Alexander Berghaus
German otorhinolaryngologist (born 1952)
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Alexander Berghaus is a German specialist in otorhinolaryngology and a university professor of otorhinolaryngology at LMU Munich.
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| Born | 9 January 1952[1] |
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| Fields | Otorhinolaryngology, head and neck surgery, and especially facial plastic surgery |
| Workplaces | LMU Munich |
From 1993 to 2003, he was a director of the department of otorhinolaryngology, face and neck surgery, and professor of the department of otorhinolaryngology at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg. He was dean at the medical faculty there in 1994 and pro-dean from 1996 to 1998. Since 2003 he has been director of the department of otorhinolaryngology at the LMU Klinikum and professor of otorhinolaryngology at LMU Munich.[1]
Berghaus worked on polyethylene prosthetics for the trachea, ear reconstruction and other uses over his career.[2][3][4] He also invented and patented instruments for rhinoplasty that were licensed to Karl Storz GmbH.[5]
With G. Rettinger and G. Böhme he authored a book: Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde Hippokrates Verlag, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-7773-0944-3.
In 2001 he became a member of the Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.[6]