Eugen Enderlen

Eugen Enderlen.

Eugen Enderlen (January 21, 1863 – June 7, 1940) was a German physician and surgeon born in Salzburg, Austria.

He studied medicine in Munich, Greifswald and Marburg, earning his doctorate in 1888. In 1895 he received his habilitation at the University of Greifswald, and during the following year began work as an assistant to Ernst Küster (1839-1930) at the University of Marburg. In 1899 he became an associate professor at Greifswald, and in 1904 attained the chair of surgery at the University of Basel.

In 1908 he relocated to the University Hospital in Würzburg, and during World War I served as a general physician. After the war he was appointed professor at the surgical clinic at the University of Heidelberg. He died in Stuttgart on June 7, 1940.

Enderlen specialized in numerous surgical procedures, including surgery of the nerves and blood vessels, as well as operations for ulcers and gallstone disorders. He developed innovative techniques in esophageal surgery, and with physiologist Ludolf von Krehl (1867-1937) performed stellate ganglion blocks and denervation operations on the heart. He also conducted experimental research for transplantation of blood vessels, bones and joints, etc.

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