Eugen Enderlen

Surgeon, Academic

1863 – 1940

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Who was Eugen Enderlen?

Eugen Enderlen was a German physician and surgeon born in Salzburg, Austria.

He studied medicine in Munich, Greifswald and Marburg, earning his doctorate in 1888. In 1895 he received his habilitation at the University of Greifswald, and during the following year began work as an assistant to Ernst Küster at the University of Marburg. In 1899 he became an associate professor at Greifswald, and in 1904 attained the chair of surgery at the University of Basel.

In 1908 he relocated to the University Hospital in Würzburg, and during World War I served as a general physician. After the war he was appointed professor at the surgical clinic at the University of Heidelberg. He died in Stuttgart on June 7, 1940.

Enderlen specialized in numerous surgical procedures, including surgery of the nerves and blood vessels, as well as operations for ulcers and gallstone disorders. He developed innovative techniques in esophageal surgery, and with physiologist Ludolf von Krehl performed stellate ganglion blocks and denervation operations on the heart. He also conducted experimental research for transplantation of blood vessels, bones and joints, etc.

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Born
Jan 21, 1863
Salzburg
Nationality
  • Germany
Profession
Died
Jun 7, 1940

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on July 23, 2013

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