Robert Gersuny


Robert Gersuny was an Austrian surgeon.
Gersuny was the second child of a respected Balneologist in Teplitz. His father was not only a surgeon and obstetrician, but also practiced internal medicine and dentistry. His desire to be of help to others caused him to consider the clergy as a profession before settling on a medical career. He began his medical studies in 1861 at the Charles University in Prague, where he was active in the Corps Austria. He graduated from medical school in 1866.
After reading Theodor Billroth's Allgemeine Chirurgie, Dr. Gersuny applied for a position with Billroth at the University of Vienna's Second Surgical University Clinic. He was accepted and assumed employment there in October, 1869 leading to a lifelong friendship between the two physicians. He accompanied Billroth on his journeys as a consultant to Poland, Russia and Africa. From 1880 to 1893 Gersuny was chief surgeon at Karolinen-Kinderspital in Vienna. In 1882 Gersuny became Primarius of Vienna was named the Gersunygasse in his honor.

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