Siegfried Oberndorfer (24 June 1876 in Munich – 1944 in Istanbul) was a German physician and pathologist.
Oberndorfer studied medicine in Munich and Kiel and Ph.D in 1900 in Munich and habilitated in pathological anatomy in 1906 also in Munich.
From 1910 he was the head of Pathology Department of the hospital in Munich-Schwabing.
In 1907 he introduced the medical term carcinoid (German: Karzinoide) that is still in use until the present day.
Author: anonymous/unknown Source: Album of Medical Professionals in Istanbul University. 1935–1936. reprinted in: Contributions of Siegfried Oberndorfer to pathology and evolution of carcinoid. Pol J Pathol. 2010;61(1):49-53. License: CC-PD-Mark PD Old