University Hospital Magdeburg
Magdeburg, Germany 
Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. Hans-Jochen Heinze
Department of Neurology
Department of Neurology at University Hospital Magdeburg provides care for patients with diseases of the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system, as well as some muscle disorders. FOCUS Magazine has recognized the department as one of the best of its kind in Germany as it has cutting-edge equipment for both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. The staff works in close cooperation with the Departments of Stereotactic Neurosurgery and Neuroradiology for the management of stroke, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, and chronic pain syndrome.
Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. med. Hans-Jochen Heinze, the facility has 54 beds that are occupied by 2,100 inpatients every year. The specialized Stroke Unit is a member of the Magdeburg Stroke Center and has nine specialized, fully prepared for the treatment of 500 patients with cerebrovascular diseases every year.
The Department of Neurology at University Hospital Magdeburg is specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of:
- Huntington’s disease
- Muscular dystrophy
- Spina bifida
- Parkinson’s disease
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Stroke
- Epilepsy
- Brain tumors
- Meningitis
- Spinal cord injuries
Education
- 1979 Dr. med., Hannover Medical School
- 1981 Dipl. Math., University of Hanover
- 1985 PD, Habil, Hannover Medical School
Professional background
- 2011 Offer: Medical Director and Chairman of the Board of Management, Freiburg University Medical Center (declined)
- 2011 Vice-speaker of the DZNE Magdeburg
- from 09/2008 to 2011 Spokesman, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases in the Helmholtz Association DZNE Magdeburg
- from 07/2008 Director, University Clinic for Neurology, Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg
- 2005 Director, Behavioral Neurology Department, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology Magdeburg
- 2005 until 2010 Max Planck Fellowship "Attention and Awareness"
- 2005 Appointment: Director, Cognitive Neurology, Max Planck Institute, Leipzig (rejected)
- 2002 Coordinator, Center for Advanced Imaging Magdeburg-Bremen (CAI) (BMBF)
- 2000 Director, Center for Neuroscience GmbH (ZeN), University of Bremen
- 2000 Reputation: Head of the Imaging Center and Cognitive Neurology, Groningen NL (declined)
- 1997 Appointment: Director of the Department of Neurology, University of Bonn (rejected)
- 1993 until 06/2008 Director, Clinic for Neurology II, Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg
- 1990 until 1993 professor of neurology and clinical neurophysiology, senior physician in charge, Hannover Medical School
- 1987 until 1989 Visiting Scientist in Neuroscience, University of California San Diego (DFG grant)
- 1982 Until 1987 specialist training in neurology, Hannover Medical School
Professional activities, awards, memberships
- from 02/2009 Member of the Science Council
- 2008 Until 2011 Member of the IFCN (German Society for Clinical Neurophysiology (DGKN)
- 2007 until 2008 President of the German Society for Clinical Neurophysiology (DGKN)
- 2007 Research award from Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
- 2005 until 2008 speaker of the Virtual Institute "Dopamine, Plasticity and Cognitive Function" of the Helmholtz Association
- 2005 until 2011 member of the Senate of the DFG
- 2005 until 2007 spokesman for the SFB "Limbic structures and functions"
- 2005 Member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- 2005 until 2007 Vice President of the German Society for Clinical Neurophysiology, President-elect
- 2004 Member of the Board of Trustees of the Gertrud Reemtsma Foundation in the Max Planck Society (Zülchpreiskomm.)
- 2004 Spokesman for the Scientific Advisory Board, Center for Systemic Neuroscience Hannover
- 2004 until 2005 member of the review board of the German Research Foundation
- 2003 Member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences (BBAW)
- 2002 Irving Diamond Award from Duke University, North Carolina, USA
- 2002 DUBOIS-DEBAUQUE Prize for Electrophysiology, Belgium
- 2002 Intelligent Knowledge And Research Operating System (IKAR / OS), Marburg
- 2002 Member of the Board of Trustees, non-profit Hertie Foundation, Tübingen
- 2002 Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the PET Unit, Hannover Medical School
- 2001 Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
- 2000 Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the International Jacobs University Bremen
- 2000 Founding member of the "Decade of the Human Brain" initiative
- 1994 until 2000 member of the Scientific Council, Society of German Natural Scientists and Doctors
- 1993 Delegate of the German EEG Society at the World Congress Neurophysiology, Vancouver
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