Principal Investigator
Medical Center – University of Freiburg
Department of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
Breisacher Straße 64
79106 Freiburg
- +49 (0) 761 / 270-50630
- volker.coenen@uniklinik-freiburg.de
- Department Head
Vita
| 1992 – 1998 | Medical studies in Aachen, University of Technology (RWTH) |
| 2000 | Dissertation in Anatomy, RWTH Aachen |
| 2005 – 2008 | Head of Division for Functional Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Aachen |
| 2007 – 2008 | Fellowship "Functional and stereotactic neurosurgery" Surgical Center for Movement Disorders, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada (Christopher R. Honey, M.D., D.phil.) |
| 2008 – 2012 | Professor (W2) of Stereotaxy and MR-based operative techniques, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Bonn |
| Since 2013 | Full Professor (W3) of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Head of Department of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Medical Center – University of Freiburg |
Focus of research
- Extending applications of Deep Brain Stimulation into the relam of Psychiatry
- Imaging assisted Deep Brain Stimulation
- Animal model approaches for the understanding of DBS
