Konrad Messmer, MD
Professor Emeritus
Institute for Surgical Research
University of Munich
Munchen, Germany 

 

 

 

 

EDUCATION

Schools of Medicine at the Universities of Munich, Würzburg, Kiel, Tübingen, F.U. Berlin

M.D.

1957 to 1963

Surgical Medicine

Final examination at the Medical Faculty of Munich 1963

 

EXPERIENCE  

1964 Doctor medicinae, Medical Faculty, University of Munich, Golden Medal of the Faculty
1964 - 1969 Research fellow at the Institute for Surgical Research, University of Munich
1969 Habilitation for Experimental Surgery, Privatdozent
1975 Professor for Experimental Surgery
1978 - 1992 Adjunct Professor of Surgery, Department of Applied Mechanics and Engineering Sciences, La Jolla, University of California, San Diego/USA
1979 Full Professor for Experimental Surgery, University of Munich  
1981 - 1990   Professor and Chairman, Dept. of Experimental Surgery, University of Heidelberg
1981 President, European Society for Surgical Research
1983 President elect, European Shock Society
1983 -1985   Dean, Faculty of Clinical Medicine, University of Heidelberg  
1985 Honorary Professor, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing/China
1985 Honorary Fellow, American Association for the Surgery of Trauma 
1985 - 1986  President, German Society for Microcirculation 
1986 - 1990  Chairman of Program Project FSP 16.2 "Local Area Network on PC-Basis", University of Heidelberg 
1986 Organizer of Internationales Wissenschaftsforum "Microcirculation and Inflammation: Vessel Wall - Inflammatory Cells -  Mediator Interaction" on occasion of the 600 Anniversary of the University of Heidelberg 
1986 - 1988  President, European Shock Society 
1987 - 1989  Dean, Faculty of Clinical Medicine, University of Heidelberg 
1987 - 1988  President, German Society for Experimental Surgery 
1988 Honorary Member, Sociedad Mexicana de Microcirculación 
1988 Responsible for the Collaborative Program between the University of Heidelberg and the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre/Brazil 
1990 - 2002  Professor and Chairman of Experimental Surgery, Medical School, University of Munich 
1993 Doctor honoris causa, University of Zaragoza, Spain 
1994 Doctor honoris causa, University of Granada, Spain 
1994 President, European Society for Microcirculation 
1995 Premio Gimbernat (Sociedad Catalana de Cirugía), Barcelona, Spain 
1996 President 6th World Congress for Microcirculation, Munich/Germany 
1998 Doctor honoris causa, University Santiago de Compostela, Spain 
1999 - present  Dean of Medicine, European Academy of Sciences and Arts, Salzburg, Austria 
1999 - 2003  Secretary General, German Academy for Transplantation Medicine 
1999 Doctor honoris causa, University of Cordoba, Argentina 
2002 Chairman, NATA – Network for advancement of Transfusion Alternatives 
2003 Doctor honoris causa, Université Henri Poincaré, Nancy, France 

HONORS & AWARDS

1972

Award of the European Society for Surgical Research

1976

Schunck-Award, Medical Faculty of the University of Gießen

1985

Medal of the Academia Nacional de Ciencias, Córdoba, Argentina

1985 - 1990

Member of the Government Research Committee, State Baden-Württemberg

1988

Associate Member, European Society for Cardio- thoracic Surgery

1992

Academico Correspondiente Honorífico, Real Academia de Medicina Granada/Espana

1992

Member, European Academy of Sciences and Arts

1992

Medal of the Swedish Medical Society

1992

Honorary Member, Austrian Society for Surgical Research

1993

Medal of the University of Turku, Finland

1993

Medal of the University Granada, Spain

1994

Corresponding member of the Austrian Society for Surgery

1995

Honorary Member Polish Association for Surgery

1995

Honorary Member Academia Nacional de Medicina, Mexico

1996

Lingen-Award 1996, Cologne/Germany

1997 - 2002

Member of the Central Budget Committee, University of Munich

1998

Malphigi Medal European Society for Microcirculation

1998

Academician, Atlantic-Euro-Mediterranean Academy of Medical Sciences

2000

Honorary Member European Society for Surgical Research

2001

Nishimaru Award from the Japanese Society for Microcirculation

2002

Honorary Member, Society for Microcirculation and Vascular Biology

2002

Honorary Member, German Society for Surgery

 

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Hypothermia
  • Hemodynamics
  • Right Ventricular Function

  • Shock
  • Microcirculation
  • Ischemia and Reperfusion
  • Blood Replacement
  • Thrombosisprophylaxis
  • Septicemia
  • Biosignal Acquisition and Assessment

More than 700 publications in the main surgical and biomedical sciences journals, proceedings and textbooks.

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

 1.        European Surgical Research (Karger)

 2.        Progress in Applied Microcirculation (Karger)

 3.        TATM Transfusion Alternatives in Transfusion Medicine; (LMS group, PARIS)

EDITORIAL BOARD

  1.       Annales Chirurgiae et Gynaecologiae (The Finnish Medical Society Duodecim)

  2.       Microvascular Research (Academic Press)

  3.       Revista de Cirurgia Ibero Americana (Editorial Scientifico Medico) 

  4.       Shock (Biomedical Press)

 

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