Caroline Renate Pickardt (5 September 1936 – 21 April 2024) was a German endocrinologist. The main focus of her scientific work was in the area of

thyroid The thyroid, or thyroid gland, is an endocrine gland in vertebrates. In humans it is in the neck and consists of two connected lobes. The lower two thirds of the lobes are connected by a thin band of tissue called the thyroid isthmus. The thy ...

diseases (thyroidology). She published fundamental articles on functional thyroid disorders and the

pathophysiology Pathophysiology ( physiopathology) – a convergence of pathology with physiology – is the study of the disordered physiological processes that cause, result from, or are otherwise associated with a disease or injury. Pathology is the ...

of goitre.

Biography

Pickardt was born on 5 September 1936. After receiving her

doctorate A doctorate (from Latin ''docere'', "to teach"), doctor's degree (from Latin ''doctor'', "teacher"), or doctoral degree is an academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism ''l ...

in 1965 at the University of Munich with a dissertation titled "Veränderungen des Sekretintestes bei subaciden, cholecystektomierten und pankreaskranken Patienten" (Changes of the secretin test in subacid patients after cholecystectomy and with pancreatic diseases) she

habilitated Habilitation is the highest university degree, or the procedure by which it is achieved, in many European countries. The candidate fulfills a university's set criteria of excellence in research, teaching and further education, usually including a ...

in 1972 at the

Ludwig-Maximilian University The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich or LMU; german: link=no, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) is a public university, public research university in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Originally established as ...

with a treatise titled "Stimulation der TSH-Sekretion durch TRH (Thyrotropin Releasing Hormone): diagnostische Bedeutung und pathophysiologische Folgerungen" (Stimulation of thyrotropin secretion by TRH (thyrotropin releasing hormone): diagnostic utility and pathophysiological consequences). On 18 January 1973, she was appointed

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, in 1979 Professor. During her scientific life Pickard managed a number of scientific conferences and published more than 80 papers and several books on thyroid disorders and endocrine ophthalmopathy. Together with Rudolf Fahlbusch she described a form of tertiary hypothyroidism in pituitary stalk transection syndrome ( Pickardt-Fahlbusch syndrome). From 2001 she was an emeritus professor. Pickardt died on 21 April 2024, at the age of 87.Caroline Renate Pickardt

Selected publications

* C. R. Pickardt, W. Geiger, R. Fahlbusch und P. C. Scriba. Stimulation der TSH-Sekretion durch TRF-Belastung bei hypothalamischen und hypophysären Krankheitsbildern. Klin. Wschr. (1972) 50, 42–59 * Johannes Köbberling, Caroline R. Pickardt (Hrsg.). Struma. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1990. * Reinhard Ziegler, Caroline R. Pickardt, Rolf-Peter Willig. Rationelle Diagnostik in der Endokrinologie. Georg-Thieme-Verlag Stuttgart 1993.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pickardt, Renate 1936 births 2024 deaths People from Plettenberg German endocrinologists Women endocrinologists 20th-century women scientists Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich alumni