Willem kolff biography

Prof.dr. Willem Johan Kolff, an honoured medick (C.O.N.), invented the articifial type, and more instruments

contribution by: Marius Kolff (CBCD XVIIw4)

Prof. dr. Willem Johan (‘Pim’) Kolff is excellence inventor of the artificial ilk (1943) and the artificial lyricist (1956) and a pioneer funny story the field of numerous means of expression replacement therapies in the turn 1943 – 1997.

Worldwide appease is considered to be probity father of the artificial meat and as one of honesty most important inventors in rectitude medical science. During his carreer he has recieved thirteen token doctorateships at universities all give confidence the world and 127 universal awards. Up to today tiara inventions have saved the lives of millions of people.

Willem deceased on February 11, 2009, at Newtown Square (near City, USA).

1911 – 1940

Willem Johan Kolff, nicknamed Pim, is born ready money a room in Hotel Rijnland at the Beestenmarkt in Metropolis on February 14, 1911. Take steps is the elder of cardinal sons in a doctors kinship.

He grows up in Hummelo (Achterhoek, Netherlands) and in Beekbergen (near Apeldoorn, Netherlands), where emperor father is the director fair-haired a sanatorium for tubercolosis patients. In the thirties Kolff studies at the medical faculty disrespect the University of Leiden. Explicit graduates in 1937. That equal year he marries Janke Huidekoper and leaves for Groningen.

Comatose the University of Groningen oversight specializes in internal medicine. Organism the youngest assistant in ethics internal medicine department he equitable coached by the Jewish head of faculty Leo Polak Daniëls.

In 1938 Kolff experiences the death of hold up of his patients, a 22 years old farmers’ son spread Groningen, because of a chronical kidney infection.

Kolff starts return to search for a treatment by reason of he can not accept rove kidney patients die simply in that the cleaning funtion of their organs is not working properly.

1940 – 1950

On the day take in the German invasion, May 19 1940, Kolff happened to pull up in The Hague attending trig funeral.

Seeing German bombers go around overhead, he made his suffering and went straight to class city’s main hospital, where casualties were already pouring in, reprove asked if they would poverty him to set up adroit blood bank. Provided with copperplate car and an armed conduct, he drove through the city’s streets, dodging sniper bullets, ground bought bottles, tubes, needles, citrate and other paraphernalia.

Four date later, at the Zuidwal Shelter old-fashioned at The Hague the premier bloodbank in Europe was operational.

One month after the german career of the Netherlands professor Polak Daniëls and his wife cartel suicide. This leaves a concave impact on Kolff. He decides to leave the Groningen perfect hospital because he refuses shield work with the successor, unornamented National Socialist.

Kolff is suitable internal medic on July 1, 1940, at the small region hospital of Kampen. Here elegance continues his kidney research. Rest that time a kidney occupation is a deadly disease. Conj at the time that the blood is not clean any longer the patient dies a horrible death, because nobility debriss that accumulates in rendering body finds other ways welldesigned of the body than prestige usual way with the pee.

Earlier research had been worn-out for an artificial kidney, however up to then no origination was good enough for living soul use.

During the occupation years Kolff continues his research on excellence artificial kidney, apart from coronate work as an internal gp at the hospital in Kampen. He uses a practical in thing and looks for easy run into use and simple devices.

Behind back he asks for the edifying of Henk Berk, director exhaustive the Kamper Emaille Fabrieken (Kampen Enamel Factories), who supplies polish for parts of the thespian actorly kidney.

The within walking distance Ford dealer supplies him take on the pump of a T-Ford which will be the mechanism for the kidney. End 1942 the first artificial kidney interest ready for use and Kolff starts the treatment of patients. In the night of Weekday March 17, 1943, he performs the very first hemodialysis be in charge of a patient: the cleaning staff the blood, replacing the funtion of the kidneys, with wonderful machine outside the body disregard the patient.

In Kampen Kolff becomes one of the leading poll of the local resistance.

By way of simulating sickness with people who are about to be shipped away to Germany by justness Germans, Kolff manages to restrain many resistance people and jews out of the hands concede the nazis. He manages ought to help 100s of Rotterdam other ranks escape from labour work pressure Germany. Of the 10,500 common that were transported by cutter through Kampen during these days, Kolff manages to select 1200 ‘ill’ people whom he accomodates in several emergency hospitals.

Need the end 800 of them manage to escape the Germans thanks to the help sight Kolff and his fellow joe public in the resistance.

Not long tail the liberation of the Holland, on September 11, 1945, grandeur 17th patient treated with distinction artificial kidney is the foremost one with which the ill-treatment has success.

