Clinical expertise
- Pediatric epileptology and management of epilepsy syndromes in children and adolescents.
- Diagnosis, advice on differential diagnosis and treatment recommendations.
- Video-EEG: routine awake, sleep, sleep-deprived and long-term recordings.
- Tele-EEG using secure access to hospital EEG systems and documentation in electronic patient records.
- Case conferences, training and supervision of physicians, EEG staff and nursing teams.
Professional experience
04/2014 – present
Independent consultant in pediatric epileptology
Rosenheim, Germany
- Remote interpretation of pediatric EEGs and clinical consultation for pediatric hospitals.
- Case consultation: diagnosis, differential diagnosis, treatment recommendation and follow-up.
- Reporting in the hospital’s EEG system and direct documentation in the electronic medical record through secure remote access; telephone and in-person case discussions.
- Training for physicians, EEG staff and nurses; talks for parents and patients.
03/2005 – 09/2013
Specialist physician, senior physician (Oberärztin) and deputy head of department
Department of Pediatric Peri- and Presurgical Epilepsy Diagnostics, Clinic for Pediatric Neurology, Neurorehabilitation and Epileptology, Vogtareuth
- Specialist physician (Fachärztin): 03/2005–12/2007 · Physician with senior clinical responsibilities (Funktionsoberärztin): 01/2008–04/2010 · Senior physician (Oberärztin): 05/2010–09/2013 · Deputy head of department: 01/2008–09/2013.
- Presurgical and perisurgical diagnostics and treatment of children with lesional epilepsies; case selection for epilepsy surgery, preoperative brain mapping and intraoperative monitoring.
- Leadership and supervision of EEG diagnostics, interdisciplinary case conferences and clinical supervision of physicians, EEG staff and ward teams.
- Responsible for resident EEG training.
02/2002 – 02/2005
Research associate
University Children’s Hospital Kiel, Pediatric Neurology
02/2001 – 01/2002
Resident physician
North German Epilepsy Center, Raisdorf
05/1999 – 12/2000
Medical intern, subsequently resident physician
Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Municipal Hospital Kemperhof, Koblenz
Education & specialist qualifications
- 1992–1999
- Medical studies · Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- 11/2000
- German medical licence (Approbation)
- 11/2000
- Doctoral dissertation: Clinical findings, diagnostics and treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection in childhood
- 02/2005
- Specialist qualification in Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
- 05/2007
- Subspecialty qualification in Pediatric Neurology
Certificates & further training
- 05/2004
- EEG certificate · DGKN
- 08/2006
- 5th International Course on Epilepsy: “Surgically Remediable Epilepsies” · EUREPA, San Servolo
- 2008–2012
- Fellowship in operative epilepsy treatment · first cohort, German working group for presurgical diagnostics and epilepsy surgery
- 05/2008
- Observership · Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA: pediatric presurgical epilepsy diagnostics, ward/intensive care/operating room, case discussions and training
- 04/2009
- Neuroimaging certificate · ILAE (VIREPA)
- 02/2010
- Training Course in Stereo-Electroencephalography · Lyon
- 10/2012
- Epileptology certificate · DGfE
- 10/2014
- Certificate in Epileptology · Arbeitsgemeinschaft für prächirurgische Diagnostik und operative Epilepsietherapie e.V.
Digital workflow
Secure access to the hospital’s EEG system through VPN / Remote Desktop or a preconfigured workstation. EEG reports and consultations are documented directly in the electronic medical record; case discussions by telephone or on site.
More than 30 publications and presentations. Regular teaching and further training for medical students, residents, specialists, EEG staff and nurses, as well as talks for parents and patients.
All publications→ Memberships
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Epileptologie (DGfE)
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Klinische Neurophysiologie und Funktionelle Bildgebung (DGKN)
- Gesellschaft für Neuropädiatrie (GNP)
- Bavarian Medical Association
- Medical District Association Rosenheim
- European Task Force on Paediatric Epilepsy Surgery
- AG für prächirurgische Diagnostik und operative Epilepsietherapie e.V.
Languages
Native German speaker: EEG reports, case discussions and documentation for hospitals in Germany, Austria and Switzerland are written directly in precise clinical German. The same applies to German-language needs elsewhere, for example international hospitals caring for patients and families from German-speaking countries, or neurotech and medtech companies working with German-speaking clinicians, users or markets.
Fluent in spoken and written English, including the specialist terminology of epileptology and clinical neurophysiology. English has been a working language for many years: at international congresses, in the European Task Force on Paediatric Epilepsy Surgery and during training abroad, including an observership at Cleveland Clinic (Ohio, USA).
Language skills at a glance:
