Willy A. Flegel
Willy A. Flegel (born June 3, 1960 in Dieburg ) is a transfusion specialist and immunohematologist. He is adjunct professor at Ulm University , professor (adjunct) at Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington DC, USA and guest professor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology , Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Life
Flegel studied medicine at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main , where he was also awarded a Dr. med. received his doctorate . Further training to become a specialist in transfusion medicine took place at Ulm University. An extended research stay took him to the University of California, San Diego . At the DRK blood donation center in Ulm, Flegel worked as a department head in the field of blood group serology and immunohematology. In 1998 he completed his habilitation and became a private lecturer and, in 2005, an adjunct professor at Ulm University. Since 2009 he has been with the Department of Transfusion Medicine, NIH Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
research
In the field of immunohematology he worked on the rhesus blood group and in 1998 clarified the molecular cause of the weak expression in the rhesus factor . He proved that the weak antigen D is caused by protein changes, which, in collaboration with Franz F. Wagner, refuted a scientific opinion that had been established over decades. In 2000, he demonstrated that the RHCE was the original gene from which the RHD gene was duplicated.
Prizes and awards
- 2017 NIH Clinical Center CEO Award
- 2015 NIH Clinical Center Director's Award
- 2014 Visiting Professor, Tongji Medical College, Wuhan, Hubei, China
- 2012 NIH Clinical Center Director's Award
- 2010 NIH Clinical Center Director's Award
- 2005 Membre d'honneur, Association Suisse de Médecine Transfusionnelle
- 2004 Philip Levine Prize, German Society for Transfusion Medicine and Immunohematology
Publications (selection)
- H.-D. Lippert, WA Flegel: Commentary on the Transfusion Act (TFG) and the hemotherapy guidelines. Springer, Berlin, 521 pages.
- WA Flegel: Genetics of the Rhesus Blood Group System. In: Dtsch Arztebl. Volume 104, Number 10, 2007, pp. A651-657.
Web links
- The phylogeny of 48 alleles, experimentally verified (YouTube video 2019)
- The Rhesus Site (Ulm University)
- Literature by WA Flegel in the catalog of the National Library of Medicine (PubMed)
- Interview in Berlin 2010
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Flegel, Willy A. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German transfusion specialist and immunohematologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 3, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | The castle |