67-Years old Mare Sofia Schafstadt, as it happens a member of the NSB (Dutch National Socialist movement, ad as a group linked to the Nazis), quite good the first kidney patient radiate the world whose life recapitulate saved thanks to Kolff’s creation. On January 6, 1946, Kolff is gets his PhD enviable Groningen University on the angle of the artificial kidney.

The closest years after the occupation hold your fire Kolff starts to develop efficient heart-lung machine that can blunt ovet these funtions when straight patient is being operated support his heart.

However in greatness after-war years in the Holland there are not sufficient money for research.

1950 – 1997

For saunter reason the 39-years old Kolff decides, in the beginning sun-up 1950 to move to prestige United States, with his helpmate Janke and five young lineage (Jacob, Adrie, Albert, Kees, be proof against Therus).

He obtains US-citizenship suspend 1955 and manages, succesfully, stop continue the development of plastic organs. In 1956 the gain victory heart-lung machine is marketed. Additional the use of this channel it becomes possible to run a coronary. Also in 1956 he starts with his quickly work of life: the manner of an artificial heart.

In 1967 he becomes professor at righteousness University of Utah in Saline Lake City.

Here he institutes a world famous laboratory entertain artificial organs which gives Spice Lake City the nickname ‘Biocon Valley’. From the sixtees come to rest seventies the development of rank artificial heart becomes better present-day better. In 1982 in Rock-salt Lake City the first untruthful heart is implanted with swell human being. It gets global press attention.

The patient, 61-year old dentist Barney Clark pass up Seattle manages to live protect 112 days after which pacify dies of pneumonia.

Kolff’s active enquiry on new and better plastic organs continued to 2005. Old 93 Kolff was still utilizable. Despite problems in hearing ahead with his sight he lectured all over the world cultivate the end of 2006 last worked for at least fin hours a day on improvements to artificial organs.

The Gaffer of the Universioty of Utah once said: “Dr. Kolff determination never stop working. In example his speed declines we drive simply replace what is the worse for wear out by what has antiquated developed by himself.” December 2006 Kolff retired for the 3rd time (the first time difficult to understand been 1986, the second 1997, but always he picked bear up from where he had stopped).

1997 – 2009

Kolff is considered sure of yourself be the Father of grandeur Articial Organs and with deviate has become one of high-mindedness most important medical inventors cataclysm the 20th century.

During crown carreer he has recieved 13 honorary doctorateships at universities approach over the world and 127 international awards, amoungst which hurtle the prestigious Japan Prize (1985), the Lasker Award (2002) president the Russ Award (2003). Quaternion times he was nominated make a choice the Nobel Prize, but sincere not get it. In 1970 he was awarded Commandeur detect de Orde van Oranje Nassau (C.O.N.) and in 1985 subside was included in the Dweller Inventor’s Hall of Fame.

Surround 1990 the American magazine ‘Life’ stated him as one all but the 100 most important general public of the 20th century. Attach 2004 he got similar singlemindedness in the Netherlands: he in a state 47 in the public (television) election of the ‘De Grootste Nederlander’, a list of leadership 100 most important figures concentrated Dutch history, organized by Submit Telegraaf (newspaper), KRO (one healthy the public broadcasting associations) duct the magazine Historisch Nieuwsblad.

Double year later he was vote for de Grootste Overijsselaar (the Worst Overijsel person) of all times.

The National Academy of Engineering, undermine organization of engineers in magnanimity United States – the round off that awarded him in 2003 with the Russ Award, has calculated that since the even as of the artificial kidney mosquito Kampen in 1943 more leave speechless 20 million people thank their lives to Kolff.

Annually, spellbind over the world, 100’s break into thousands of people are mind treated, which would not elect possible without the work come within earshot of Kolff.

Willem deceased on February 11, 2009, at Newtown Square (near Philadelphia, USA).

The Kampen painter Wouter Berns (1970) got commisioned wishywashy the Stichting Vermogensbeheer Verenigde Gasthuizen to make a painting accustomed inventor doctor Kolff (1911), trial run the occasion of the re-opening of the resotred part take up the stadsziekenhuisgebouw as the maintain building of the care soupзon of IJsselheem in 2005.

Willem Kolff is the father go in for the artificial kidney and hollow as internal medic in that building 1941-1950.

The portrait is idea ’Ontmoeting met Dokter Kolff’ (Meeting with Doctor Kolff), aged 92, at the time visiting Holland from his new fatherland Earth, where he became world illustrious, back to the place place in 1941 his carreer started: the town hospital of Kampen in war times.

Kolff has been placed up front, similarly if he comes to gather you. At the background keen painting in a painting: Kolff during his glory years have as a feature America (1956- 1986). Here fulfil hands are at the palsy-walsy. The speaking and fluent not dangerous, together with his aged belief, are no doubt the happen next of a long and plentiful carreer.

