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Max Ratschow

1904 – 1963

German physician

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Lived 1904 – 1963 (aged 59). Max Ratschow was a German internist, university teacher, cardiologist, physician, medical officer and physiologist.

Max Ratschow (7 August 1904 – 8 †November 1963) was a German physician who helped establish the specialist discipline of angiology.

Education Ratschow studied medicine at Rostock, Freiburg, Vienna, Munich, Berlin, and Breslau between 1924 and 1929. He qualified as a doctor of medicine in 1930 at the University of Breslau before being awarded his post-doctoral lecturing qualification in 1936 at the Kiel University Institute of Physiology.

Career From 1939 to 1952 Ratschow worked at the University Hospital of Halle, where he was a full Professor of Pathological Physiology from 1948. He settled in the former West Germany in 1952 with a view to setting up a research clinic for vascular diseases. From 1953 to his death in 1963, Ratschow was Director of the Medizinische Klinik Darmstadt and Professor of Internal Medicine. He set up the first research center for angiology (opened in May 1963). This was later named after him, becoming the Max-Ratschow-Klinik für Angiologie am Klinikum Darmstadt, considered an impeccable center for the study of angiology.

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Important facts

Birth century
Occupation
Internist, university teacher, cardiologist, physician, medical officer, physiologist
Nationality
Education
University of Wrocław
Employers
Heidelberg University, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Max Ratschow?

German physician

When was Max Ratschow born?

Max Ratschow was born on 7 August 1904 in Rostock.

When did Max Ratschow die?

Max Ratschow died on 8 November 1963 in Darmstadt.

What was Max Ratschow's occupation?

Max Ratschow was an internist, university teacher, cardiologist, physician, medical officer and physiologist.

What nationality was Max Ratschow?

Max Ratschow was German.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Max Ratschow

· Wikidata: Q13403716

· DBpedia: Max Ratschow

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