Anatomist and medical reformer
Born in Jihlava, he studied medicine in Vienna and became an assistant to Emil Zuckerkandel whom he succeeded as head of the Anatomical Institute in 1910, remaining there until 1934. He was dean of the medical faculty, 1914-1917 and contributed to the reform of medical education . His important researches into various fields of anatomy were reflected in his standard textbooks.
He was an active Social Democrat and in 1919 was appointed under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Social Administration. Tandler was a Vienna city councillor from 1920 to 1934 and his welfare system was copied in many other places in the world. In his latter years he worked on social medicine and hospital reform in China and Moscow.