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Research Overview

Sabine Hildebrandt is an Instructor in Pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital and a Lecturer on Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Her research interests are the history and ethics of anatomy, specifically the history of anatomy in National Socialist Germany. Her publications and presentations in this area have contributed to the realization of a first German symposium on anatomy in National Socialism in 2010. She is an associate member of the ethics commission of the Anatomische Gesellschaftand has contributed to its recent official statement on the history of anatomy in National Socialism. She continues to develop her educational work that integrates anatomy, medical history and medical ethics.

 

Research Background

Dr. Hildebrandt received her medical degree from Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany, in 1984. After an early training in experimental rheumatology she embarked on a career in anatomical education. Before joining Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School in 2013, she taught anatomy at the Division of Anatomical Sciences, Department of Medical Education/University of Michigan Medical School.

Selected Publications

  1. Hildebrandt S. Capital Punishment and Anatomy: History and Ethics of an Ongoing Association. Clin Anat. 2008;21(1):5-14.
  2. Hildebrandt S. Anatomy in the Third Reich: An Outline, Part 1. National Socialist Politics, Anatomical Institutions, and Anatomists. Clin Anat. 2009;22(8):883-893.
  3. Hildebrandt S. Anatomy in the Third Reich: An Outline, Part 2. Bodies for Anatomy and Related Medical Disciplines. Clin Anat. 2009;22(8):894-905.
  4. Hildebrandt S. Anatomy in the Third Reich: An Outline, Part 3. The Science and Ethics of Anatomy in National Socialist Germany and Postwar Consequences. Clin Anat. 2009;22(8):906-915.
  5. Bohl M, Bosch P, Hildebrandt S. Medical students’ perceptions of the body donor as a “First patient” or “Teacher”: A Pilot Study. Anat Sci Educ. 2011;4(4):208-213.
  6. Hildebrandt S. Anatomy in the Third Reich: Careers Disrupted by National Socialist Policies. Ann Anat. 2012;194(3):251-266.
  7. Bohl M, Holman A, Mueller DA, Gruppen LD, Hildebrandt S. The Willed Body Donor Interview Project: Medical student and donor expectations. Anat Sci Educ. 2013;6(2):90-100
  8. Hildebrandt S. The Women on Stieve’s list: Victims of National Socialism Whose Bodies Were Used for Anatomical Research. Clin Anat. 2013;26(1):3-21.
  9. Hildebrandt S. Research on Bodies of the Executed in German Anatomy: An Accepted Method that Changed During the Third Reich. Study of Anatomical Journals from 1924 to 1951. Clin Anat. 2013;26(3):304-326.
  10. Hildebrandt S. Current Status of Identification of Victims of the National Socialist Regime Whose Bodies Were Used for Anatomical Purposes. Clin Anat. 2014;27(4)514-536.

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