Gunnar B. Stickler

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Gunnar B. Stickler
German American
Known forThe first scientist to describe Stickler syndrome
Medical career
ProfessionResearch scientist
Sub-specialtiesPediatrics

Gunnar B. Stickler (13 June 1925 – 4 November 2010) was a

pediatrician who made substantial contributions to the field of pediatrics. He was the first scientist to describe a hereditary condition now known as Stickler syndrome
.

Early life

Gunnar B. Stickler was born June 13, 1925, in Peterskirchen,

Mountainside Hospital, Montclair, New Jersey, and subsequently for a fellowship in pediatrics at the Mayo Clinic
.

Career

From 1953-56 he was a senior

Mayo Medical School. Doctor Stickler served on the Admissions Committee and the Medical School Coordinators Committee. Doctor Stickler also advanced primary pediatric care at Mayo Clinic as well as developed the subspecialty practices and pediatric research efforts at Mayo Clinic. He completed his term as Chair of the Department on March 31, 1980, and retired in the fall of 1989. He died unexpectedly at home from a stroke on November 4, 2010.[1]

Stickler Syndrome

In 1960, a twelve-year-old boy was examined at a Crippled Children Clinic in

symptoms. This prompted him to study the family. With colleagues he collaborated to define the condition, the results were published in June 1965.[2] He tentatively named the condition hereditary progressive arthro-ophthalmopathy. Since the 1980s, this condition has become to be known as Stickler syndrome. Throughout the years that followed he worked with patient-support groups such as the U.S. support group, Stickler Involved People
, to help improve awareness of the syndrome and the need for early and expert intervention.

Other Accomplishments

Besides the landmark paper on hereditary progressive arthro-ophthalmopathy he has authored or co-authored some 200 scientific papers. He published a landmark paper published in Pediatrics in 1965 with Edward O'Connell and Robert Feldt on the importance of small head circumference and its association with mental retardation and short stature. He conducted a number of treatment trials of otitis media; this body of work eventually resulted in four publications and represented the first controlled treatment trial of otitis media in the United States. He has published extensively on pediatric nephrology, his chosen sub-speciality, and as well as a range of other pediatric problems from cyclic vomiting syndrome[3][4] to parental worries.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ Alison Snyder. Gunnar Stickler. The Lancet 2011;377:294.
  2. ^ Stickler GB, Belau PG, Farrell FJ, Jones JD, Pugh DG, Steinberg AG, et al. Hereditary Progressive Arthro-Ophthalmopathy. Mayo Clin Proc 1965;40:433-55.
  3. ^ Hoyt CS, Stickler GB. A study of 44 children with the syndrome of recurrent (cyclic) vomiting. Pediatrics 1960;25:775-80
  4. ^ Stickler GB. Relationship between cyclic vomiting syndrome and migraine. Clin Pediatr (Phila) 2005;44(6):505-8
  5. ^ Stickler GB. Worries of parents and their children. Clin Pediatr (Phila) 1996;35(2):84-90
  6. ^ Stickler GB, Salter M, Broughton DD, Alario A. Parents' worries about children compared to actual risks. Clin Pediatr (Phila) 1991;30(9):522-8
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