Hannover Medical school (MHH)
Hannover, Germany 
Head of the Department
Professor Dr. G. Höglinger
Department of Neurology
The department of Neurology at Hannover Medical school consists of the latest equipment, specialized doctors and about 81 beds. This enables it to offer outpatient and inpatient treatment for the entire spectrum of acute and chronic neurological diseases.
This department provides a special amount of focus and excellence to the most common disorders affecting the majority of the neurologically-ill population.
Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. med. G. Höglinger the department treats more than 780 stroke cases annually.
Also, in the interest of giving patients optimal care, Prof. Dr. med. S. Petri has his main focus on ALS and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Prof. Dr. med. M. Stangel on multiple sclerosis and neuroimmunological diseases, and Prof. Dr. med. D. Dressler’s specialty in Parkinson’s disease. It is one of the reasons that about 700 patients seek MHH for the treatment of Parkinson's disease.
The department of neurology at Hannover Medical school is specialized in:
• Diagnosis and treatment of stroke
• Diagnosis and treatment of multiple sclerosis
• Diagnosis and treatment of neuromuscular diseases
• Diagnosis and treatment of immune disorders affecting the nerves like myasthenia gravis
• Diagnosis and treatment of motor disorders like Parkinson’s disease
Academic Degrees
- 2000 - 2007 Habilitation, University of Marburg, Germany.
- 1992 - 2000 Dr. med., Universities of Regensburg, Würzburg and Marburg, Germany.
Major Appointments
- Since 2017 Head of the Interdisciplinary Clinical Trial Unit, DZNE in Munich.
- Since 2011 Chair for Translational Neurodegeneration, TUM and DZNE in Munich.
- Since 2011 Senior Consultant, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Marburg.
- 2011 Deputy Director, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Marburg.
- 2009 - 2010 Managing Senior Consultant, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Marburg.
Memberships in Professional Societies
- Since 2017 President-elect, German Parkinson Association (DPG).
- Since 2015 Member of SABs of AbbVie, Asceneuron, BMS, Roche, Sanofi, UCB.
- Since 2012 Chair, Study Group of the International Movement Disorders Society.
Awards and Honors
- 2017 Dingebauer Prize for Research in Atypical Parkinson Syndromes, German Society for Neurology (DGN).
- 2011 - 2016 Heisenberg Professorship, German Research Council (DFG).
- 2009 First Prize for Innovative Therapeutic Strategies for Neurodegenerative Disorders, Dr. Walter und Luise Freundlich Foundation.
- 1994 - 1999 Student Scholarship, Hanns Seidel Foundation.
Department of Neurology
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