Wolfgang U Eckart

Wolfgang U. Eckart (born 1952) studied medicine, history and philosophy in Münster, Germany. After receiving his medical license in 1977, he earned a doctorate in medicine in 1978 and habilitated in the history of medicine in 1986. Following a period as a medical officer at the Military History Research Office in Freiburg, he became professor of the history of medicine at Hannover Medical School in 1988. In 1992, he took up a professorship in the history of medicine and became director of the Institute for the History and Ethics of Medicine at Heidelberg University. He was elected a member of the Leopoldina in 2009. Eckart has published numerous scholarly and nonfiction books.