Ludwig G. Kempe | |
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Born | Prenzlau, Brandenburg, Germany | October 16, 1915
Died | June 22, 2012[1] Pisgah National Forest | (aged 96)
Occupation | author, illustrator |
Subject | Neurosurgery, ornithology, surgery |
Spouse | Louise Gwin Clarke |
Ludwig G. Kempe (October 16, 1915 – June 22, 2012) was an American neurosurgeon, author and illustrator.
He was an author of books in the field of neurosurgery [2] and ornithology [3] Along with Russell Blaylock, Kempe published a novel transcallosal approach to excising intraventricular meningiomas of the trigone, [4] [5] as well as developing the ventriculolymphatic shunt in the treatment of hydrocephalus. [6]