Ludwig G. Kempe (October 16, 1915 â 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.