Univ-Prof. Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h.c. Heinz Wiendl
Ärztlicher Direktor
- Funktionelle Interaktion des Immunsystems mit dem Nervensystem
- Immunregulation im Zentralnervensystem: Regulatorische T-Zellen und Protektive Immunität
- Mechanismen entzündlicher Neurodegeneration
- Zusammenhang Neurodegeneration und Inflammation
- Immunphysiologie
- Immunevasion von Hirntumoren
Major clinical interests
- Neuroinflammation and Neuroimmunology
- Neurooncology
- Immune therapy
Major research interests
- Neuroinflammation and Neuroimmunology
- Immune regulation in Multiple Sclerosis and autoimmune nervous system disorders
- Inflammatory mechanisms of neurodegeneration
- Immune mediated mechanisms of neurodegeneration
- Immune cell trafficking into the CNS
- Biomarkers and Biosignatures (related to MS and immune therapy and its adverse effects)
Academic Education
| 1989–1996 | Medicine, Universities of Erlangen (Germany), Basel (Switzerland), Duke (USA) |
| 1996–1997 | Residency program at the Department of Neurology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg |
| 1997 | Approbation |
| 2000–2004 | Residency program at the Department of Neurology, University of Tübingen |
Scientific Degrees
| 2004 | Habilitation treatise: “Immune regulatory role of the muscle: Implications for the immune pathogenesis of inflammatory myopathies” (University of Tübingen) |
| 1996 | Doctorate, MD (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg) |
Appointments
| 10/2024 | Professor and Chair, Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, University Hospital Freiburg, Germany |
| 05/2018-09/2024 | Professor and Chair, Department of Neurology with Institute of Translational Neurology, University Hospital Münster, Germany |
| 04/2013-04/2018 | Professor and Chair, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Münster, Germany |
| 05/2010–04/2013 | Professor and Chair, Department of Inflammatory Diseases of the Nervous System and Neurooncology, University Hospital Münster, Germany |
| 12/2004–05/2010 | Professor of Neurology, Head of Clinical Research Group for Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology, University of Würzburg |
| 2004 | Head of a junior research group for neuroimmunology, Interdisciplinary Centre for Clinical Research in Tübingen, Germany Senior physician, Department of Neurology, University of Tübingen |
| 2000–2004 | Clinical and research fellow at the Hertie Institute for Brain Research, Department of Neurology, University of Tübingen |
| 1998–2000 | Scholarship granted by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) at the Max Planck-Institute for Neurobiology, Department of Neuroimmunology, Martinsried (Prof. H. Wekerle, MD; Prof. R. Hohlfeld, MD) |
| 1997–1998 | Research fellow at the Institute of Anatomy and Neuroanatomy II, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg |
Calls, appointments, offers
- C3 professorship University of Würzburg, Germany (primo loco), 2004 (accepted)
- W3 professorship of the Schilling foundation (W3), Institute of Neuroimmunology, 2009 (not accepted)
- W3 professorship for Neuroinflammation, University of Muenster (primo loco), 2009 (accepted)
- W3 professorship for Neurology, Department of Neurology, Mainz (secundo loco)
- Full professorship, NIH, Neuroimmunology branch, USA, 2017 (not accepted)
- W3 professorship for Neurology, Department of Neurology, Regensburg (primo loco), 2018 (not accepted)
Awards
| 2015 | Sobek senior award for MS research from the German Society for Multiple Sclerosis (DMSG) |
| 2009 | Heinrich Pette award from the German Society for Neurology (DGN) |
| 2004 | Sobek award for MS research (Young Scientist Award) from the DMSG |
| 2003 | Felix-Jerusalem award from the German Society for Muscular Diseases (DGM) |
Ärztlicher Direktor
Univ-Prof. Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h.c. Heinz Wiendl
Direktionsassistenz:
Fr. Diener, Fr. Schmitz
Tel. 0761-270 53050