Nib Soehendra

Nib Soehendra (born October 1, 1942) is a German surgeon known for numerous contributions to the field of endoscopy and therapeutic endoscopy.

Nib Soehendra
Nib Soehendra in 2006
Born
Keng-Bin Na

(1942-10-01) 1 October 1942
NationalityGerman
CitizenshipGerman
Alma materUniversity Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (MD)
Known forTherapeutic endoscopy
Awards
  • Paracelsus Medal of the German Medical Association (2016)
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions

Biography

Soehendra was born in Jakarta and emigrated at age 19 to Hamburg to begin studies in medicine at the University of Hamburg. He completed training in general surgery at Catholic Marien-Hospital in Hamburg, and at University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf. It was at the latter institution that he worked closely with renowned gastrointestinal surgeon Hans-Wilhelm Schreiber. Soehendra initially began as an assistant surgeon at Catholic Marien-Hospital and then as a surgeon at University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf.[1]

Soehendra became interested in endoscopy, then a primarily diagnostic specialty. Soehendra's contributions were seminal in the development of the field of therapeutic endoscopy, the use of endoscopes to treat gastrointestinal conditions. Soehendra was appointed as Full Professor and Director of the Department of Endoscopic Surgery at University Hospital Eppendorf, Hamburg in 1989, and subsequently Director of Department of Interdisciplinary Endoscopy in 1999.[1]

Soehendra chaired the endoscopy section of the German Society of Gastroenterology in 1990. He subsequently developed Endo Club Nord, a society for live endoscopy, wherein endoscopic procedures are performed live and presented to a large audience. Soehendra also served as President of the German Society of Endoscopy and Imaging Techniques. He also served on the advisory board of Endoscopy, the journal of the European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.[1]

Soehendra retired from hospital practice in 2008 and since has continued in private practice.[1]

Research

Soehendra's contributions to therapeutic endoscopy were key in the transformation of the field from a primarily diagnostic test, to a therapeutic specialty. In 1980, he presented the first use of a biliary stent, a device inserted via endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) to drain the common bile duct of obstruction.[2] In addition to this, Soehendra developed a novel and now commonly used technique to treat bleeding gastric varices with the injection of cyanoacrylate.[3]

Additional contributions include the development of numerous instruments, including the Soehendra biliary dilator, for dilation of strictures of the common bile duct; the mechanical lithotripter used to crush gallstones in the biliary system, and; the monofilament snare for resection of colorectal polyps. For his numerous contributions to the field, Soehendra is recognized as one of the pioneers of the field of therapeutic endoscopy.[1]

Honors

References

  1. "Prof Dr med Nib Soehendra". VideoGIE. 4 (4): 145โ€“147. 2019. doi:10.1016/j.vgie.2019.02.011. PMC 6470393. PMID 31020051.
  2. Soehendra N, Reynders-Frederix V (1980). "Palliative bile duct drainage - a new endoscopic method of introducing a transpapillary drain". Endoscopy. 12 (1): 8โ€“11. doi:10.1055/s-2007-1021702. PMID 7353562.
  3. Seewald S, Sriram PV, Naga M, Fennerty MB, Boyer J, Oberti F; et al. (2002). "Cyanoacrylate glue in gastric variceal bleeding". Endoscopy. 34 (11): 926โ€“32. doi:10.1055/s-2002-35312. PMID 12430080.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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