University Hospital Essen- Department of Neurology

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University Hospital Essen

Essen, Germany

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Head of the Department

Prof. Dr. Christoph Kleinschnitz

Department of Neurology

Description Curriculum vitae

Department of Neurology at University Hospital Essen provides care for all patients with neurological diseases. Being a university hospital, the department makes use of this advantage and apply their research findings on diagnostics and therapeutics to the patients.
The department consists of 73 beds where more than 3,000 inpatients are treated every year. With Prof. Dr. med. Christoph Kleinschnitz, the head of the department, and the qualified and highly experienced doctors and medical staff members, the patient is surely in good hands. The department has state-of-the-art equipment for proper fast diagnosis and treatment, especially for stroke, Parkison’s disease and brain tumors. This equipment is regularly monitored and updated by their research establishment. The department has the West German Headache Center where any form of headaches is treated. Special centers for dizziness and backache have been also established to provide care for patients with balance disorders and conditions causing chronic backache.
The department directs a special focus for benign and malignant tumors of the nervous system. Brain, meningeal and spinal cord tumors are diagnosed and treated with the help of qualified experienced doctors of the West German Cancer Center Essen by using the cutting-edge equipment.

Department of Neurology at University Hospital Essen is specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of:

•   Ataxia
•   Parkinson’s disease
•   Tremor
•   Restless legs syndrome
•   Spasticity
•   Botulinum toxin disorder
•   Dementia
•   Alzheimer’s disease
•   Epilepsy
•   Myasthenia Gravis
•   Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
•   Primary lateral sclerosis
•   Multiple sclerosis
•   Meningitis
•   Recurrent paralysis
•   Chronic back pain
•   Balance disorders
•   Dystonia
•   Guillain-Barré syndrome
•   Inflammatory neuropathies

Higher Education

11.1994 - 09.1999 Study of Human Medicine, Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg.
18.09.1996 Preliminary Examination in Medicine.
28.08.1997 Medical Exam, Part 1.
10.09.1999 Medical Exam, Part 2.
21.11.2000 Medical Exam, Part 3.
10.1997 - 03.1999 Doctoral thesis defense, experimental part, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Würzburg (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. med. H. Schmidt); 20.06.2001 defense with honors. Subject: "Intracellular localization and distribution of the nitric
oxide receptor – soluble guanylate cyclase".

Professional Career

01.2001 - 06.2002 Intern, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Würzburg (Head: Prof. Dr. K. Toyka).
07.2002 Full admission to medical practice.
07.2002 - 07.2007 Research Fellow and Assistant Physician, training in Neurology, Department of Neurology at the University Hospital Würzburg. Member of the Working Group "Molecular Neuroimaging" (Prof. Dr. G. Stoll), as well as Clinical Research Group on Multiple Sclerosis (Prof. Dr. H. Wiendl).
Since 07.2007 Professional certifications in Neurology.
Since 07.2007 Head of the Working Group "Experimental Stroke".
04.2008 Habilitation in Neurology, University of Würzburg. Subject: ''In vivo imaging and therapeutic value of the development of infarction due to the cerebral ischemia: mechanisms of blood clot formation and neuroprotection'' (28.04.2008, defense).
Since 04.2008 Senior Physician in the Department of Neurology at the University Hospital Würzburg.
Since 02.05.2016 Head of the Department of Neurology at the University Hospital Essen.

Membership in Medical Societies

Since 2003 German Society of Neurology (DGN).
Since 2003 European Neurological Society (ENS).
Since 2004 German Society for Clinical Neurophysiology (DGKN).
American Academy of Neurology (AAN).
Since 2005 Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Consensus Group (MSTKG).
Since 2007 Co-Founder of the Society for Experimental Stroke (SFES).
Since 2007 Co-Editor of the Journal of Experimental Stroke and Translational Medicine.

Additional Qualifications

2002 Basic course in animal protection and animal science.
2006 Theoretical foundations in Radiation Protection according to the requirements of X-ray examinations (emergency diagnostics).
EMG certification of the German Society for Clinical Neurophysiology and Functional Imaging (DGKN).
2007 Certificate in Special Neurological Ultrasound Diagnostics of the German Society of Ultrasound in Medicine (DEGUM).

Science Awards

2006 International Scholarship Award of the American Academy of Neurology, USA.
2006 Neurologists in Training Encouraging Award of the European Neurological Society (ENS).
2006 Young Scientist Award of the Center for Stroke Research Charité, berlin.
2007 Hermann Rein Prize of the Society for Microcirculation and Vascular Biology, Berlin.
2008 Theodor Naegeli Prize of the Naegeli Foundation, Basel, Switzerland.
2008 Award for the doctoral thesis of the Wilhelm H. Ruchti Foundation of the University of Würzburg.

Patents

"STIM1-dependent calcium entry as an antithrombotic target" (University of Würzburg, SFI – 103.029-1/08).
“Glycoprotein Ib and Willebrand factor as a therapeutic target for the prevention and treatment of ischemic stroke” (University of
Würzburg, SEP – 103.323-2/08)