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Editorial Board

Editors-in-Chief
Werner Hacke MD, PhD D.Sc. (hon. mult.) MA (Psychology) FAHA FESC FWSC, Heidelberg University, Germany
Wolf-Rüdiger Schäbitz, MD, University Hospital Bielefeld, Germany

Associate Editors
Valeria Caso, MD, PhD, FESO, University of Perugia, Italy
Michael DeGeorgia, MD, FACP, FAHA, FCCM, FNCS, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, USA
Christian Grefkes-Hermann, MD, PhD, University Frankfurt, Germany
Tim Hagenacker, University Hospital Essen, Germany
Ralf Linker, PhD, University Hospital Regensburg, Germany
Uta Meyding-Lamade, MD, Hospital Northwest Frankfurt, Germany
Lars Tönges, MD, PhD, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
Bernard Yan, MD, Melbourne Private Hospital, Australia

Guest Editors and Advisors
Julian Bösel, MD PhD, Neumuenster Hospital, Germany
Stéphanie Debette, MD, PhD, University of Bordeaux, France
George F. Howard, MD, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
Axel Karenberg, MD, PhD, University of Cologne, Germany
Andreas Kastrup, Bremen Central Clinic, Germany
Ulrike Schara-Schmidt, MD, PhD, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

Editorial Board
Angelika Alonso, MD, PhD, University Hospital Mannheim, Germany
Kateryna Antonenko, MD, University Hospital Bern, Switzerland
Mathias Bähr, MD, University Medicine Göttingen, Germany
Peter Berlit, MD, German Society of Neurology, Germany
Natan M. Bornstein, MD, Shaare-Zedek Medic
al Center, Israel
Max Borsche, MD, University of Lübeck, Germany
Michael Brainin, Danube University Krems, Austria
Bruce C. V. Campbell, MBBS (Hons), BMedSc, PhD, FRACP, University of Melbourne, Australia
Hanne Christensen, MD, PhD, DMSci, Copenhagen University HospitalDenmark
Stephen Davis, AO MD FAHMS, Royal Melbourne Hospital and University of Melbourne, Australia
Deidre Anne de Silva, MBBS, MRCP, FAMS, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore
Günther Deuschl, MD, PhD, Christian-Albrechts University Kiel, Germany
Kathrin Doppler, MD, University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
Matthias Endres, MD, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
Jens Fiehler, MD, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
Urs Fischer, MD, University Hospital in Basel, Switzerland
Ralf Gold, MD, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
Armin J. Grau, PhD, Independent Consultant, Germany
J. Claude Hemphill, MD,MAS, University of California, USA
Hagen B. Huttner, MD, PhD, University of Giessen, Germany
Tudor G. Jovin, MD, Cooper University Hospital, USA
Ludwig Kappos, MD, University of Basel, Switzerland
Karl Martin Klein, MD, PhD, FRCPC, University of Calgary, Canada
Andreas Kleinschmidt, MD, University Hospital Geneva, Switzerland
Christoph Kleinschnitz, MD, University Hospital Essen, Germany
Samuel Knauss, MD, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
Stefan Knecht, MD, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Germany
Peter J. Koehler, MD, PhD, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
Martin Köhrmann, MD, University of Duisburg – Essen, Germany
Christos Krogias, MD, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
Joji Kuramatsu, MD, Erlangen University Hospital, Germany
Kennedy R. Lees, MD, University of Glasgow, UK
Helmar C. Lehmann, MD, University Hospital of Cologne, Germany
David S. Liebeskind, MD, UCLA, USA
Patrice Lindsay, RN, PhD, FWSO, Systems Change and Stroke Program, Canada
Eng Lo, PhD, FAHA, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA
Albert Ludolph, University of Ulm, Germany
Stephan A. Mayer, MD, FCCM, FNCS, New York Medical College, USA
Sven G. Meuth, MD, PhD, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Germany
Simon Nagel, MP, Heidelberg University, Germa
ny
Frederike Örtel, MD, PhD, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
Walter Paulus, MD, University of Goettingen, Germany
Michael Platten, MD, Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany
Sven Poli, MD MSc, University of Tübingen, Germany
Kathrin Reetz, MD, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Peter A. Ringleb, MD, Heidelberg University
Hospital, Germany
Timolaos Rizos, MD, Heidelberg University, Germany
Peter Schellinger, MD, PhD, Johannes Wesling Hospital Minden, Germany
Tanja Schlereth, MD, Helios Hospital Wiesbaden, Germany
Jörg B. Schulz, MD, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Stefan Schwab, MD, PhD, University Hospital Erlangen, Germany
Thorsten Steiner, MD, Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany
Gene Sung, MD, University of Southern California, USA
Katharina S. Sunnerhagen, MD, PhD, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Kristina Szabo, MD, University Medical Centre Mannheim, Germany
Ghazaleh Tabatabai, MD, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Germany
Simone Tauber, MD, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany
Alexander Thiel, MD, McGill University, Canada
Meng-Han Tsai, MD, PhD, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan
Georgios Tsivgoulis, MD, MSc, PhD, FEAN, FAAN, Attikon University HospitalGreece
Hayrettin Tumani, MD, University of Ulm, Germany
Andreas Unterberg (retired 2023)
Roland Veltkamp, MD, Alfred Krupp Hospital Essen, Germany
Raymond Voltz, MD, University of Cologne, Germany
Yvonne Weber, MD, Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Germany
Norbert Weidner, MD, Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany
Peter Weiss-Blankenhorn, PhD, University Hospital of Cologne, Germany
Michael Weller, MD, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
Ulf Ziemann, MD, University of Tübingen, Germany

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