Rating : 10/10 (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)
🔹Prof. Dr. med. Christian E. Elger, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP), is a specialist in neurology. In addition to his expertise in epileptology, he diagnoses and treats all neurological disorders.
🔹His proficiency in epilepsy extends to pediatric epilepsy, as demonstrated by his Senior Professorship in Neuropediatrics/Child Epileptology at Charité, Berlin. For over 25 years, he served as the Director of the Epileptology Department at the University of Bonn, a unique, independent university clinic for epileptology in Europe.
🔹The clinic's development, both clinically and scientifically, contributed to its international reputation. The close collaboration between neurology, psychiatry, neurosurgery, and neuroradiology within the framework of Betaklinik provides an exceptional opportunity for comprehensive and meaningful diagnosis and treatment of neurological disorders.
Awards and Honors :
🔹1992: Marion Merell Dow Award for Epilepsy Research (with C. Helmstaedter and A. Hufnagel).
🔹Honorary Member of the Swiss League Against Epilepsy.
🔹2005: Ambassador for Epilepsy of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE).
🔹2005: Zuelch Prize from the Gertrud Reemtsma Foundation within the Max Planck Society.
🔹2010: Hans-Berger Prize from the German Society for Clinical Neurophysiology (DGKN) for contributions to epileptology.
🔹2011: The Victor and Clara Soriano Award from the World Federation of Neurology.
🔹2012: European Epileptology Award from the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE).
🔹2015: William G. Lennox Award from the American Epilepsy Society (AES).
🔹2017: Moritz Romberg Lecture of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN).
🔹2018: Kluver Memorial Lecture at the University of Chicago Medical School. - 2018: Yaşargil Lecture at the University Hospital Zürich.
🔹1969 – 1976: Studied Human Medicine, completed a doctorate, and obtained
medical licensure (Approbation).
🔹1982: Achieved Habilitation in the field of Physiology.
🔹1982 – 1985: Completed training as a neurologist at the Universities of
Münster, Memphis, and Zürich.
🔹1985: Became a board-certified specialist in neurology (Facharzt für
Neurologie).
🔹1985 – 1987: Served as a senior physician (Oberarzt) at the Department of
Neurology at the University of Münster.
🔹1986: Achieved Habilitation in Neurology.
🔹1986 – 1987: Member of the board of the Ärztekammer Westfalen-Lippe (Medical
Association of Westphalia-Lippe).
🔹1987 – 2018: Held the position of University Professor for Epileptology at the
University of Bonn.
🔹1990 – 2018: Served as the Director of the University Hospital for
Epileptology.
🔹1991 – 1994: Member of the Expert Advisory Board at the Federal Ministry of
Health.
🔹1997 – 1999: President of the German Chapter of the International League
Against Epilepsy.
🔹2000 – 2001: President of the German Society for Clinical Neurophysiology.
🔹2000: Became a member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences.
🔹2001: Appointed as an Associate Editor for "Epilepsy and Behavior."
🔹2001 – 2007: Spokesperson for the Transregional Collaborative Research Center
(TR3) "Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsies."
🔹2003: Co-founded and became a shareholder in Life & Brain GmbH in Bonn.
🔹2004 – 2008: Served as an Associate Editor for the journal "Brain."
🔹2004 – 2008: Member of the subject-specific board for Neuroscience at the
German Research Foundation (DFG).
🔹2006 – 2015: Scientific Managing Director of Life & Brain GmbH in Bonn.
🔹2009: Co-founded and became the Director of the Center for Economics and
Neuroscience at the University of Bonn.
🔹2018: Became the Medical Director and Managing Partner of Beta Neurologie –
Center of Excellence for Epilepsy, Beta Klinik.
🔹Neurology
🔹Epilepsy
