| studies in medicine, clinical education and practice |
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| 1969 - 1970 |
Studium general at the "Leibniz-Kolleg" and study of chemistry at the Eberhardt-Karls-University in Tübingen, Germany |
| 1970 - 1976 | study of medicine at the "Free University Berlin", Germany |
| 1974 - 1975 | University of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, study at the medical school |
| 1976 | US American final examination |
| 1976 | final German medical examination |
| 1976 - 1977 | internship at the Department of Internal Medicine, Klinikum Steglitz, FU Berlin; at the Department of Physiology, FU Berlin, and at the Department of Surgery, Wenckebach Krankenhaus, Berlin |
| 1977 | license to practice medicine |
| 1981 - 1986 | residency in neurology at the Department of Neurology (Prof. Dr. A. Struppler), Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University, Munich, Germany |
| 1986 | board examination in neurology |
| 1986 | habilitation in neurology: "GABAergic neurons in the CNS" |
| 1987 | Venia legendi for neurology at the medical faculty of The Technical University Munich, Germany |
| 1988 |
consultant at the Department of Neurology (Prof. Dr. Th. Brandt), Klinikum Großhadern, LMU Munich, Germany |
| 1990 |
Prof. of Neurology (Tenure) |
| 1992 - 3/1994 | head of the unit for electroencephalography and preoperative diagnosis in epilepsy, Department of Neurology, Klinikum Großhadern, LMU, Munich, Germany |
| 1996 - 6/2014 |
chairman and professor of neurology, Department of Neurology, Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany setting up of the Department of Neurology with priorities on neurodegeneration and movement disorders (since 96), neurological sleep disorders (since 97), neuroimmunological diseases (since 98), epilepsy (since 98), dementia (since 99), cerebrovascular diseases (Stroke-Unit / intensive care unit (since 99) |
| since 12/1997 | authorization for advanced education: Clinical geriatrics in neurology |
| studies in neurosciences | |
| 1978 | M.D. thesis: "Transmitter physiology of the inner ear of the cat" (Prof. Dr. R. Klinke, FU Berlin and University Frankfurt) |
| 1978 - 1981 | guest worker at the Laboratory of Clinical Science (Dr. I.J. Kopin), National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Bethesda, Maryland, USA: biochemical, immunological and neuroanatomical studies on inhibitory neurotransmitters (GABA and taurine) in the CNS |
| 1987 - 1990 | Heisenberg-professorship of the "Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft": Clinical and basic studies in basal ganglia diseases" |
| 1987 - 1988 | visiting professor at the Department of Neurology (Prof. Dr. C.D. Marsden), Institute of Psychiatry, Maudsley Hospital and Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, England |
Prof. Dr. Dr. W. H. Oertel | education/profession
