federal level. Here he was particularly responsible for medical care as well as general medical education and training. In addition, in 1969 he co-founded the Saarland regional association for cancer research and control.

Awards

  • Winner of the Paracelsus Medal 2006.
  • Because of his commitment, the Saarland government awarded him the honorary title of Medical Councilor on April 24, 1980 .
  • In 1985 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit, First Class.
  • Decoration of honor of the German Red Cross for its commitment to the inclusion and integration of the medical faculty of the Saarland University and the medical association.
  • 1994 winner of the Carl-Erich-Alken-Medal due to his engagement in the medical association and for the medical training. Asklepios Medal of the Medical Faculty of Saarland University on May 22, 1996.
  • Honorary award from the Saarland General Practitioner Association in October 1998 for his efforts to gain scientific recognition and support for general medicine at universities.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wilhelm Ertz: Attempt to record the psychological constitution in the feeble-minded. Medical dissertation Würzburg 1947.
  2. ↑ Ute Felbor: Racial Biology and Hereditary Science in the Medical Faculty of the University of Würzburg 1937–1945 (=  Würzburg medical historical research. Supplement 3). Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 1995, ISBN 3-88479-932-0 (also: Dissertation Würzburg 1995), p. 188 f.
personal data
SURNAME Ertz, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German general practitioner
DATE OF BIRTH January 30, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Neunkirchen / Saar
DATE OF DEATH 18th June 2017
Place of death Ottweiler