Head of the Department for Paediatric Neurology and Developmental Medicine
Children's Hospital, Dr. von Hauner's Children's Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich
Training
Undergraduate and post-graduate training in Paediatrics and Neurology in Freiburg.
Fields of clinical and research interest
- Introduction of Botulinum Toxin therapy for children in Germany
- Introduction of sonography-guided injections of Botulinum Toxins
- Research to developmental issues and motor development by neurophysiological methods (transcranial magnetic stimulation) and imaging techniques (MRI/ DTI-MRI)
- Initiation and conduction of large clinical and patient-centered clinical research in cooperation, e.g. with the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, foundations and partners from the pharmaceutical industry
- Evidence based approach to Epilepsy, Movement disorders (cerebral palsy and dystonia), headache
Memberships
- Vice-President and Secretary of the Society for Neuropediatrics (GNP)
- Initiator and responsible Coordinator of the Academy for Continuing Education of the GNP
- Society for Clinical Neurophysiology and Functional Imaging (former EEG-Society).
- Research and Award Committee of the American Academy on Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM), USA
- Chairman of the German Academy for Developmental Medicine, Munich
- Chairman and Secretary of the Working Party Botulinum Toxin of the German Society for Neurology
- Scientific advisory board member of the German Dystonia Society (DDG)