Eugen von Hippel

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Eugen von Hippel (1867-1939) was a German ophthalmologist who received his medical doctorate in 1889 from Heidelberg and soon after became assistant to ophthalmologist Theodore Leber. In 1897 he attained "professor extraordinaire" at Heidelberg, in 1909 he became professor at the eye clinic in Halle, and professor of ophthalmology in Göttingen in 1914.

In 1904, Eugen von Hippel described a rare disease of the retina, and in 1911 discovered the anatomical basis of the disease, which he named "angiomatosis retinae". However it wasn't until 1926 that pathologist Arvid Lindau recognized the association between the tumors of the retina and blood-vessel tumors of the cerebellum along with other parts of the central nervous system. This disease is known today as the Von Hippel-Lindau Disease (VHL).

Von Hippel contributed several writings to textbooks regarding the anatomy and diseases of the eye. He was uncle to German-American physicist Arthur R. von Hippel.