Following the footsteps of our founder

Dr. Dr. Herbert Falk founded our company in 1960. When he passed away, his granddaughter Elena was still quite young and therefore she never really met him. And because she wanted to know what kind of person he was and what people connected with him – especially regarding the company he created - she decided to follow her grandpa's footsteps:

The last country on Elena's list was Germany. After a short winter break, she travelled to Munich, Freiburg, Stuttgart, Berlin and Strande (all the way up north) to speak to doctors about Falk and her grandpa.

They spoke about his pancreas passion, his first symposium in 1960, Wolfgang Gerok and a lot about Herbert Falk – about his hikes, being a Badener, good food and Herbert Falk as a person.

They spoke about Prof. Dr. Julia Mayerle’s first presentation at a symposium, her work as a member of the Falk Foundation and about the pancreas. 

He was a close friend of Elena's grandpa and had a lot of personal stories about Herbert Falk. He also told her about Falk's very first symposium, his first poster presentation and the great value of Falk Foundation publications.

About Herbert Falk, their friendship and the first Falk symposium

About Falk Foundation symposiums & publications

He told Elena about Wolfgang Gerok, T-Cell Immunology, Adolf Kussmaul, TIPS, Falk Land, the cradle of gastroenterology, Titisee, the Experimental Hepatology Days, Falk bestsellers and his connection to Falk and how he got to know Herbert Falk.

He told Elena about his first symposium, organising such an event and as he also knew Herbert Falk, Elena was able to hear more about her grandpa – about his hands-on approach, his hikes and him as a person.

About his first symposium and being an organiser of one

About Herbert Falk, his hands-on approach & his hikes

They spoke about the Falk Foundation, symposiums, coffee breaks, young scientists, the Experimental Hepatology Days and working together with Falk on studies.

First stop for Elena on her journey: Switzerland! Find out who she met and which places she visited.

Elena's second stop on her journey: the Dr. Falk Pharma headquarters in Freiburg, Germany.

After Switzerland and Freiburg, the next stop for Elena was the UK. Again, she met many people who told her about Falk and her grandpa.

In Austria, Manuel Redmann changed his job description for a couple of days and brought Elena to people who shared their Falk stories with her.

 In Amsterdam she heard from people who haven't been with the company for long what it is like to work for Falk.

Her trip took her from Bordeaux, via Paris to Lyon - with beautiful encounters, an interview in French and a map challenge on a train...

In Madrid, Elena learned a lot about her grandfather and was once again told touching stories.

Elena found out a lot about the importance of Falk meetings and her grandpa in Porto.

In Italy, Elena was told many of nice stories about Falk and learned a lot about EoE.

As it was a bit too far to travel to, Elena spoke with Australian doctors and colleagues about Falk in Spain.

Stay tuned to follow Elena on her journey - we will be adding new videos daily.

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