Dorothea Liebermann-Meffert

Dorothea Maria Irene Liebermann-Meffert (6 May 1930 – 3 September 2020) was a German surgeon and professor of surgery at the Technical University of Munich.

Early life Liebermann-Meffert was born on 6 May 1930 in Rastatt, Germany, to Karl Peter and Irene (née Wrede) Meffert. She received the degree of Doctor of Medicine at the University of Freiburg in 1958.

Career 1958 Resident District Hospital, Bad Säckingen 1959 Pediatric Surgery, University Zürich 1960–1964 Diakonie Hospital, Freiburg 1965–1969 Senior resident, associate professor, Anatomy University Institute, Germany 1970–1987 Associate professor University Hospital general surgery, Basel 1987–2002 Professor surgery, Technical University of Munich 2003–2004 Professor clinical surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 2004 Professor surgery, Technical University of Munich Liebermann-Meffert became known for her 1999 biography with Hubert J. Stein of Rudolf Nissen, inventor of the Nissen fundoplication.

Personal life Liebermann-Meffert married Eduard Karl Heinz Liebermann. Together they have four children.

Selected publications Rudolf Nissen and the World Revolution of Fundoplication. Johann Ambrosius Barth Verlag, Heidelberg, 1999. (With Hubert J. Stein) A Century of International Progress and Tradition in Surgery: An Illustrated History of the International Society of Surgery. Kaden Verlag, Heidelberg, 2001. (Jointly with Harvey White)