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Curriculum Vitae

Erich S a l i n g, Professor Dr., Obstetrician and Perinatologist, was born in Stanislau (now the Ukraine) on 21st July 1925 as the son of Heinrich Saling, a forester and his wife, Emma Saling, née Hoffmann. He is a Protestant. In 1952 he married Dr. med. Hella Saling, née Weymann; they have two sons (Dr. med. Peter S., born in 1954 and Michael S., born in 1955).

He studied medicine from 1946 to 1952 at the University of Jena and at the Free University of Berlin; from 1954 to 1958 he completed his training in obstetrics and gynecology at the Women’s Hospital in Berlin-Neukoelln. He qualified as a University Lecturer in 1963 and was offered a Professorship at the Free University of Berlin in 1968. 1976 he became the Director of the Institute of Perinatal Medicine of the Free University Berlin and the Head of the Department of Obstetrics in the Womens Hospital Berlin-Neukoelln. In addition to his clinical practice he has been engaged in research in the field of obstetrics and perinatal medicine since 1958. Up to now more than 550 of his publications have appeared on the subject of obstetrics and perinatal medicine. The most important studies are given in the enclosed list of special scientific achievements and new developments.

In 1963 he started one-week introductory courses for physicians in modern obstetrics and perinatal medicine. Up to now 64 courses have been held, since 1991 together with his successor Prof. K. Vetter, attended by more than 2000 participants from 45 countries. The term ”Perinatal Medicine” was introduced by Saling in 1967 and has become widespread all over the world.

In 1967 the first national Society of Perinatal Medicine was founded, it was the German Society. Since then until 1990, 14 national congresses have been organized together with his coworkers. These congresses, which mostly attracted over 2000 participants, have been the largest of their kind in this new field of medicine. In 1968 the first international Society, the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, was founded and Saling was the Founder-President of this Association. In 1973 he founded the first international Journal in this field, the ”Journal of Perinatal Medicine”. In 1990 the German Society of Prenatal and Obstetrical Medicine was founded and Saling is also the Founder-President of this association.

Since January 1991 he is ”Professor Emeritus” at the Charité, University Medicine Berlin.

In continuation of research activities in 1993 he founded the Institute of Perinatal Medicine under private law at his old department in Berlin-Neukoelln and is its director.

In May 2005 Prof. Saling has been elected as president of the new founded “International Academy of Perinatal Medicine”.

"...with granddaughter Laura"

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Honours and distinctions

1966

Prix Quadriennal Fondation Intern. de Gynécologie et d'Obstétrique(Belgium)

1974

Maternité‚-Prize of the German Society of Perinatal Medicine

1980

Michaelis Plaque in Gold from the University of Kiel

1982

Maternity-Prize of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine

1984

Awarding of a ”Citation Classic” from the Institute of Scientific Information, Philadelphia, for the frequently cited article ”Neues Vorgehen zur Untersuchung des Kindes unter der Geburt (Einführung, Technik, Grundlagen)”, translated: A new approach in examining the fetus during labour” which appeared in: Arch. Gynäk. 197 (1962) 108

1986

Foundation of an "Erich Saling Inter-University School" for the study of the pathophysiology of pregnancy in Dubrovnik; now: European School of Perinatal Medicine ”Erich Saling” Initiator and Director: Professor A. Kurjak, University of Zagreb

1988

ERNST-REUTER-PLAQUE, the highest award of the Senate of Berlin

1991

Gold Medal of the Haackert Foundation

1991

Order of the Jugoslavian flag with gold star ribbon in high recognition of the Jugoslavian Government for outstanding services to perinatal medicine in that country

1997

First Winner of the A. William Liley Prize of the International Society ”The Fetus as a Patient”

1998

Publication of the extensive (280 contributors) TEXTBOOK OF PERINATAL MEDICINE, edited by Prof. A. Kurjak, which has been dedicated to Prof. Saling

2000

Foundation of the ERICH SALING PERINATAL PRIZE by the ”World Association of Perinatal Medicine” which will be awarded at each World Congress to the ”best scientist in Perinatal Medicine”.

First awarding to Prof. Kypros Nicolaides, London in 2001
Second awarding to Prof. Roberto Romero, Detroit in 2003
Third awarding to Prof. Wolfgang Holzgreve, Basel in 2005

2001

Decoration with the Order of the Croatian Star by the President of the Republic of Croatia Stjepan Mesic

2001

Honorary doctorate of the Democritus University in Alexandroupolis, Greece

2001

Decoration with the Order of the Federal Republic of Germany, 1st class by the President of the German Republic, Johannes Rau

Maternité-Price
Conferment of the honorary doctorate

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Honorary member or corresponding member (corr.) of the following societies

1972

Jugoslavian Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology

1973

Royal Society of Medicine, London

1973

Cuban Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (corr.)

1973

Cuban Society of Pediatrics (corr.)

1974

Swiss Society of Gynecology

1975

Croatian Society of Pediatrics

1979

Italian Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology

1980

Jugoslavian Association of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

1982

Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Berlin

1983

Greek Society of Perinatal Medicine

1983

German Society of Pediatrics (corr.)

1987

Fellowship ad eundem of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London

1987

Italian Society of Perinatal Medicine

1989

Society of Perinatal Obstetricians (now: Society for Maternal-Fetal-Medicine), USA

1990

Society of Perinatal Medicine of the German Democratic Republic

1991

First honorary member of the International Society "The Fetus as a Patient"

1992

German Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics

1994

Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Thuringia

1995

Finnish Perinatal Society

1995

Slovakian Society of Obstetrics

2004

German-Russian Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics

2004

North-German Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics

2005 Croation-German-Society for improvements in cultural and scientific co-operation.

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