Werner Otto Carl Creutzfeldt

Background

Creutzfeldt, Werner Otto Carl was born on May 11, 1924 in Kiel, Germany. Son of Hans Gerhard and Cläre Antonie (Sombart) Creutzfeldt.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, University Kiel, 1950. Doctor of Medicine (honorary), University Cracow, Poland, 1983.

Career

Assistant department pathology, U. Freiburg, Germany, 1950-1952; assistant department medicine, U. Freiburg, Germany, 1952-1958; private docent, U. Freiburg, Germany, 1957; oberarzt department medicine, U. Freiburg, Germany, 1960-1964; research fellow department pathology, Washington University, St. Louis, 1959; research fellow Baker Research Laboratory, New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston, 1959; department chairman medicine, U. Goettingen, Germany, 1964-1978, 79-89; department chairman medicine, U. Goettingen, Germany, 1991-1992; director division gastroenterology and endocrinology, U. Goettingen, Germany, 1969-1992; chairman ethics committee, U. Goettingen, Germany, 1989-1994.

Achievements

• Werner Otto Carl Creutzfeldt has been listed as a noteworthy gastroenterologist, endocrinologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Royal College Physicians. Member various national and international medical science including: British Society Gastoenterology (honorary), American Society Surgical Alimentary Tract (honorary), European Society Clinical Investigation (honorary), German Diabetes Society (honorary), European Association Study Diabetes (honorary), German Society Internal Medicine (honorary).

Connections

Married Heinke Eline Ivers, September 15, 1950 (deceased 1958). Children: Nikolaus, Cornelius. Married Cora Elizabeth Glees, December 1, 1962.

Children: Naomi, David.

Father:

Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt

Mother:

Cläre Antonie (Sombart) Creutzfeldt

Spouse:

Heinke Eline Ivers

Spouse:

Cora Elizabeth Glees

child:

David Creutzfeldt

child:

Nikolaus Creutzfeldt

child:

Cornelius Creutzfeldt

child:

Naomi Creutzfeldt