Alexander Berghaus

Alexander Berghaus is a German specialist in otorhinolaryngology and a university professor of otorhinolaryngology at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU).

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 Medical Campus of the University of Munich and professor of otorhinolaryngology at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.

Berghaus worked on polyethylene prosthetics for the trachea, ear reconstruction and other uses over his career. He also invented and patented instruments for rhinoplasty that were licensed to Karl Storz GmbH.

With G. Rettinger and G. Böhme he authored a book: ''Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde'' Hippokrates Verlag, Stuttgart 1996, .

In 2001 he became a member of the Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. Provided by Wikipedia