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The program includes:
- Initial presentation in the clinic
- clinical history taking
- review of medical records
- physical examination
- neurological examination
- reflexes
- muscle strength
- muscle tone
- senses of touch and sight
- coordination
- balance
- laboratory tests:
- complete blood count
- biochemical blood test (CPK)
- inflammation markers (CRP, ESR)
- blood coagulation analysis (aPTT, PT, INR)
- electroencephalography (EEG)
- electromyography (EMG)
- brain CT/MRI
(if indicated clinically, additional cost is 650/1200 €) - muscle biopsy with histological study
(if indicated clinically, additional cost is 2000 €) - nursing services
- treatment by head doctor and all leading experts
- explanation of individual treatment plan
Required documents
- Medical records
- DNA analysis (if available)
- Muscle biopsy (if available)
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About the department
According to the Focus magazine, the Department of Neurology at the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf ranks among the top German departments specializing in the treatment of multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease!
The department offers the full range of diagnostics and treatment of diseases of the nervous and muscular systems. The specialization covers the treatment of stroke, cerebrovascular diseases, movement disorders, such as Parkinson's disease, muscular diseases, inflammatory diseases of the nervous system, such as multiple sclerosis. In addition, the competence includes intensive neurological care. The Chief Physician is Prof. Dr. med. Christian Gerloff.
The department treats more than 3,800 inpatients and about 7,000 outpatients every year. The certified Stroke Unit of the department annually treats more than 1,500 patients with strokes of varying severity. Such high rates indicate the highest quality of medical care and respectability of the department.
The service range of the department includes:
- Diagnostics and treatment of strokes (certified Stroke Unit), neurosonography
- Diagnostics and treatment of multiple sclerosis
- Diagnostics and treatment of inflammatory diseases of the nervous system
- Diagnostics and treatment of motor disorders, including deep brain stimulation
- Parkinson's disease
- Dystonia
- Spasticity
- Tremor
- Restless legs syndrome
- Tic disorders
- Myoclonus
- Chorea
- Stereotypy
- Hemifacial spasm
- Diagnostics and treatment of muscular and neuromuscular diseases
- Myopathies
- Myasthenia gravis
- Polyneuropathies
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- Neurorehabilitation, including early rehabilitation
- Neurological intensive care, including neurotraumatology and neuromonitoring
- Diagnostics and treatment of infectious diseases, including HIV-related infections and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
- Diagnostics and treatment of dementia (for example, vascular dementia, hydrocephalus in normal intracranial pressure, Alzheimer's disease)
- Diagnostics and treatment of genetically determined neurological diseases
- Diagnostics and treatment of pain syndromes, including neuropathic ones
- Interventional neuroradiology (in collaboration with the Department of Neuroradiology)
- Balloon dilatation
- Stent implantation
- Coiling
- Diagnostics and treatment of other neurological diseases
Curriculum vitae
Education and Professional Background
- 1984 - 1991 Medical School, Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, University of Vienna, externships in Great Britain and the USA.
- 1992 - 1995 and 1996 - 1998 Residency in the Department of Neurology, University Hospital Tuebingen.
- 2000 Board certification in Neurology.
- 2000 Habilitation in Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology.
- 2000 - 2006 Senior Attending Physician in the Department of Neurology, University Hospital Tuebingen, Head of EEG Laboratory (DGKN certified instructor) and Sleep Laboratory.
- 2004 - 2006 Head of the Stroke Unit, Head of Neurosonological Laboratory.
- 2005 - 2006 Deputy Head and Extraordinary Professor, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Tuebingen.
- Since April 2006 Head of the Department of Neurology and Full Professor of Neurology, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf.
Awards and Honors
- Award for Doctoral Thesis Defense.
- Goedecke Research Award.
- Teaching Award in the Students’ Program of the Howard-Hughes Medical Association at the National Institutes of Health, USA.
- Scientific Paper Award of the European Neurological Society.
