Frank Walter Tischendorf: Curriculum vitae

Personal data, Education

Date of birth: Born in Gera/Thüringen, Germany, October 12, 1936
Parents: Walter Tischendorf, Professor of Medicine, and Klara Lydia, nee Grimm
Children: Sven and Jens, born 1966 and 1972

Elementary School, Göttingen, Germany, 1941—1944
Grammar School (humanistic gymnasium), Göttingen, Hannover and Hinterzarten (Schule Birklehof), Germany 1944 – 1957
Diploma of maturity (Abitur): Schule Birklehof, Hinterzarten, 1957

University

Medical School, Georg August University, Göttingen, 1957−1963

Doctorate (MD), Internship, Approbation

MD: Göttingen University, 1963
Thesis: “Die enzymatische Harnstoffbestimmung“ (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. H. Südhof)
Internship: Eberhard Karls University Hospitals, Tübingen, Germany, 1963−1965
Approbation: Tübingen, 1965

Haematological studies

Medical Clinic, Kantonspital Solothurn, Switzerland (Prof. Dr. S. Moeschlin), 1960;
Medical Policlinic, Kantonspital, University of Zürich, Switzerland (Prof. Dr. R. Hegglin), 1960;
Medical Clinic, Nordstadtkrankenhaus, Hannover (Prof. Dr. med. W. Tischendorf), 1961

Research fellow, Scientific assistant

Research fellow: Institute of Cancer Research, Columbia University, New York, N.Y., U.S.A. (Prof. Dr. E. F. Osserman), 1965−1967
Scientific assistant: Medical Clinic, University of Tübingen (Heads: Prof. Dr. H. E. Bock, Prof. Dr. W. Dölle), 1965 and 1967−1977

Habilitation, Venia legendi (Privatdozent)

Habilitation: University of Tübingen, 1976
Theme: “Die kationischen lysosomalen Proteine der weißen Blutzellen: Ihre diagnostische und prognostische Bedeutung bei Leukämien und anderen hämatologischen Erkrankungen.“
Docent: Technical Academy Esslingen, Esslingen, Germany, 1975—1980
University of Tübingen, 1976 – 1985; University of Hamburg, Germany, 1986—2001;
Bernhard Nocht Institute of Tropical Medicine, Hamburg (International Course on Tropical Medicine and Parasitology), Director of Course: 1988, 1989

Senior physician, Medical diplomas

Senior physician: Department of Clinical Chemistry (Head: Dr. H. Haas), Municipal Hospital Esslingen
Diplomas: Internist, Tübingen, 1972; Specialist in Laboratory Medicine, Esslingen, 1979

Head, Physician in Chief, Medical consultant

Head: Department of Clinical Chemistry (founded by Gustav Giemsa), Bernhard Nocht Institute of Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, 1980−2001
Consultant: Harbour Hospital, Hamburg, 1980−1997

Member of editorial boards, committees and societies

Coeditor: Die Internistische Welt, 1976−1986
Member of editorial boards: Die Medizinische Welt, 1987 – 2011; Hämostaseologie 1992—2013;
Natur- und Ganzheitsmedizin, 1993 – 1994
Memberships in committees and societies: Laborkommission der Kassenärztlichen Vereinigung Nord-Württemberg, Germany, 1976—1986; Standardization Committee, Subcommittee “Immunoglobulins” of International Union of Immunological Societies, 1977; Laborkommission “Landesbetrieb Krankenhäuser”, Hamburg, 1980 – 1998;
German Society of Tropical Medicine, 1983—; New York Academy of Sciences, 1994 – 2008

Registration of biography, Laudations

Biography: Kürschners Deutscher Gelehrten-Kalender, 1995—
Who’s Who in the World, 1999—
Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare, 2000—
Laudations: D. Bergemann: “Privatdozent Dr. Frank Walter Tischendorf zum 60. Geburtstag“.
Med. Welt, 1996; C. H. Meyer: „Der diagnostische Blick − Frank W. Tischendorf zum siebzigsten Geburtstag“.
Med. Welt, 2007