Brainstem Disorders, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2011

Prof. Dr. med. Peter Paul Urban, M.A., is Professor of Neurology. He received his medical degree and his medical training at the University of Mainz. He graduated in 1988 ‘summa cum laude’ (doctoral thesis). After his medical internship at the Department of Cardiology (1988 to 1990) he continued as a resident at the Department of Neurology, University of Mainz. After board certification in 1997 he worked as a consultant at the Department of Neurology, University of Mainz and was senior lecturer after his habilitation (2000). In 2006 he was appointed as head of the Department of Neurology, Asklepios Klinik Barmbek, Hamburg, and was made Professor of Neurology at the University of Hamburg in 2007. From 2001 to 2002 he pursued a course of studies in health economics at the Universities of Kaiserslautern and Witten/Herdecke and was awarded the degree Master of Arts (M.A.). He holds board certification for EEG, EMG, EP and Doppler of the German Society of Clinical Neurophysiology and a board certificate for 'special neurological intensive care medicine'.

Prof. Urban received ten scientific awards including the Richard-Jung-Award of the German Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (1999), the Boehringer-Ingelheim-Award (2001), and the Scientific Award of the European Neurological Society (2004).

He has published more than 100 original papers, 47 book chapters and a book on brainstem diseases. His fields of research comprise cerebrovascular disorders, especially of the brainstem, clinical neurophysiology and movement disorders. He is a member of several scientific organizations including the American Academy of Neurology, the Movement Disorders Society, and the German Society of Neurology.

Professor Louis Robert Caplan obtained his medical degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine. From 1970 to 1978 he was Assistant Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School and in 1979 became Neurologist-in chief at theMichael Ree