Wolfgang Steiner

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Wolfgang Steiner (born March 2, 1942 in Crailsheim ) is a German doctor for ear, nose and throat medicine , head and neck surgery and professor emeritus at the University of Göttingen .

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Wolfgang Steiner graduated from the Erlangen-Nuremberg Medical School in 1969 . From 1971 to 1986 he worked at the ENT University Clinic in Erlangen (Director Malte Eric Wigand). In 1975 he completed his ENT specialist training. In 1979 he completed his habilitation and in 1985 became associate professor in Erlangen.

From 1986 to 2007 he was Professor and Director of the University ENT Clinic in Göttingen .

Steiner Chairman of the ENT Society was North West Germany (1987-1988), President of the German Society of Otorhinolaryngology , Head - and neck - surgery (1997-1998), Chairman of the oncological working group of the German ENT Society (1992 –1996) and President of the German Society for Endoscopy and Imaging (2000). In 2013 he was honorary president of the annual conference of the German Society for Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery in Nuremberg and in 2015 he was guest of honor at the 2nd World Congress on Larynx Cancer in Australia.

Steiner worked internationally as a surgeon and lecturer in laser - microsurgery and led more than 100 surgical courses at home and abroad by, making his therapeutic concept has received international recognition. He has given lectures at congresses, symposiums and conferences around the world, has written numerous scientific specialist publications as an author and editor, and has received numerous awards and prizes.

Wolfgang Steiner has been married since 1966 and the couple has three sons.

Scientific focus

Steiner's scientific focus is on laryngology , endoscopy and laser surgery . He did pioneering work in particular in the area of ​​transoral laser microsurgery for organ preservation in cancer of the upper aerodigestion tract . The focus is also on the areas of endoscopic cancer prevention and early detection of tumors of the upper respiratory tract and food tract, endoscopic field studies for cancer prevention (carried out for the first time worldwide) as well as the development, application and evaluation of various diagnostic methods in risk groups and cancer patients.

Steiner carried out organ and function-preserving therapies for malignant tumors (focus on the throat and larynx) with the use of transoral laser microsurgery and selective neck dissection (since 1979) as well as individualized and gentle post- irradiation together with radiation therapists from Erlangen and Göttingen.

Memberships (selection)

Steiner is an honorary member of the German, Austrian, Hungarian, Polish, South African and Spanish ENT societies, the Foundation for Head and Neck Oncology of India , the South African Society of Head and Neck Oncology and the Royal College of Surgeons of England and a founding member of the Society for Minimally Invasive Therapy (London) and the Spanish-German Society for ENT, Head and Neck Surgery.

He is a corresponding member of the American Head and Neck Society , the American Laryngological Association , the American Broncho-Esophagological Association and a number of national and international societies for otorhinolaryngology , endoscopy , minimally invasive therapy and laser surgery . Steiner was also a member of the advisory board of the German Research Foundation , the Committee of the Federal Ministry of Health for Cancer Prevention and Early Detection, the German TNM Committee of the UICC and the International Federation of Oncological Head and Neck Societies (IFOS).

Honors and awards (selection)

  • Prize of the Hufeland Foundation, 1984
  • Ludwig-Haymann-Prize of the German Society for ENT Medicine, Head and Neck Surgery 1997
  • Albert C. Muse Prize, Pittsburgh / USA, 2003
  • Ludwig-Türck-Medal of the Austrian ENT Society, Linz, 2004
  • German Cancer Prize of the German Cancer Society , for clinical oncology, 2005
  • Przemysław Pieniążek Medal of the Polish Society of Otorhinolaryngology, Lublin, 2004
  • Dr. Fritz Erler Science Prize of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg , 2012
  • His scientific films have been awarded gold, silver and bronze medals internationally.

Publications (selection)

  • Hemolysis in open heart surgery using the heart-lung machine and the blood thinning method. Dissertation, 1971.
  • Cancer screening and early detection examinations of the upper respiratory tract and food tract in risk groups. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1985, ISBN 978-3-17-009032-3 .
  • Endoscopic laser surgery of the upper airway and food tract. Focus on tumor surgery. Thieme, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 978-3-13-102241-7 .
  • with Petra Ambrosch: Endoscopic laser surgery of the upper aerodigestive tract: with special emphasis on cancer sugery. Thieme, Stuttgart / New York 2000, ISBN 978-3-13-125271-5 .
  • with Jochen A. Werner : Lasers in otorhinolaryngology, head and neck surgery. Endo Press, Tuttlingen 2006, ISBN 978-3-89756-055-0 .
  • Wolfgang Steiner et al .: Transoral laser microsurgery for cancer of the upper aerodigestive tract. Ed .: David Howard. Endo Press, Tuttlingen 2013, ISBN 978-3-89756-200-4 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dr. Fritz Erler Science Prize for Wolfgang Steiner. In: faktor.de. Retrieved August 15, 2020 .
  2. ^ Search: Wolfgang Steiner. In: German Society for Ear, Nose and Throat Medicine, Head and Neck Surgery eV, Bonn. Retrieved August 15, 2020 .
  3. ↑ AT Harris, A Tanyi, RD Hart, J Trites, 1 MH Rigby, J Lancaster, A Nicolaides, SM Taylor: Transoral laser surgery for laryngeal carcinoma: has Steiner achieved a genuine paradigm shift in oncological surgery? The Royal College of Surgeons, January 2018, accessed August 16, 2020 .
  4. ↑ German Cancer Prize. In: German Cancer Society. Retrieved August 15, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Awarded the Fritz Erler Prize ›Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. In: Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg. Retrieved August 15, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Steiner, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German medic
DATE OF BIRTH March 2, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Crailsheim