Lars Timmermann
Lars Timmermann (born December 8, 1972 in Hamburg ) is a German neurologist . He is a university professor and director of the Clinic for Neurology at the Marburg site of the University Clinic Gießen and Marburg . Timmermann is an expert in movement disorders and deep brain stimulation .
Life
After graduating from the Burggymnasium in Essen in 1992 , he studied medicine at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel until 1999 with study visits to Baltimore, USA ( Johns Hopkins University ), Dayton, USA ( Wright State University ), and Gorleston, UK ( Cambridge University) ). In 1998 he passed the United States Medical Licensing Exam step 2, and in 1999 he qualified as a doctor with the German state examination. In 2000 Timmermann received his doctorate on the subject of functional investigations on the regeneration of sympathetic cutaneous vasoconstrictor neurons after peripheral nerve lesion in rats . From 1999 to 2006 he worked as an assistant doctor at the Neurological University Clinic in Düsseldorf ( Hans-Joachim Freund and Hans-Peter Hartung) and since 2002 has headed the junior research group “Pathophysiology of Movement Disorders”. In 2005 he passed the specialist examination in neurology. In January 2007 he moved to Cologne University Hospital ( Gereon R. Fink ) as a senior physician , where he became head of the “Movement Disorders and Deep Brain Stimulation” working group. In 2007 Timmermann completed his habilitation in neurology at the Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf and in 2008 he was given the newly established professorship in "Neurological Movement Disorders" at the University Hospital in Cologne. Since September 1, 2016, he has been Professor of Neurology and Director of the Clinic for Neurology at the Marburg location of the University Hospital Gießen and Marburg. On February 1, 2018, he also took over the management of the Center for Emergency Medicine.
Clinical and scientific focus
Timmermann is one of the clinical experts in neurological movement disorders, especially Parkinson's , dystonia and essential tremor . His research deals with the clinical and pathophysiology of movement disorders and the effects of deep brain stimulation as well as physiological aging . In addition to invasive and non-invasive recording techniques from different brain regions, clinical studies represent a focus. He achieved an international reputation in particular through basic scientific work on the pathophysiology of the basal ganglia in movement disorders and clinical studies on deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease .
His leading role in the research and treatment of Parkinson's , especially with the help of deep brain stimulation , is confirmed by repeated entries in the renowned doctor list of the German news magazine Focus .
Honors, memberships, editorial work
Timmermann has been awarded a number of scientific prizes. Among other things, he received the sponsorship award from the German Parkinson Association in 2003. In 2004 he received the BIOMAG Young Investigator Award and the award for young scientists in North Rhine-Westphalia. He also received the Klüh Prize for research into rare diseases from the wife of the then Federal President Eva Luise Köhler . His teaching at the University of Cologne has received several awards. In the International Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Society he is on the Executive Committee of the European Section, heads the DBS non-motor Study section and was Chairman of the CME Committee until 2018. Timmermann was deputy senator of the Medical Faculty of Cologne and a member of numerous commissions of the faculty until 2017. Timmermann is a member of the editorial board of Nature Parkinson's Disease, a partner journal of Nature , and author of numerous specialist book chapters.
Fonts
- with J. Gross, J. Kujala, M. Hämäläinen, A. Schnitzler and R. Salmelin: Dynamic imaging of coherent sources: a new approach for studying neural interactions in the human brain. In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. USA, Vol. 98 (2), 2001, pp. 694-699.
- with J. Gross, M. Dirks, J. Volkmann, H.-J. Freund and A. Schnitzler: The cerebral oscillatory network of parkinsonian resting tremor. In: Brain. Vol. 126 (1), 2003, pp. 199-212.
- with G. Deuschl, C. Schade-Brittinger, P. Krack, J. Volkmann, H. Schäfer, K. Bötzel, C. Daniels, A. Deutschlander, U. Dillmann, W. Eisner, D. Gruber, W. Hamel , J. Herzog, R. Hilker, S. Klebe, M. Kloß, J. Koy, M. Krause, A. Kupsch, D. Lorenz, S. Lorenzl, HM Mehdorn, JR Moringlane, W. Oertel, MO Pinsker, H. Reichmann, A. Reuss, GH Schneider, A. Schnitzler, U. Steude, V. Sturm, V. Tronnier, T. Trottenberg, L. Wojtecki, E. Wolf, W. Poewe and J. Voges: Deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease - a 6-month randomized, controlled trial. In: The New England Journal of Medicine. Vol. 355 (9), 2006, pp. 896-908.
- with R. Jain, L. Chen, M. Maarouf, MT Barbe, N. Allert, T. Brücke, I. Kaiser, S. Beirer, F. Sejio, E. Suarez, B. Lozano, C. Haegelen, M. Vérin, M. Porta, D. Servello, S. Gill, A. Whone, N. Van Dyck and F. Alesch: Multiple-source current steering in subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease (the VANTAGE study): a non- randomized, prospective, multicentre, open-label study. In: Lancet Neurology. Vol. 14 (7), 2015, pp. 693-701.
literature
- Early help for people with Parkinson's disease. In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger. February 14, 2013
Web links
- PubMed publications overview
- Homepage uk-online
- Homepage working group
- Contribution to the WDR on deep brain stimulation
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Timmermann, Lars |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German neurologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 8, 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |