Otto Braun-Falco

Background

Braun-Falco, Otto was born on April 25, 1922 in Saarbruecken. Son of Andreas and Rosa (Falco) Braun.

Education

Postgraduate, Westphalia Wilhelms University, Münster, 1940—1948. Doctor of Medicine magna cum laude, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, 1948. Doctor (honorary), Rijksuniversiteit Gent, Belgium, 1980.

Doctor (honorary), Philipps University, Marburg, Germany, 1987. Doctor (honorary), Humboldt University, Berlin, 1991. Doctor (honorary), University Liège, Belgium, 1991.

Doctor (honorary), Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia, 2007.

Career

Resident in dermatology and venereology University Mainz, 1948, senior physician dermatology clinic, 1954, associate professor, 1960. Professor, chairman department dermatology and venereology Phlipps University, Marburg, 1961, dean medical faculty, 1965-1966. Professor, chairman department dermatology and venereology Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, 1967, emeritus professor, since 1991.

Retired, 1991

Guest professor department dermatology New York University Medical Center, New York City, 1965, New York City, 92. Lecturer Dohi Memorial, Sendai, Japan, 1968, Kung Sun Oh Memorial, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 1978. Visiting professor Yonsei University, Seoul, 1979.

Achievements

• Otto Braun-Falco has been listed as a noteworthy dermatologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of International League Dermatological Societies (president 1977-1982), Royal Society Medicine, Society Française de Dermatologie et de Syphiliyraphie, Nederlands Vereinigung van Dermatologen, Finnische Gesellschaft fur Dermatologie, Belgische Dermatologische Gesellschaft, Sudwestdeutsche Dermatologenvereinigung, Muenchener Dermatologische Gesellschaft, Deutsche Dermatologische Gesellschaft, Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina zu Halle, Australasian College Dermatologists (honorary).

Connections

Married Sissy Golling, 1951. 1 child Markus.

Father:

Andreas Braun

Mother:

Rosa (Falco) Braun

Spouse:

Sissy Golling

child:

Markus Braun-Falco