Prof. Dr. med. Juraj Kukolja
neurology and neurological intensive care medicine
neurology and neurological intensive care medicine
Overview
Country, City
Germany, Wuppertal
Health facility
Helios University Hospital Wuppertal
Medical unit
Department of neurology and neurophysiology
About the doctor
Skills & Expertise
alzheimers
memory
neurology
brain
cholinergic
episodic memory
cognitive impairment
memory consolidation
amyloid
gabapentin
neurological intensive care
visuospatial attention
memory deficits
cholinergic deficit
cingulate cortex
glucose metabolism
hippocampal activation memory
intrinsic brain connectivity
white matter hyperintensities
hypometabolism
dementia
metabolism
elderly
behavior
deficit
hippocampal activity
brain ischemia
palmomental reflex
neuronal hypometabolism
neural network
cholinergic system
aging neurodegeneration
infectious aneurysm
retrosplenial cortex
emotional memory
lobe dysfunction
stroke
contextual memory
neurodegeneration
cholinergic stimulation
antiepileptic gabapentin
cognition
temporal lobe
dementia agerelated
nervous system
amyloid deposition
amygdala reactivity
neuronal dysfunction
aneurysm
hippocampus
Resume
CV (Curriculum Vitae)
Education
- 1995-2002 Studied human medicine at the University of Freiburg
- 1999-2000 Studied human medicine at the University of Vienna
- Obtaining a license for a medical practice at the University of Vienna
- 2002 Defense of the dissertation at the faculty of medicine, University of Freiburg: "Antiepileptic gabapentin as an agonist of ATP-sensitive potassium channels"
- 2002 Postdoctoral Fellow in cognitive neuroscience at the Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine of the Research Center Juelich
- 2003-2007 Resident at the Department of neurology of the University Hospital Aachen
- 2007-2008 Resident of the Department of neurology at the University Hospital Bonn
- 2008-2011 Resident of the Department of neurology at the University Hospital Cologne
- 2010 Obtaining specialization in neurology
- 2011 Resident at the Department of geriatrics of the Hermann Josef Hospital Erkelenz
- 2011 Habilitation and a teaching license at the faculty of medicine of the University of Cologne: "Pharmacological modulation of episodic memory"
- 2014 Received additional qualifications in the field of neurological intensive care medicine
- 2014 Certified instructor for electroencephalography
Experience
- 2001-2002 Internship at the Department of surgery of the Victoria Hospital, University of Cape Town
- 2001-2002 Internship at the Department of internal medicine of the General Hospital, University of South Florida
- 2001-2002 Internship at the Department of Neurology of the Villingen-Schwenningen Hospital, University of Freiburg
- 2002-2003 Resident at the Department of neurology of the University Hospital Aachen
- 2012 Consultant of the Department of neurology and neurophysiology at the University Hospital Cologne
- 2015 Professor for dementia and age-related nervous system changes at the University Hospital Cologne
- Senior physician of the Department of neurology and neurophysiology at the Memory Clinic Cologne Juelich
- Head of the special stroke unit at the Memory Clinic Cologne Juelich
- 2018 Senior physician of the Department of neurology and neurophysiology at the Helios University Hospital Wuppertal
- Director of the Department of neurology and neurophysiology at the Helios University Hospital Wuppertal
Awards & Memberships
- Member of the German Society of Neurology
- Member of the German Society for Clinical Neurophysiology and Functional Imaging
- Member of the Society for Neuroscience
- Member of the International Society to Advance Alzheimer's Research and Treatment
Languages
English
German
Publications
Fine-grained age-matching improves atrophy-based detection of mild cognitive impairment more than amyloid-negative reference subjects.
9 September, 2023
Identifying large vessel occlusion at first glance in telemedicine.
September, 2023
Prevalence and risk factors of ischemic monocular vision loss and concurrent brain ischemia.
18 August, 2023
Location
Heusnerstraße, 40, 42283 Wuppertal, Germany
FAQ
Where does the doctor practice?
What is the specialization of Prof. Dr. med. Juraj Kukolja?
The primary specialization of the doctor is neurology and neurological intensive care medicine.
What is the experience of the specialist?
Prof. Dr. med. Juraj Kukolja has been practicing for more than 22 years.
Prof. Dr. med. Juraj Kukolja
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