Christian Meznik
Biography
Fritz Meznik was born on August 10, 1923 in Vienna . He graduated at Schottengymnastium in Vienna in 1941 and received his doctorate at March 21, 1951 .Before entering to the orthopedic university clinic he graduated from the counter subjects pathology and internal medicine, then went to the surgery and I learned the Traumatology at Böhler and pediatrics and neurology at Reisner. Stays abroad have taken him to the United States to New York, Boston and Minneapolis, as well as to France to Lyon. In 1958 he gained recognition as a specialist in orthopedics.
Before entering to the orthopedic university clinic he graduated from the counter subjects pathology and internal medicine, then went to the surgery and I learned the Traumatology at Böhler and pediatrics and neurology at Reisner. Stays abroad have taken him to the United States to New York, Boston and Minneapolis, as well as to France to Lyon. In 1958 he gained recognition as a specialist in orthopedics. On November 17 1971 he habilitated with the thesis: "For the indication of the posterior spinal fusion for scoliosis". On 1 October 1982 he was awarded the title of extraordinary Professor. awarded. His career highlights were the one hand, Presidency of the Austrian Society of Orthopaedic Surgery 1980-1981 with event of the successful Congress in Villach, which had the theme "scoliosis". After the unexpected death of our former clinic chiefs, Univ.-Prof. Karl Chiari, was Prof. Meznik 1982 to 1984 the supplier end Head of the Orthopaedic Clinic. In 1988, at age 65, he retired, but still led to 2000 his private medical ordination further and worked as a coveted Konsiliarfacharzt in Warmbad Villach. Mezniks great passion was in addition to the pediatric orthopedics, and especially of the hip dysplasia, as already mentioned, the spine in general and of scoliosis in particular. Konsiliartätigkeiten at Children's Hospital Glanzing gave him ample opportunities to grapple with the problems of pediatric orthopedics. For the introduction of scoliosis surgery from Umkrümmungsgips by Risser and the merger by Hibbs about the scoliosis correction in the art for Harrington, to the front by Dwyer and Zielke instrumentation derotational Meznik spearheaded active.
Research Interest
scoliosis, kyphosis, spine surgery, spine trauma, MISS
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