Dorothea Liebermann-Meffert


Dorothea Maria Irene Liebermann-Meffert was a German surgeon and professor of surgery at the Technical University of Munich.

Early life

Liebermann-Meffert was born on 6 May 1930 in Rastatt, Germany, to Karl Peter and Irene Meffert. She received the degree of Doctor of Medicine at the University of Freiburg in 1958.

Career

Liebermann-Meffert became known for her 1999 biography with Hubert J. Stein of Rudolf Nissen, inventor of the Nissen fundoplication.

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. . Kaden Verlag, Heidelberg, 2001.