Associate Prof. Barbara Ulm, *1966 - †2023
It is with deep sadness that we say goodbye to our colleague and friend Univ.Prof.inDr.in Barbara Ulm, who passed away far too early on November 23, 2023 after a serious illness.
We commemorate Barbara Ulm's work at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Obstetrics and Feto-Maternal Medicine.
Born in Vienna, she began her professional career at the Second University Women's Clinic in Vienna after finishing school and university. As part of the reorganization of the women's departments, she then worked at the Division of Prenatal Diagnostics and then at the Division of Obstetrics and Feto-Maternal Medicine, which combined prenatal diagnostics and feto-maternal medicine. Her clinical and scientific focus was on prenatal fetal ultrasound and obstetrics.
Barbara Ulm habilitated in 1999 on the subject of "Sonographic signs of fetal chromosomal aberrations".
In addition to her commitment to clinical work, in which she always took care of her patients with dedication and great sacrifice, Barbara Ulm was a passionate scientist. Barbara Ulm was a pioneer in fetal echocardiography, built up one of the largest sonographic databases of childhood heart defects and was involved in the establishment of an interdisciplinary pediatric heart center. She was committed to science and also to providing the best possible care for our patients and their children. She was instrumental in the publication of numerous scientific papers in renowned journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine and other top sonographic-radiologic and obstetric-gynecologic journals.
With her enthusiasm for science, Barbara Ulm was able to inspire many young female colleagues and was their mentor and companion in obtaining the venia docendi.
In addition to her work, she was a loving wife and mother of three children.
Barbara Ulm was a role model. On the one hand, she was able to gain prestige and skills in a male-dominated time and thus secure her position; on the other hand, she was able to bridge the gap between medicine, science, teaching and family while always remaining motivated.
We owe her our deepest gratitude for her humanity, joie de vivre and sense of humor. Barbara will be sorely missed both as an employee of the clinic and personally.
With great sympathy for her family and in deep mourning for our colleague and friend, whom we will never forget, we remain,
Herbert Kiss and Stephanie Springer,
Clinical Department of Obstetrics and Feto-Maternal Medicine, on behalf of all our colleagues at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.