Hermann Schloffer

Hermann Schloffer (May 13, 1868 - January 21, 1937) was an Austrian surgeon who was a native of Graz

He studied medicine at the Universities of Freiburg and Graz, where in 1892 he earned his medical doctorate. He spent several years in Prague as a surgical assistant and associate professor, and from 1903 to 1911 was a surgeon and professor at the University of Innsbruck. Afterwards he was a professor at Charles University in Prague.

In March 1907, Schloffer performed the first transsphenoidal surgery for removal of a pituitary adenoma. Unfortunately, the patient died several weeks afterwards from a residual tumor. His name is lent to the eponymous "Schloffer tumor", which is an uncommon pseudo-tumor of the abdominal wall that usually appears several years after abdominal surgery.

References

* [http://www.neurosurgery-online.com/pt/re/neurosurg/abstract.00006123-200710000-00021.htm;jsessionid=LxCpZxVn7wTMZBFlQ5t5TL6H23253H6C2JB2Z24LKqJLH5HD0YSd!1475522543!181195628!8091!-1 Neurosurgery Online, A Century Of Pituitary Surgery: Schloffer's Legacy]
* [http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:kV_0u3w89iwJ:www.lf3.cuni.cz/miranda2/export/sites/www.lf3.cuni.cz/en/faculty/vns/2007/vns-en-03.doc+%22Hermann+Schloffer%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=7&gl=us Vita Nostra Servis, Biography]