Dr. Peter Pfannenstiel, internationally known thyroid expert, has been named "Physician of the Year" 1997. Dr. Pfannenstiel was chosen as the recipient of this award by committees of fellow physicians under the auspices of the PMI Publishing Company, Frankfurt and by Hoffman and Hoffman Ltd. as announced in Frankfurt on April 30.

With some 650 scientific papers to his credit and 700 speeches given in Germany and abroad, Dr. Pfannenstiel has made a significant contribution to the prevention, diagnosis and therapy of thyroid disease. His publications Thyroid disease: Diagnosis and Treatment and Nothing Good Within the Shield have been published in several editions for doctors and patients. Now regarded as standard works, over 500,000 copies have been printed.

Dr. Pfannenstiel attended university in Marburg as well as in Heidelberg, Innsbruck and Freiburg where he received his doctorate following a two year research grant in the United States. The establishment of RAI therapy for thyroid disease is considered his most important contribution to medical progress in Germany. In 1969, as internist and nuclear physician, he was asked to establish the thyroid department of the German Diagnostic Clinic (DKD). In 1989 after twenty years there he established his private thyroid practice in Mainz-Castel.

A handsome monetary award was presented along with a medal and citation. Dr. Pfannenstiel is generously donating the award to the German Thyroid League, which he was instrumental in founding in 1995. It will be used to continue the work of self-help groups for thyroid patients.

From everyone at TFI, our warm congratulations to our distinguished Vice President, Dr. Peter Pfannenstiel.

Translated and adapted from QualiMed 5 (1997)

The Listening Room

Dr. Pfannenstiel: " I have learned a lot from my colleagues and friends and especially form my patients. For this, I am very grateful." A sign in his consulting room reads: LISTENING ROOM

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