Professor Dr. med. Jörg B. Schulz

Professor Dr. med. Jörg B. Schulz | Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Jörg B. Schulz has been Head of the Department of Neurology at the University Hospital Aachen of RWTH Aachen University since 2009. Before taking up this post, Prof. J. B. Schulz worked from 2004 to 2009 as Professor of Neurology and Neurobiology of Ageing at the Georg August University in Göttingen. Prof. Schulz's clinical fields of specialisation are neurodegenerative disorders — dementias, movement disorders, hereditary ataxias — and the treatment of stroke and post-stroke rehabilitation.

Prof. J. B. Schulz's research interests include: the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases (Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's chorea, ataxias), the mechanisms of neuronal cell death, gene therapy and experimental pharmacology, the molecular mechanisms of motor learning, clinical research into Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and movement disorders, and imaging methods for studying neurons. Prof. J. B. Schulz is a board member of the Centre for Rare Diseases Aachen (ZSEA) and of the Clinical Trials Centre Aachen (CTC-A), and a member of the German Neurological Society (DGN), the German Association for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Neurology (DGPPN), the European Friedreich's Ataxia Consortium for Translational Studies (EFACTS), the German Stroke Society (DSG), the German Society for Neurointensive and Emergency Medicine (DGNI), the German Society for Epileptology (DGfE), the German Migraine and Headache Society (DMKG), the German Society for Neurorehabilitation (DGNR), the German Society for Clinical Neurophysiology (DGKN), the Professional Association of German Neurologists (BDN) and the Professional Federation of German Neurologists (BVDN).

Prof. J. B. Schulz is the recipient of the Young Investigator Lectureship grant of the International Society for Neurochemistry as well as of further scholarships and grants for training and research work, a laureate of the Heinrich Pette Prize of the German Neurological Society and a laureate of the Ernst Christian Friedrich Schering Prize of the German Parkinson's Disease Society.

Professor Schulz is a corresponding member of the American Neurological Association, Managing Editor of the Journal of Neurochemistry and the author or co-author of more than 275 publications and papers in Science, NEJM, Lancet, Lancet Neurology, PNAS and the Journal of Neuroscience.

In the annual ranking compiled by the respected magazine Focus, Prof. J. B. Schulz has for several years running been named among Germany's leading specialists in the treatment of stroke, Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease.

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Department of Neurology, University Hospital Aachen I Facts and figures

> 4200 inpatients a year
> 3300 outpatients a year

The Department of Neurology at the University Hospital Aachen comprises

• two inpatient wards;
• an intensive care unit for patients with acute disorders of
• cerebral blood flow, with 18 beds;
• a certified stroke unit with 12 beds;
• a neuropsychology unit (aphasic disorders);
• a sleep laboratory;
• an outpatient clinic;
• a neuromorphology laboratory;
• an outpatient clinic for the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease and tremor;
• an outpatient clinic for neuromuscular disorders;
• an outpatient clinic for chronic inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system;
• an outpatient clinic for disorders of the autonomic nervous system;
• a specialised laboratory for the diagnosis of ataxia (impaired coordination of movement).

Department of Neurology, University Hospital Aachen | Specialist consultations in the field of

• the diagnosis and treatment of memory disorders;
• the use of botulinum toxin preparations in neurology (botulinum toxin therapy in neurology);
• the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy;
• the diagnosis and treatment of Huntington's chorea (Huntington's disease/Huntington's syndrome);
• the diagnosis and treatment of spastic disorders (spasms);
• the diagnosis and treatment of neurovascular disorders.

Department of Neurology, University Hospital Aachen | Main areas of specialisation

• the diagnosis and treatment of neurodegenerative disorders;
• the diagnosis and treatment of cerebrovascular diseases;
• the diagnosis and treatment of other neurovascular diseases;
• the diagnosis and treatment of malignant brain tumours;
• the diagnosis and treatment of benign brain tumours;
• medical care for patients with brain neurostimulators;
• drug therapy for multiple sclerosis;
• the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the meninges;
• the diagnosis and treatment of inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system and the brain (meningitis, encephalitis);
• the diagnosis and treatment of systemic atrophies of the central nervous system;
• the diagnosis and treatment of degenerative diseases of the nervous system (neurodegenerative disorders);
• the diagnosis and treatment of demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system;
• the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the nerves, nerve roots and nerve plexuses;
• the diagnosis and treatment of polyneuropathy and other diseases of the peripheral nervous system;
• the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy and other seizure disorders;
• the diagnosis and treatment of neuroimmunological diseases;
• the diagnosis and treatment of extrapyramidal diseases and movement disorders;
• the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the neuromuscular junction and the muscles;
• the diagnosis and treatment of cerebral palsy and other paralytic syndromes;
• emergency care for stroke (Stroke Unit) and treatment of stroke and its consequences at a certified centre;
• the diagnosis of geriatric conditions and multimodal neurological-geriatric therapy (neurogeriatrics);
• early neurological rehabilitation;
• neurological intensive care medicine;
• pain management;
• comprehensive treatment of Parkinson's disease;
• sleep medicine.

Department of Neurology, University Hospital Aachen | Range of diagnostic services

• CT at the Department of Radiology/Neuroradiology;
• MRI at the Department of Radiology/Neuroradiology;
• ultrasound of the major arteries and of the arteries of the brain parenchyma;
• neuropsychology;
• clinical neurophysiology (electromyography/EMG, evoked potentials, EEG,
• transcranial magnetic stimulation);
• neuropsychological exploration;
• electroneuromyography (ENMG);
• evoked potentials;
• posturography;
• oculography in the laboratory for perception and oculomotor function (function of the oculomotor nerves);
• neurosonography;
• telemetric electroencephalography;
• polysomnography;
• nerve biopsy;
• cerebrospinal fluid analysis;
• cognitive assessment;
• neuropsychological testing;
• muscle biopsy;
• motor function laboratory;
• neuromorphology laboratory.