Prof. Dr. med. Heinz Wiendl
neurology
neurology
Overview
Country, City
Germany, Munster
Health facility
University Hospital Munster
Medical unit
Department of neurology
About the doctor
Skills & Expertise
sclerosis
multiple sclerosis
natalizumab
cerebrospinal fluid
alemtuzumab
autoimmunity
nervous system
brain
central nervous system
neurology
cladribine
myasthenia gravis
myasthenia
myopathies
limbic encephalitis
dysphagia
ischemic
teriflunomide
inflammatory myopathies
antibody
neuroinflammation
ofatumumab
neurodegeneration
muscle cells
leukoencephalopathy
dendritic cells
dementia
multifocal leukoencephalopathy
daclizumab
inflammatory neuropathies
ischemic stroke
ocrelizumab
idiopathic inflammatory myopathies
rasmussen encephalitis
neuromyelitis
frontotemporal dementia
autoimmune encephalomyelitis
cerebral ischemia
autoimmune neuroinflammation
sclerosis neuromyelitis
neuropathy
generalized myasthenia
neuroimmunology
seizures epilepsy
ischemic brain
susac syndrome
parenchymal migrasome
cervical artery
monoclonal antibody
brain injury
Resume
CV (Curriculum Vitae)
Education
- 1989-1996 Studied human medicine at the Universities of Erlangen-Nuremberg
- Obtaining a license for medical practice
- 1996 Conferring of a doctorate
- 1996-1997 Residency at the Department of Neurology of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
- 1997 Obtaining a license for medical practice
- 1998-2000 Scholarship granted by the German Research Foundation, Department of neuroimmunology at the Max Planck-Institute for Neurobiology in Martinsried (Prof. H. Wekerle, MD; Prof. R. Hohlfeld, MD)
- 2004 Habilitation: „Immune regulatory role of the muscle: Implications for the immune pathogenesis of inflammatory myopathies“
- Obtaining specialization in neurology
Experience
- 1997-1998 Research Fellow at the Institute of Anatomy and Neuro-Anatomy II of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
- 2000-2004 Clinical and Research Fellow in the Hertie Institute for Brain Research, Department of Neurology, University of Tuebingen
- 2004 Head of a junior research group for neuroimmunology, Interdisciplinary Centre for Clinical Research in Tuebingen
- 2005-2010 Professor of neurology, Head of the clinical research group for multiple sclerosis and neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology, University of Wuerzburg
- 2010 Professor and Chair, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Munster
- 2013 Professor and Chair, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Munster
Awards & Memberships
- 2003 Felix-Jerusalem Award of the German Society for Muscular Diseases
- 2004 Sobek Award of the German Society for Multiple Sclerosis
- 2009 Heinrich Pette Award of the German Society for Neurology
- 2009-2013 Spokesperson, National German Competence Network of Multiple Sclerosis from Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany
- 2012 Co-Spokesperson TR-CRC 128 “Multiple Sclerosis” funded by the German Research Foundation
- 2012 Principal investigator and steering committee member of the cluster of excellence “Cells in Motion”, Munster (funded by the German Research Foundation)
- 2013 Editorial board member in neurotherapeutics
- 2013 Executive Board Member, Felgenhauer Foundation for young Neuroscientists
- 2013 Executive Board Member and Chair Foundation for neuromedicine, Munster
- 2013 Editorial board member PLoS ONE
- 2013-2016 Dean for Research and Young Scientists of the medical faculty in Munster
- 2015 Sobek award for MS research of the German Society for Multiple Sclerosis
- 2015 Member of the commission „Perspectives in neurology“ of the German Society for Neurology
- 2016 Member of the International Society of Neurosciences
- 2016 Member of the advisory board of the International Society of Neurosciences
- 2016 Member of the expert committee on neurosciences of the German Research Foundation
- 2016 Representative of the Academia on the board of directors of the University Hospital Munster
- 2016 Member of the Expert Committee for cellular neurosciences at the German Research Foundation
- 2017 Honorary Professor of the Sydney Medical School
- 2019 Spokesperson of the Body and Brain Institute funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research
- 2019 Fellowship of the European Academy of Neurology
- 2019 Fellowship of the American Academy of Neurology
- 2019 Spokesperson, National German Competence Network of Multiple Sclerosis
Languages
English
German
Publications
Contactin-associated protein 2 autoantibodies can be associated with multifocal motor-like neuropathy: a case report.
16 August, 2023
Secretomics reveals gelatinase substrates at the blood-brain barrier that are implicated in astroglial barrier function.
21 July, 2023
The Development of Ofatumumab, a Fully Human Anti-CD20 Monoclonal Antibody for Practical Use in Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis Treatment
July, 2023
Location
Albert-Schweitzer-Campus, 1, 48149 Munster, Germany
FAQ
Where does the doctor practice?
What is the specialization of Prof. Dr. med. Heinz Wiendl?
The primary specialization of the doctor is neurology.
What is the experience of the specialist?
Prof. Dr. med. Heinz Wiendl has been practicing for more than 27 years.
Prof. Dr. med. Heinz Wiendl
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