Franz Gerstenbrand, Dr med (1924-2017)

Franz Gerstenbrand was born on September 6, 1924, in Hof, North Moravia. He attended elementary and high school in Nikolsburg in Südmähren. In 1942, he was in the German armed forces, and after the Second World War he studied medicine at the University of Vienna, earning a doctorate in 1950. Under Hans Hoff, the head of the Department of Neurology of the University Hospital Vienna, he finished his specialization in neurology and psychiatry. At that time, his special interests were neurotrauma, prolonged coma after severe brain damage, spinal cord injury, and the early diagnosis of brain damage in child neurology. In 1967, Gerstenbrand published an article on habilitation in the traumatic apallic syndrome that attracted worldwide attention, and was, for many years, a standard work in German-speaking neurology.
Source: Neurology - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: IN MEMORIAM Source Type: research