University Hospital Rechts der Isar’s Department of Neurology

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University Hospital Rechts der Isar

Munich, Germany

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Head of the Department

Prof. Dr. Bernhard Hemmer

Department of Neurology

Description Curriculum vitae

The Rechts der Isar Department of Neurology combines the highest medical expertise and modern medical-technical equipment in a friendly atmosphere. The medical Director Prof. Dr. med. Bernhard Hemmer and his medical team of more than 50 doctors are engaged in the provision of adequate healthcare to patients.

In addition, the participation of the clinic in interdisciplinary collaboration with the Neuro-Head Center helps in making the diagnosis of diseases and pathologies faster and increases the scope of accurate diagnosis. This ensures the best possible treatment of even the most complex neurological diseases.

Every year, around 3,500 inpatients and several thousand outpatients are treated at the Neurological Department of Recht der Isar. The clinic has 60 beds on the L1c and L1b stations on the first floor and the L3b ward on the third floor of the Neuro-head center. The bright and friendly patient rooms are modern and mostly furnished with two beds. In addition, the Department of Neurology has a Stroke Unit, with a total of twelve beds, which is an integral part of the team of interdisciplinary intensive care units.

The university hospital Rechts der Isar’s Department of Neurology is specialized in:

Treatment of Inflammatory diseases of the nervous system
Treatment of Movement disorders and neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's disease and Parkinson's syndrome, tremor, dystonia, and restless legs syndrome.
Treatment of Neurodegenerative or genetic diseases such as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
Treatment of Neurovascular disorders such as stroke (cerebral infarction or cerebral hemorrhage), cerebral vein thrombosis, vascular inflammation or atherosclerotic constrictions (stenoses) of the cerebral vessels.
Neuro-oncology therapy for patients with primary brain tumors (gliomas, CNS lymphomas) or metastases of other primary tumors.

1984 - 1991 Medical School, University of Freiburg.
1992 Doctorate.
1991 - 1994 Resident at the Department of Neurology, University of Freiburg.
1995 - 1998 Research Fellow at the NINDS, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA.
1998 - 2001 Resident at the Department of Neurology, University of Marburg

Academic positions

2001 - 2003 Assistant at the Department of Neurology, University of Marburg.
2004 - 2007 Associate Professor and Vice-Chair of the Department of Neurology, University of Duesseldorf.
Since 2007 Professor (W3) and Head of the Department of Neurology at the University Hospital Rechts der Isar Munich, TU of Munich.
Since 2010 Vice Dean of the Medical School, TU of Munich

Research Coordination

Since 2007 Primary investigator of several multiple sclerosis treatment trials (in particular, Alemtuzumab, BG12, Atacicept).
Since 2008 Member of the Executive Advisory Board of the German MS Society.
Since 2009 Advisory Board Member of several phase II and III trials (in particular, Interferon-beta1b, Siponimod, Daclizumab, Ocrelizumab).
Since 2009 Scientific Board Member of the German Multiple Sclerosis competence networks, Co-Speaker (2009-2012), Speaker (2012- 2016), Secretary (Since 2016).
Since 2012 Scientific Board Member, Munich Cluster of Systems Neurology.
Since 2012 Member of the Executive Committee of the European congress for the treatment and research in multiple sclerosis (Treasurer (2012 - 2016), Vice President (Since 2016)).
Since 2017 Executive Board Member, EU Consortium MultipleMS.

Membership in Editorial Boards and Societies

Since 2009 Advisory Board Member of the Archives of Neurology, Experimental Neurology, Multiple sclerosis Journal.

Awards and Honors

1995 - 1997 Scholarship of the German Research Foundation (Postdoctoral Fellowship).
1997 - 1998 Fogarty Scholarship, National Institutes of Health, USA.
1998 Langheinrich Award.
2000 Heisenberg Award of the German Research Foundation.
2000 Heinrich Pette Award of the German Neurological Society.
2013 Sobek Research Prize