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Consultant Neurologist,
Clinical Researcher, MD, PhD
Neurocenter, Meilahti Hospitals
Languages: German, Finnish, English
Clinical interests: Parkinson's disease including device assisted therapies for advanced disease such as Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) and infusion-pump treatments. Gastrointestinal symptoms associated with Parkinson’s disease. Acute neurology and stroke.
Education: MD 2006 University of Düsseldorf, Germany; Specialist in Neurology 2013 University of Helsinki); PhD 2008 University of Düsseldorf, Germany (e-thesis: Quantitative anatomische und neurochemische Charakterisierung des superioren parietalen Kortex des Menschen)
Research: Gastrointestinal symptoms and microbiota in Parkinson’s disease. Treatment and symptom measurement in advanced Parkinson’s disease. Neural growth factors as treatment for Parkinson’s disease. Research funding: Academy of Finland, European Comission, Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, Finnish Medical Foundation, Finnish Parkinson Foundation. Most important achievements: First to describe alterations of gut microbiota in neurodegenerative disease. First intracerebral drug infusion in Finland.
Visits:
2006 Internship, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK
2006 Internship, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City, NY, USA
2006-2007 Researcher, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany
Memberships:
2016-2018 Treasurer of the Finnish Neurological Association
2013-2018 Member of the E-health committee of the Finnish Medical Association
2014-2016 Chairman of the ICT-doctors’ subdivision of the Finnish Medical Association
2012-2016 Member of the general assembly of the Finnish Medical Association
Finnish Neurological Association
International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society
Finnish Medical Association
Finnish Medical Society Duodecim