This page lists items in the database related to German doctor Georg Haas (b.Nuremberg, Germany, 4 April 1886; Germany, 6 December 1971):
Georg Haas (1886–1971) was a German physician and academic, remembered as one of the pioneers of dialysis in the history of modern medicine. Born in Nuremberg, he trained as an internist and spent most of his professional career at the University of Giessen, where he served as professor and director of the medical clinic.
His name is particularly associated with a landmark achievement: in 1924, in Giessen, Haas performed the first documented human hemodialysis, paving the way for a technique that today saves the lives of millions of patients with kidney failure. Using an experimental device he designed himself, he succeeded in cleansing blood outside the body—an idea that was revolutionary at the time. He was also among the first to introduce the use of heparin as an anticoagulant in dialysis treatments.
Despite the significance of his research, Haas’s work did not initially receive the recognition it deserved, and his experiments were eventually discontinued. Only later was his contribution reassessed by the medical community, acknowledging him as a key figure in the development of nephrology and renal replacement therapies.
Bibliography
– Dobrin N. Paskalev, Georg Haas(1886–1971): The Forgotten Hemodialysis Pioneer in DIALYSIS & TRANSPLANTATION, VOLUME 30, NUMBER 12, December 2001, pp. 828-830-832