Rudolph Nissen

German physician (1896-1981) · Germany · On the map · Doctors · Died at 84

Rudolph Nissen was a German surgeon who chaired surgery departments in Turkey, the United States and Switzerland. The Nissen fundoplication, a surgical procedure for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease, is named after him.

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Nissen fundoplication

Abdominal aortic aneurysm

Albert Einstein in 1947

Awards

Paracelsus Medal of the German Medical Association1967

Honorary doctor of the Humboldt University of Berlin1966

Bavarian Order of Merit

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Germany

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