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Chairman of the Executive Board of Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin |
Neurologist, born in Munich in 1947, studied medicine at Munich’s Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU).
1974: Completed German and US medical board examinations.
1975: Obtained doctorate at LMU.
1977-81: Clinical training at Großhadern Medical Center in Munich.
1981-82: Psychiatric training
1982: Medical Director at Treatment Center for Multiple Sclerosis.
1982: Returned to Großhadern Medical Center.
1986: Obtained lecturer qualification in neurology.
1988: Appointed professor at LMU’s Department of Neurology, with a focus on neurological intensive care medicine.
1992: Appointed Chair of Neurology at Humboldt University Berlin.
Since 1993: Director of Department of Neurology at Charité Berlin.
1995-2005: Spokesman for Collaborative Research Center 507 “The Role of Non-Neuronal Cells in Neurological Diseases”.
Since 1999: Spokesman for Competence Network Stroke.
2004: Awarded German Federal Cross of Merit.
Since 1998: Member of German Council of Science and Humanities (WR).
Since 2001: Chairman of WR.
2001: Member of Steering Committee of National Genome Research Network; honorary member of the Austrian Society of Neurology and corresponding member of the American Neurological Association.
2002: Chairman of Foundation Council of the German Foundation for Stroke Support.
Since 2003: Member of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research’s Health Research Council.
Since 2005: Member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.
Since 2007: Member of the Board of Trustees of Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg.
Since 2007: Chairman of the Supervisory Board of TUM.