Michael Hermanussen (born 26 April 1955 in Hamburg) is a German pediatrician and professor[1] at the University of Kiel.
[2] Since 1990 he cooperates in international joint projects with scientists and also works in a general pediatric office.
From 2003 to 2011 he was a member of the scientific board of the German society for Anthropology[3] and he is chief editor of ”Human Biology and Public Health”.
Hermanussen developed new mathematical methods for improved diagnostics of growth disorders[5][6] and a new technique for estimating final adult height.
[14][15] For the first time, Hermanussen showed that anorexia nervosa patients do not only stop growing they even can shrink.