University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf

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Hamburg, Germany

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Head of the Department

Prof. Dr. Manfred Westphal

Department of Neurosurgery

Description Curriculum vitae

Department of Neurosurgery at University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf provides surgical care for patients for cranial bones, neurological and neuromuscular diseases. Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Med. Manfred Westphal, the department treats more than 7,500 outpatients and 2,000 inpatients every year. The special advanced technology in the department enables it to perform nearly 3,500 procedures every year on the head and spine. A special feature offered is deep brain stimulation which is useful in Parkinson’s disease, skull base tumors, and complex vascular diseases.
The department is the best neurosurgical center in Northern Germany and the main therapeutic facility for brain tumors and the department also conducts many types of research and clinical trials in this field. The department is in close cooperation with the Neuroradiology department which is within the Center of Competence for Cerebrovascular Diseases. The department of neurosurgery is one of the best medical centers in Germany in the specialization of Parkison’s disease as well as epilepsy as it’s in cooperation with the Evangelical Foundation Alsterdorf.

Department of Neurosurgery at University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf is specialized in the diagnosis and surgical treatment of:

•   Trigeminal neuralgia
•   Impingement syndrome
•   Parkison’s disease
•   Epilepsy
•   Cerebral aneurysm
•   Arteriovenous malformation
•   Meningioma
•   Brain tumors
•   Hydrocephalus
•   Myelomeningocele
•   Cranial malformation

Education and Professional Background

1975 - 1981 Medical School, University of Hamburg, Germany, including a one-year training at the University of Glasgow Medical School, UK (the academic year 1978- 1979).
26.10.1981 Admission to medical practice.
1982 - 1984 Postdoctoral Fellow, UCSF Medical Center in San Francisco (USA) in the Hormone Research Laboratory, Director: Dr. med. C.H. Li.
1984 - 1986 Establishment of the Laboratory for Brain Tumor Biology within the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Hamburg (Germany) Medical School (from 1980 to 1999, Director: Prof. Hans Dietrich Herrmann).
Since 1986 Resident in the Neurosurgical Training Program in the above-mentioned department.
April 1992 Certified Neurosurgeon by the Hamburg Health Authorities.
July 1993 Lecturer for Neurosurgery (Habilitation), Associate Professor.
1995 - 2003 Chairman of the Committee for Neuro-Oncology of the EANS.
Since 2003 Member of the Committee for Neuro-Oncology of the EANS.
February 1999 Full Professor.
April 1999 Acting Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery at the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf.
June 2002 Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery at the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf.
2003 - 2007 Elected as a Secretary of the EANS.
Since 2003 Board Member of the European Brain Council (Brussels).
November 2003 Member of the Neuroscience Study Section of the DFG.
Since October 2005 Member of the Scientific Council of the National Health Advisory Committee of the German Ministry of Research and Technology.
February 2008 Re-election to the DFG Neuroscience Study Section.
September 2008 Secretary-General of the European Brain Council (Brussels).