- Teacher of the Year Award (Hamburg University).
Memberships
- German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des Dt. Volkes).
- German Association for Clinical Neurophysiology and Functional Imaging (DGKN).
- German Association for Neurology (DGN).
- German Association for Sleep Medicine (DGSM).
- German Stroke Association (DSG).
- German Association for Neurological Intensive Care (DGNI).
- Professional Association of German Neurologists (BDN).
- External Quality Management of Stroke Care (EQS).
Photo of the doctor: (c) Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)
About hospital
According to the Focus magazine, the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf ranks among the top ten hospitals in Germany!
Since its foundation in 1889, the hospital has taken a leading position in the European medical arena and still occupies it until today. A highly competent medical team of more than 11,000 employees takes care of the health of patients. About 2,900 of them are doctors and researchers, while more than 3,400 of them work as nurses and therapists. The hospital has 1,738 beds for inpatient treatment. The key principles of each employee’s work is care for the health and well-being of the patient.
It is worth noting that the medical facility became the first university hospital in Europe, which introduced an electronic system for storing medical histories. Thus, all the processes of diagnostics and treatment are stored electronically. In 2011, the hospital was certified as the first fully digital hospital in Europe.
The hospital presents all fields of modern medicine. The doctors of the medical facility have the necessary theoretical knowledge and enormous clinical experience, which allows them to easily cope with the treatment of common and extremely rare, complex clinical cases.
An important component of the university hospital work is research activities aimed at the development of innovative diagnostic and treatment methods. The main scientific focuses of the hospital include neurobiology, oncology, examination of the cardiovascular system, infectious and inflammatory diseases. Today, the key attention is also paid to researches in the field of molecular imaging and skeletal biology.
The hospital is distinguished not only by the first-class medical care, advanced technical equipment, but also by the modern infrastructure, courteousness, friendly and respectful attitude towards the patient by the entire medical staff.
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Accommodation in hospital
Patients rooms
The patients of the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf live in comfortable single and double rooms designed in bright colors. Each room is equipped with an ensuite bathroom with a toilet and a shower. The standard room includes an automatically adjustable bed, a bedside table, a wardrobe, a table and chairs for receiving visitors, a telephone, a radio and a TV. Also, there is Wi-Fi access.
Meals and Menus
The patient and his accompanying person have a daily choice of three menus. If for any reason you do not eat all the food, you will be offered an individual menu. Please inform the medical staff about your dietary preferences prior to the treatment.
Further details
Standard rooms include:
Religion
Religious services are available upon request.
Accompanying person
During the inpatient program, an accompanying person may stay with you in a patient room or hotel of your choice.
Hospital accommodation
During the outpatient program, you may stay in a hotel at the hospital.
Hotel
During the outpatient program, you may stay in a hotel of your choice. Managers will help you choose the most suitable options.
The hospital offers a full range of laboratory tests (general, hormonal, tests for infections, antibodies, tumor markers, etc.), genetic tests, various modifications of ultrasound scans, CT scans, MRI and PET / CT, angiography, myelography, biopsy and other examinations. Treatment with medications, endoscopic and robotic operations, stereotaxic interventions is carried out here, modern types of radiation therapy are also used. The hospital offers patients all the necessary therapeutic techniques.
- Coiling and clipping of aneurysms of different localizations
- Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunting in patients with portal hypertension
- Minimally invasive surgeries (da Vinci)
- Removal and reconstruction of mammary glands
- Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC)
These are arteriovenous malformations and angiomas, vascular aneurysms, pathologies of the mammary glands, pelvic organ prolapse, urinary incontinence, malignant tumors of various localizations (area of special attention is treatment of intestinal cancer), pathologies of liver and pancreas, cataracts and rare ophthalmic pathologies (aphakia, aniridia ), infertility and other diseases.
- Interventional neuroradiology
- Mammology
- Oncology
- Gastroenterology
- Surgery
Over 2,900 highly qualified physicians and researchers work at the hospital.