University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf
Hamburg, Germany 
Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. Christian Gerloff
Department of Neurology
Department of Neurology at University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf provides medical care for patients with neurological and neuromuscular diseases. The department is recognized by FOCUS Magazine as one of the best German facilitates in the field of multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease therapy. The department offers treatment for the full range of neurological diseases such as stroke, neurovascular disorders, movement disorders and inflammatory diseases of the nervous system. The department has a Stroke Unit where more than 1,500 patients are treated annually.
Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Med. Christian Gerloff, the department of neurology treats nearly 4,000 inpatients and 7,000 outpatients every year. The research unit of the department is participating in many research projects such as ERSI for stroke and inflammation and CSI for stroke imaging.
Department of Neurology at University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf is specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of:
• Stroke
• Multiple sclerosis
• Meningitis
• Parkison’s disease
• Dystonia
• Spasticity
• Tremor
• Restless leg syndrome
• Chorea
• Myasthenia gravis
• Lateral sclerosis
• Alzheimer’s disease
• CNS vasculitis
Education and Professional Background
- 1984 - 1991 Medical School, Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, University of Vienna, externships in Great Britain and the USA.
- 1992 - 1995 and 1996 - 1998 Residency in the Department of Neurology, University Hospital Tuebingen.
- 2000 Board certification in Neurology.
- 2000 Habilitation in Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology.
- 2000 - 2006 Senior Attending Physician in the Department of Neurology, University Hospital Tuebingen, Head of EEG Laboratory
- (DGKN certified instructor) and Sleep Laboratory.
- 2004 - 2006 Head of the Stroke Unit, Head of Neurosonological Laboratory.
- 2005 - 2006 Deputy Head and Extraordinary Professor, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Tuebingen.
- Since April 2006 Head of the Department of Neurology and Full Professor of Neurology, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf.
Awards and Honors
- Award for Doctoral Thesis Defense.
- Goedecke Research Award.
- Teaching Award in the Students’ Program of the Howard-Hughes Medical Association at the National Institutes of Health, USA.
- Scientific Paper Award of the European Neurological Society.
- Teacher of the Year Award (Hamburg University).
Memberships
- German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des Dt. Volkes).
- German Association for Clinical Neurophysiology and Functional Imaging (DGKN)
- German Association for Neurology (DGN).
- German Association for Sleep Medicine (DGSM).
- German Stroke Association (DSG).
- German Association for Neurological Intensive Care (DGNI).
- Professional Association of German Neurologists (BDN).
- External Quality Management of Stroke Care (EQS).
Department of Neurology
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