Wolfgang T. Ulmer

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Wolfgang Traugott Ulmer (born September 7, 1924 in Dinkelsbühl ; † September 17, 2009 ) was a German physician (pulmonologist, pulmonologist , occupational medicine).

Wolfgang T. Ulmer was the son of the theologian Friedrich Ulmer , who was a professor in Erlangen. Ulmer studied medicine with Karl Matthes , his mentor , interrupted from military service in World War II and injuries in Erlangen and Heidelberg . After studying in the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and the USA, he completed his habilitation in Heidelberg in 1958 and in the same year took over the management of the silicone research institute of the mining trade association in Bochum. In 1964 he became an adjunct professor of internal medicine at the University of Münster and from 1978 until his retirement in 1989 he was director of the Bergmannsheil Medical University Clinic at the Ruhr University in Bochum , where he was professor of internal medicine.

His first of over 700 publications was in 1954 about a continuous carbon dioxide measuring device from breathing air via absorption in the infrared. Among other things, he devoted himself to the fight against dust silicosis in miners.

He was an honorary member of the German Society for Pneumology and in 1988 its President, Honorary President and co-founder (1964) and for many years President of the Society for Lung and Respiratory Research in Bochum, member and former President (1988/89) of the German Society for Internal Medicine. In 1988 he was President of the Congress of Internists in Wiesbaden.

Ulmer was co-editor and long-time member of the editorial board of the magazine Atemwegs- und Lungenkrankheiten , the magazine Pneumologie and was involved in the fifth edition of the manual of internal medicine (editor of Volume 4, Part 1, Pneumoconioses 1976 and Volume 4, Part 2, Bronchitis - Asthma - Emphysema 1979 in Springer-Verlag). He organized the 6th International Pneumoconiosis Conference in Bochum in 1983 and was its co-president. He was co-author and editor of the standard work Die Lungenfunktion .

He was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Lublin in 1988. This recognized his early collaboration with Polish scientists, which began long before the fall of the Wall, particularly in the fight against dust silicosis in miners. He also worked with Soviet scientists in this field.

Fonts

  • with TE Reif, W. Weller: The obstructive airways diseases, Thieme 1966
  • The chronic inflammation of the bronchi, Karger 1971
  • Editor with Dieter Nolte, Josef Lecheler, Thorsten Schäfer: The lung function. Methodology and clinical application, 7th edition, Thieme 2003
  • Lung Function Manual, Thieme 1998

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personal data
SURNAME Ulmer, Wolfgang T.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ulmer, Wolfgang Traugott (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physician (pulmonologist, pulmonologist, occupational medicine)
DATE OF BIRTH September 7, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Dinkelsbühl
DATE OF DEATH 17th September 2009