Department of Pediatric Neurology at University Hospital Tübingen

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University Hospital Tübingen

Tübingen, Germany

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Head of the Department

Prof. Dr. Kragelon-Mann

Department of Pediatric Neurology

Description Curriculum vitae

Department of Pediatric Neurology at University Hospital Tübingen provides care for infants, children, and adolescents with diseases of the central and peripheral nervous systems. The department is in close cooperation with other Pediatric Centers for the management of acute and chronic neurological disorders and has its main focus directed towards the diagnostic and treatment of epilepsy, hydrocephalus, brain tumors, inflammation of the brain and peripheral nerves. The department offers its service on both an inpatient and outpatient basis where consultations are given and the treatment is carried out. The department also has a special EEG Laboratory where more than 1,000 procedures are carried out annually.
Under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Med. Kragelon-Mann, the department treats over 1,620 inpatients every year. The department is also known for its success in the treatment of neuromuscular diseases, autistic disorders, speech and motility impairments as well as mentally underdeveloped patients.

The department of Pediatric Neurology at University Hospital Tübingen is specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of:

•   Epilepsy
•   Hydrocephalus
•   Brain tumors
•   Brain inflammation
•   Phakomatosis
•   Autistic disorder
•   Cerebral palsy
•   Metachromatic leukodystrophy
•   Spina bifida
•   Neurofibromatosis

1971 - 1978 Study of Medicine Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen.
1975 - 1976 Study of Medicine at the University of Lausanne (DAAD).
1978 Approbation.
1978 - 1994 Research Assistant at the University Hospital Tuebingen.
1978 - 1979 Postgraduate Scholarship, Hôpital St. Vincent de Paul in Paris.
1989 - 1992 BMBF funded study on epidemiology, nosology and etiology of bilateral spastic cerebral palsy in Southwest Germany and West Sweden.
1992 - 1994 Scholarship of the German Research Foundation (habilitation scholarship), 9/1993-6/1994 John F. Kennedy Institute Copenhagen.
1994 Habilitation in Pediatrics, University of Tuebingen.
1995 - 1997 (C3) Professor of Pediatrics, Technical University of Munich, Head of the Department of Pediatric Neurology, Children’s Hospital at the University of Tuebingen.
Since 1997, (C4) Professor of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tuebingen, Medical Director of the Department of Pediatric Neurology and Developmental Disorders, University Hospital Tuebingen.
2004 - 2010 Executive Medical Director of the Department of Pediatrics, University of Tuebingen.

Memberships in Professional Societies

Elected Board Member of the German Society of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (DGKJ).
2006 - 2009 Secretary of the European Pediatric Neurology Society (EPNS), since 2010 Head of the Scientific Committee. Society of Neuropediatrics (GNP).
European Society of Magnetic Resonance in Neuropediatrics (ESMRN).
1999 - 2006 European Society of Childhood Disabilities (EACD).