Hamostaseologie 2023; 43(02): 146-148
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1766091

Rüdiger E. Scharf

1   Division of Cardiology, Angiology, Hemostasis, and Internal Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

2   Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Karp Family Research Laboratories, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

3   Division of Hemostasis, Hemotherapy, and Transfusion Medicine, Institute of Transplantation Diagnostics and Cell Therapy, Heinrich Heine University Medical Center, Düsseldorf, Germany

It is with great sadness and deep grief that we received news about the sudden death of Priv.-Doz. Dr. Rainer Bernd Zotz ([Fig. 1]). He was torn out of life on September 26, 2022 by suffering from an acute illness. As his long-standing mentor and colleague, it is my sad duty to write this obituary.