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Curriculum vitae Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Wolfgang Oertel

  • Education

    1986 Privat-Dozent, Faculty of Medicine, Technical University München
    1981 - 1986 Residency training, Department of Neurology, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technical University München
    1978 - 1981 Postgraduate training, Faculty of Neuroscience, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, USA
    1978 MD, Faculty of Medicine, Free University of Berlin
    1976 License to practice medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Free University Berlin and University of Newcastle upon Tyne (United Kingdom)
    1969 - 1970 BSc, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Tübingen

  • Academic and professional career

    1996 - 2014 Director and Full Professor of Neurology, Department of Neurology, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany
    1990 - 1996 Professor of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximillian University, München, Germany
    1988 - 1990 Heisenberg-Professor and Consultant of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximillian University, München, Germany
    1987 Heisenberg-Professor – Neurology, National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery, London (United Kingdom)

  • Institutional responsibilities

    2001 - present Member of the Faculty Board, Medicine, Philipps University Marburg

  • Commissions of trust

    2018 - 2019 First Vice President, European Brain Council, Europe
    2014 - 2020 Member of the Scientific Panel for Health, Directorate Research and Innovation, DGXII, Europe
    2013 - 2018 Treasurer European Restless Legs Study Group
    2013 - 2015 President International REM Sleep Behavior Disorder Study Group
    2011 - 2012 President German Society for Neurology
    2007 - 2011 President German Parkinson Society
    2007 - 2009 Chairman European Section International Movement Disorder Society

  • Fellowships, awards and third party funding

    2014 - 2022 Hertie-Senior-Research Professor
    2012 Wilhelm-von-Humboldt-Parkinson-Award, German Parkinson Society (DPG)
    2004 Dingebaur Prize for Parkinson-Research, German Society for Neurology (DGN)
    1999 - 2009 “ Competence Net Parkinson” - German Ministry for Education and Research
    1990 - 1996 Research Consortium München “Parkinson Disease and other Basal Ganglia Disorders” – German Ministry for Research and Technology
    1987 - 1990 Heisenberg-Professorship, Carrier Award, German Research Council (DFG)
    1986 "Parkinson-Frosst-Prize" German Society for Neurology (DGN)
    1980 - 1984 Research stipend by German Research Council (DFG)
    1979 - 1980 Fellowship of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) – research at NIH, USA
    1971 -1978 Scholarship holder of "Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes”
    (German Foundation for gifted students)

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