Georg Axhausen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Georg Axhausen

German dentist

Date of Birth: 24-Mar-1877

Place of Birth: Gorzów Wielkopolski, Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 19-Jan-1960

Profession: dentist, surgeon

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Georg Axhausen (24 March 1877, in Landsberg an der Warthe – 19 January 1960, in Berlin) was a German oral and maxillofacial surgeon. He studied medicine at Kaiser-Wilhelms-Akademie (Pépinière) in Berlin, receiving his doctorate in 1901.
Later on, he worked in the surgical clinic at Kiel under Heinrich Helferich (1904–06) and in the institute of pathology at Friedrichshain Hospital in Berlin under Ludwig Pick (1907/08).
From 1909 to 1924 he worked in the surgical clinic at the Berlin-Charité.In 1908 he obtained his habilitation, and four years later became an associate professor at Berlin.
In 1928 he was named a full professor and director of the dental institute at the Charité.He specialized in pathology and surgery of bones and joints, being known for his pioneer studies of bone grafting and necrosis of the epiphysis.
He is credited with introducing the term "aseptic necrosis", which is now referred to as avascular necrosis.
The eponymous "Axhausen operation" is a procedure for closure of cleft palate.