Professor of Neurology,Founding Director, Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research, Endowed Chair for Translational Stroke and Dementia Research, Director, Interdisciplinary Stroke Center Munich, Klinikum der Universität München, LMU, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
Martin Dichgans is a Professor of Neurology at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, LMU (Munich, Germany). He is the Founding Director of the Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research and President of the European Stroke Organization (ESO). His major research interest is in the mechanisms, diagnosis and treatment of cerebral small vessel disease (SVD), stroke and vascular dementia with a focus on genetics, molecular and cellular biology, and the conduct of investigator-initiated studies.
Dr. Dichgans authored over 550 research articles, reviews, and editorials. He served as a coordinator / principal investigator of various national (e.g. DZNE), EU (FP7 & Horizon2020) and transatlantic (Fondation Leducq) research grants, and is in leadership positions at national and international conferences on stroke and dementia. Dr. Dichgans coordinates multicenter clinical trials on SVD and atherosclerosis and has contributed to national and international stroke guidelines and expert statements. He is / has been on the Editorial Board of the journals Annals of Neurology, Stroke, European Stroke Journal, International Journal of Stroke, and Frontiers in Stroke. Dr. Dichgans is chair of the scientific advisory board of the EU ERANET Neuron. He further serves on the research committee of the World Stroke Association (WSO) and board of directors of the DFG-funded Excellence Cluster Munich Cluster of Systems Neurology.
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