Eckart von Hirschhausen
German physician, talk show host and comedian
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- Eckart Axel von Hirschhausen (born 25 August 1967) is a German physician, talk show host, comedian, author, and journalist.
- The subject of his doctoral thesis was Efficiency of intravenous immunoglobulin therapy on pigs in the hyperdynamic phase of endotoxemia and he graduated magna cum laude from the University of Heidelberg.
- Journalism and television In 1996, von Hirschhausen started writing, mainly for Focus and Der Tagesspiegel .
- From 1998 to 2003, he hosted the weekly health advisory show Service: Gesundheit ('Service: Health') on Hessischer Rundfunk Television.
Eckart Axel von Hirschhausen (born 25 August 1967) is a German physician, talk show host, comedian, author, and journalist.
Academic career
Born in Frankfurt, von Hirschhausen studied medicine, supported by a scholarship from the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German Academic Scholarship Foundation), at the Free University of Berlin, the University of Heidelberg and the University of London. The subject of his doctoral thesis was Efficiency of intravenous immunoglobulin therapy on pigs in the hyperdynamic phase of endotoxemia and he graduated magna cum laude from the University of Heidelberg. From 1996 to 1997, he studied scientific journalism at the Free University of Berlin, but without taking a degree.
Journalism and television
In 1996, von Hirschhausen started writing, mainly for Focus and Der Tagesspiegel. His first appearance on television is believed to have been as a guest contestant performing magic tricks in Jürgen von der Lippe's show Geld oder Liebe ('Money or Love'). From 1998 to 2003, he hosted the weekly health advisory show Service: Gesundheit ('Service: Health') on Hessischer Rundfunk Television. Since 2004 he has been a weekly contributor to Stern: Sprechstunde ("Stern: Consultation Hour"): his column is called Die Etwas Andere Medizinkolumne ("The Somewhat Different Medicine Column").
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