Professor Christoph Kleinschnitz
Professor and Chair of the Department of Neurology at University Hospital Essen, Germany
Germany
Areas of expertise
- Cerebrovascular accident
- Multiple sclerosis
- Parkinson’s disease
- Neuroimmunology
- Neuropathy
- Early identification of CVA
- Neurovascular conditions
About the expert
Prof. Kleinschnitz is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Neurology at the University Hospital Essen, Germany. He has acquired a reputation as a proven stroke expert, being the head of Germany's oldest stroke unit. He is considered an absolute pioneer in the interdisciplinary management of strokes. He is also an outstanding researcher with over 300 published scientific papers.
Prof. Kleinschnitz is one of Germany's leading specialists in neurology. He is currently a Professor of Neurology and the Chair of the Department of Neurology at the University Hospital Essen, Germany.
He has previously worked at the Neurology Clinic at Wurzburg University for several years and qualified as a neurology specialist in 2007. He became the Head of the Stroke Unit there in 2009. From 2010, he also led the Clinical Research Group for MS and Neuroimmunology. Dr. Christoph Kleinschnitz has specialized and achieved great success in neurology and endoscopic treatment of stroke.
He has a strong interest in research specially thrombo-inflammatory disease processes in stroke and multiple sclerosis. He and his team aim at improving the current stroke treatment and reducing its side effects. He has co-authored over 300 peer-reviewed articles in the past 15 years.
Prof. Kleinschnitz is a known speaker at scientific meetings and conferences of the American Association of Neurosurgeons (AANS), the Swiss Society of Physicians (or FMH), and the American Society of Neuro-Oncology.
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Professor and Chair of Department of Neurology
2016 - TodayUniversity of Duisburg Essen, Germany
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Professor of Neurology and Stroke Medicine.
2011 - 2016University of Würzburg, Germany
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Head Clinical Research Group for Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology
2010 - 2016Department of Neurology, University Clinic Würzburg, Germany
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Consultant and Head of the Stroke Unit and outpatient clinic for cerebrovascular disorders
2009 - 2016Department of Neurology, University Hospital Würzburg, Germany.
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Resident in Neurology
2001 - 2009University of Würzburg, Germany
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Board Certification Intensive Care Medicine (Neurology)
2012
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Habilitation in Neurology
Medical Faculty of Würzburg University, Germany
2008
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Board Certification Neurology
European Board and Section of Neurology
2007
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M.D.
Faculty of Medicine Julius-Maximilian University Würzburg, Germany
2000
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Germany Association of Neurologists
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Germany Association of Neurosurgeons.
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