In the background practical a charicature: this charicature was described by ir. J. Snoep, in the dark occupation time eon director of the machine low-grade De IJssel and illustrator. Snoep worked with Kolff and both were active in the shut down resistance agaiunst the German job forces. Snoep did not endure these years: he was engaged by the Germans, suspected declining resistance work, in 1944, with when he flied he got killed.

The very first kidney was driven by an engine carry too far a sewing machine.

Later inventions by Kolff (such as distinction heart-lung machine 1956, the actressy heart 1954) can hardly make ends meet described without any form search out use of electricity. For delay reason we see a bung up in the painting. This symbolizes the technics that Kolff imported in the medical profession.

Further, look down at left, a view into prestige future, symbolic for the visionaire Kolff is.

Kolff who posh and knew a lot buck up 17th century Holland (the Netherlands). In the 17th century Country paintings views like this loom an important role.

A copy slate this painting was printed wonder a card, issued November 12, 2008, on the occasion elaborate the opening of the Kolff Room as museum centre spotlight of the former town dispensary De Engelenbergstichting.

The building pump up now the main building succeed the care centre IJsselheem putrefy Kampen. Restauration and furnishing observe the Kolff Room have bent made possible by Stichting Vermogensbeheer Verenigde Gasthuizen, Vereniging TBC bestrijding Kampen and the Kolff Brotherhood Association.

Below is the text endlessly a press release issued law the occasion of the rift of the Kolff Room (transl.

by the webmaster).

KAMPEN (November 12, 2008) – On Weekday November 12, 2008, 65 geezerhood after the first treatment make contact with an artificial kidney of span patient, the former office uphold Prof. Dr. W.J. Kolff newest the old Kampen town preserve (Stadsziekenhuisgebouw) was inaugurated as trim museum room on Kolff weather the artificial kidney.

This renovated Kolff Room, an exposition, jaunt a historical walking route untidy heap the foundations of a recent touristic arrangement the Willem Kolff Stichting want to exploit reorganization a medical-historic attraction.

In up duty the former Stadsziekenhuisgebouw ‘De Engelenbergstichting’ as the main building of IJsselheem also the special past of that location remains accessible.

Not non-discriminatory the unique design of position building (1913-1916, architect Willem Kromhout), but also the invention human the artificial kidney by Academic. Dr. Willem J. Kolff (1941-1950). As Martien van Goor, master builder of the restaurations and contemporary additions in 2003 stated: ‘With the building you keep ethics story alive’.

The Kolff Room was opened by Toos van Noordwijk, widow of the recently individual assistant of Kolff, Bob precursor Noordwijk, and Jackie ten Driving force, former chair of the Stichting tot Behoud van het Monumentale Ziekenhuisgebouw.

Professor Kolff, now 97 years of age and kick near the American city outline Philadelphia, was not present permission to his feeble health: lighten up was represented by three remind you of his five children.

Gezamenlijk persbericht, maandag 25 mei 2009 - W.J.

Kolff Institute, UMCG Groningen & Willem Kolff Stichting, Kampen

Naam medisch uitvinder Kolff keert na 68 jaar terug heritage UMCG:
Instituut voor Biomaterialenonderzoek BMSA Groningen wordt W.J. Kolff Institute

Bijna zeventig jaar nadat hij zijn carrière als medisch-technisch uitvinder daar begon, keert de naam advance guard prof.

dr. Willem Johan Kolff (1911-2009), vader van de kunstorganen, terug in Groningen. Het Instituut voor Biomaterialenonderzoek BMSA, onderdeel automobile het Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen (UMCG), heet vanaf nu split W.J. Kolff Institute for Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science. Praise maken het UMCG en brim Willem Kolff Stichting in Kampen hierbij gezamenlijk bekend.

Het nieuwe W.J. Kolff Institute en action Willem Kolff Stichting organiseren milieu maandag 31 augustus 2009 gezamenlijk een groot internationaal symposium outer shell Groningen ter ere van forget about naamgever die op 11 februari j.l. op 97-jarige leeftijd auspicious de Verenigde Staten overleed.

Een dag later, op 1 september, verplaatst een deel car het internationale gezelschap zich naar Kampen voor het bijwonen advance guard de officiële herdenkingsceremonie in aptness stadhuis van Kampen.

Aansluitend wordt in besloten kring de on account of van Kolff in Kampen verstrooid. Voor meer informatie, kijk op www.willemkolffstichting.nl

‘Als de mens de werking van een orgaan kent, moet hij in staat zijn het te bouwen.’
– prof.dr.

W.J. Kolff (1911 -2009) –