Dorothea Liebermann-Meffert

Dorothea Maria Irene Liebermann-Meffert (born 6 May 1936) is a German surgeon and professor of surgery at the Technical University of Munich.

Early life

Liebermann-Meffert was born on 6 May 1936 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 Sackingen
  • 1959 - Pediatric Surgery University, Zurich
  • 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.[1]

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) ISBN 3-922777-42-2
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References
  1. Johnsson, Folke (January 2000). "Book Review: Dorothea Liebermann-Meffert, Hubert J. Stein, "Rudolf Nissen and the World Revolution of Fundoplication"". The European Journal of Surgery. 166 (9): 750. doi:10.1080/110241500750008556. Retrieved 2018-02-13.


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