Georg Haas (physician)

Georg Haas
Born(1886-04-04)4 April 1886
Nuremberg, Germany
Died6 December 1971(1971-12-06) (aged 85)
NationalityGermany
OccupationMedical doctor
Known forHemodialysis

Georg Haas (4 April 1886 6 December 1971) was a German medical doctor was born in Nuremberg, Germany. Haas performed the first human hemodialysis treatment. Haas studied medicine at the Universities of Munich and Freiburg. He wrote his doctoral thesis while attending the institute of the famous pathologist Ludwig Aschoff.