University Hospital RWTH Aachen

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Aachen, Germany

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Head of the Department

Prof. Dr. Jörg B. Schulz

Department of Neurology

Description Curriculum vitae

Department of Neurology at University Hospital RWTH Aachen provides care for patients with neurological and neuromuscular diseases. The department is formed of 2 units for the general practice, 2 stroke units and one intensive care unit. The department has special attention directed towards stroke, epilepsy, neuroimmunological and neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s disease.
Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. med. Jörg B. Schulz, the department treats nearly 5,000 inpatients every year, about 850 of which suffer from stroke and 500 suffer from epilepsy. The research unit of this department is working on understanding the process of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease and ataxia in hopes of finding the best therapeutic and preventive measures.

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

•   Spinocerebellar ataxia
•   Friedreich’s ataxia
•   Multiple system atrophy
•   Parkinson’s disease
•   Lewy body disease
•   Neurogenic orthostatic hypotension
•   Postural tachycardia syndrome
•   Dementia
•   Epilepsy
•   Huntington's disease
•   Multiple sclerosis
•   Devic’s disease
•   Rheumatic autoimmune disease
•   Dysphagia
•   Sleep disorders
•   Cerebral vasculitis

Education

1984 - 1991 Study of Human Medicine at the University of Cologne.
1991 Doctoral thesis defense.
1992 Admission to medical practice.
1999 Habilitation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tuebingen.

Qualifications

1992 Admission to medical practice.
1999 Board certification in Neurology

Professional ?areer

1991 - 1993 Intern and Research Fellow, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Tuebingen.
1993 - 1995 Research Fellow, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston.
1995 - 1998 Research Fellow, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Tuebingen.
1998 - 2004 Head of the Working Group on Neurodegeneration in the Department of Neurology at the University Hospital Tuebingen.
1998 - 1999 Research Fellow in the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy.
1999 - 2004 Senior Physician, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Tuebingen.
2004 - 2008 (W3) University Professor in Reconstructive Neurobiology and Neurology. Head of the Department of Neurodegeneration and Neuro recovery, Research Center of the German Research Foundation "Molecular Physiology of the Brain" and Center for Neurological Medicine, University of Göttingen.
Since 2009 Head of the Department of Neurology at the University Hospital RWTH Aachen.

Awards and Honors

1985 - 1991 Scholarship, Student Foundation of the German People.
1998 Gerhard Hess Prize of the German Research Foundation.
1999 Schering Prize of the German Parkinson's Disease Association.
Award Winner for Young Scientists of the International Society for Neurochemistry.
2000 Member of the American Neurological Association.
2001 Pette Prize of the German Society for Neurology.

Research Focuses

Neurodegenerative diseases.
Pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases (dementia, Parkinson's disease, ataxia, Huntington's disease, motor neuron disease).
Clinical examinations in Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and hereditary movement disorders.
Neuronal cell death mechanisms.
Gene therapy and other experimental treatment methods