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Asset Name:
E000160 - Witte, Jens (1941 - 2003)
Title:
Witte, Jens (1941 - 2003)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E000160
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2005-11-02

2012-03-08
Description:
Obituary for Witte, Jens (1941 - 2003), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Witte, Jens
Date of Birth:
4 February 1941
Place of Birth:
Perleberg, Germany
Date of Death:
12 June 2003
Place of Death:
Augsburg, Germany
Titles/Qualifications:
Hon FRCS 1999

MD Homburg-Saar 1967

FACS
Details:
Jens Witte, doyen of German surgery, was born on 4 February 1941 in Perleberg, Mark/Brandenburg, the eldest of three sons of a surgeon father. He studied medicine at the Universities of Homburg/Saar, Hamburg and Berlin. After qualifying, he became a medizinalassistent in Bielefeld and Hamburg, spent some time in a mission hospital in Tanzania, and returned to work under Egerhard Weisschedel in Konstantz. There followed a series of brilliant appointments under Georg Heberer, first in Cologne and then in Munich, becoming professor in 1982 and head of viszeralchirugie in 1984. His special interests were in oesophageal and colorectal surgery. He was a prominent member of the professional surgical organisation, becoming its President in 1998. Active in the European Union of Medical Specialists, he was President of the section of surgery in 2002 and devoted himself to the integration and training of surgeons in the former East Germany. He was the recipient of many honours, including that of our College. He died unexpectedly on 12 June 2003 in Augsburg.
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Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
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Root/Lives of the Fellows/E000000-E000999/E000100-E000199
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