Werner Forssmann

Werner Forßmann
Werner Forßmann
Born	29 August 1904(1904-08-29) Berlin, German Empire
Died	1 June 1979(1979-06-01) (aged 74) Schopfheim, West Germany
Nationality	Germany
Fields	Medicine
Alma mater	University of Berlin
Known for	Cardiac catheterization

Werner Theodor Otto Forßmann (29 August 1904 – 1 June 1979) was a German physician. He was the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1956. Forssmann studied the active principles and discovered cardiac catheterization.