EUROPEAN PAEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY SOCIETY

Elected to the 2010-2014 Board of the EPNS 
Treasurer: Floriane Heinen

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Florian HEINAN Affiliation
Head of Paediatric Neurology and Developmental Medicine, Children's Hospital, Dr. von Hauner's Children's Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich

Training

  • Graduate studies of medicine at the Albert-Ludwig’s-University in Freiburg , Germany
  • Post-graduate-training as a specialist both in paediatrics and neurology at the Albert-Ludwig’s-University in Freiburg

Fields of clinical and research interests
Botulinum toxin therapy for children, research of developmental issues and motor development by neurophysiological methods (transcranial magnetic stimulation) and imaging techniques (MRI/ DTI-MRI), evidence based approach to epilepsy, movement disorders (cerebral palsy and dystonia), headache

Memberships

  • President of the Gesellschaft für Neuropädiatrie (GNP)
  • Coordinator of the Academy for Continuing Education of the GNP
  • Society for Clinical Neurophysiology and Functional Imaging (former EEG-Society)
  • Member of the board and Secretary of the Working Party “Botulinum Toxin” of the German Society for Neurology
  • Member of national and international scientific societies with emphasis in paediatric neurology, such as the Therapy Group of the SCPE (Surveillance of Cerebral Palsy in Europe) and the EPNS (European Paediatric Neurology Society) (member of the board)
  • Research Committee of the American Academy on Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM), USA