University Hospital Mainz
Mainz, Germany 
Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. Frauke Zipp
Department of Neurology
Department of Neurology at University Hospital Mainz provides care for patients with diseases of the central and peripheral nervous systems. The department consists of a Stroke Unit and a General Neurological Ward where patients are offered the optimal care for their cases. The department focuses on the management and treatment of multiple sclerosis, stroke, epilepsy, peripheral neurology, Parkison’s disease, vertigo and tumors of the nervous system.
Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. med. Frauke Zipp, the department treats about 4,000 inpatients every year, 800 of which are directed towards the stroke unit for various types of blood vessel occlusions in the brain. The department is certified by the German Multiple Sclerosis Association and it is also a Center of Competence for Parkison’s disease. The research unit of the department works towards developing the diagnostics and therapeutics of neurology as well as exploration the pathophysiology of some diseases such as Parkison’s disease.
The Department of Neurology at University Hospital Mainz is specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of:
• Stroke
• Parkison’s disease
• Multileg sclerosis
• Focal dystonia
• Myopathy
• Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
• Myasthenia Gravis
• Myotonia
• Brain tumors
• Alzheimer’s disease
• Aneurysm
• Cerebral palsy
• Dementia
• Guillain-Barré syndrome
• Vertigo
Education and Professional Experience
- Study of Medicine in Germany, USA, Canada, and England.
- 1989 - 1992 Neurology, University Hospital Frankfurt.
- 1993 - 1995 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Neuroimmunology, Max Planck Institute, Martinsried (Prof. H. Wekerle and Prof. R. Hohlfeld).
- 1995 - 1998 Scholarship and Habilitation (Neurology), Department of Neurology at the University of Tübingen (Prof. J. Dichgans).
- 1996 Visiting Scientist, National Institute of Health, Division of Neuroimmunology, Bethesda, USA (Prof. H. Mc Farland).
- 1998 - 2002 Senior Physician, Department of Neurology, Charité, Berlin.
- 2002 - 2006 C3 Professor, Head of the Institute of Neuroimmunology, Charité, Berlin.
- 2006 - 2009 W3 Professor at the University Hospital Charité, Berlin.
- Since 2009, W3 Professor and Head of the Department of Neurology at the University Hospital Mainz.
- Since 2012 Spokesperson/Co-Spokesperson of the Transregio Collaborative Research Center on Multiple Sclerosis (CRC TR 128; DFG).
- Since 2013 Executive Board Member of the Competence Network for Multiple Sclerosis (KKNMS, Federal Ministry of Research and Education, BMBF).
- Since 2016 Council Member of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS).
Awards and Honors
- 1983 Scholarship of the German Foundation Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes.
- 1998 Langheinrich Prize for Multiple Sclerosis Research.
- 1999 Research Award of the Academy of Clinical Diagnostics.
- 2003 Nils Ilja Richter Prize.
- 2005 Pette Prize from the German Society of Neurology.
- 2011 Alexander Karl Prize.
- 2011 Member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.
- 2014 President of the International Society of Neuroimmunology
Department of Neurology
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