Ludwig G. Kempe

Ludwig G. Kempe (October 16, 1915 – June 22, 2012) was an American neurosurgeon, author and illustrator.

He was an author of books in the field of neurosurgery and ornithology Along with Russell Blaylock, Kempe published a novel transcallosal approach to excising intraventricular meningiomas of the trigone, as well as developing the ventriculolymphatic shunt in the treatment of hydrocephalus.

Publications

 * 2004. Kempe's Operative Neurosurgery, Volume 1. ISBN 0-387-98537-9, ISBN 978-0-387-98537-4