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About Prof. Dr. Bernhard Hemmer
- Prof. Dr. Bernhard Hemmer is a Neurologist based in Heidelberg with over 37+ years of experience.
- He is a member of the Executive Advisory Board of the German MS Society, Scientific Board Member of the German Multiple Sclerosis competence networks, Co-Speaker (2009-2012), Speaker (2012- 2016), Secretary (Since 2016), and Member of the Executive Committee of the European congress for the treatment and research in multiple sclerosis (Treasurer (2012 - 2016), Vice President (Since 2016).\
- He also acts as an Advisory Board Member of the Archives of Neurology, Experimental Neurology, Multiple sclerosis Journal.
- After studying human medicine, he obtained his doctorate at the University of Freiburg in 1991 and started working at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, USA, in 1995 with a German Research Foundation (DFG) grant.
- He obtained his specialist medical training at the university hospitals in Freiburg and Marburg and worked as a senior physician in Marburg and as Deputy Clinic Director in Düsseldorf.
- His work focuses on research into B-cells and T-cells in inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system, especially multiple sclerosis (MS).
- She is the author of more than 50 research papers and reviews publications both nationally and internationally.
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Graduation, University of Freiburg(1984)- Fellowship, Fellowship, NINDS, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA(1998)
- 1995 - 1997 Scholarship of the German Research Foundation (Postdoctoral Fellowship).
- 1997 - 1998 Fogarty Scholarship, National Institutes of Health, USA.
- 1998 Langheinrich Award.
- 2000 Heisenberg Award of the German Research Foundation.
- 2000 Heinrich Pette Award of the German Neurological Society.
- 2013 Sobek Research Prize
- Senior Resident, University of Marburg
- Senior Resident, University of Freiburg
Papers Published
- Montalban X, Hauser SL, Kappos L, Arnold DL, Bar-Or A, Comi G, de Seze J, Giovannoni G, Hartung HP, Hemmer B, Lublin F, Rammohan KW, Selmaj K, Traboulsee A, Sauter A, Masterman D, Fontoura P, Belachew S, Garren H, Mairon N, Chin P, Wolinsky JS. ORATORIO Clinical Investigators. Ocrelizumab versus placebo in primary progressive multiple sclerosis. N Engl J Med 376:209-20 (2017)
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- Herwerth M, Kalluri SR, Srivastava R, Kleele T, Kenet S, Illes Z, Merkler D, Bennett JL, Misgeld T*, Hemmer B*. In vivo imaging reveals rapid astrocyte depletion and axon damage in a model of neuromyelitis optica-related pathology. Ann Neurol epub ahead of print (2016)
* equal contributing senior authors - Andlauer TF, Buck D, Antony G, Bayas A, Bechmann L, Berthele A, Chan A, Gasperi C, Gold R, Graetz C, Haas J, Hecker M, Infante-Duarte C, Knop M, Kümpfel T, Limmroth V, Linker RA, Loleit V, Luessi F, Meuth SG, Mühlau M, Nischwitz S, Paul F, Pütz M, Ruck T, Salmen A, Stangel M, Stellmann JP, Stürner KH, Tackenberg B, Then Bergh F, Tumani H, Warnke C, Weber F, Wiendl H, Wildemann B, Zettl UK, Ziemann U, Zipp F, Arloth J, Weber P, Radivojkov-Blagojevic M, Scheinhardt MO, Dankowski T, Bettecken T, Lichtner P, Czamara D, Carrillo-Roa T, Binder EB, Berger K, Bertram L, Franke A, Gieger C, Herms S, Homuth G, Ising M, Jöckel KH, Kacprowski T, Kloiber S, Laudes M, Lieb W, Lill CM, Lucae S, Meitinger T, Moebus S, Müller-Nurasyid M, Nöthen MM, Petersmann A, Rawal R, Schminke U, Strauch K, Völzke H, Waldenberger M, Wellmann J, Porcu E, Mulas A, Pitzalis M, Sidore C, Zara I, Cucca F, Zoledziewska M, Ziegler A, Hemmer B*, Müller-Myhsok B*. Novel multiple sclerosis susceptibility loci implicated in epigenetic regulation. Sci Adv 17:1501678 (2016)
* These authors contributed equally to this work. - Srivastava R, Aslam M, Kalluri SR, Schirmer L, Buck D, Tackenberg B, Rothhammer V, Chan A, Gold R, Berthele A, Bennett JL, Korn T, Hemmer B. Potassium channel KIR4.1 as an immune target in multiple sclerosis. N Engl J Med 367:115-23 (2012)
- Brilot F, Dale RC, Selter RC, Grummel V, Kalluri SR, Aslam M, Busch V, Zhou D, Cepok S, Hemmer B. Antibodies to native myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein in children with inflammatory demyelinating central nervous system disease. Ann Neurol. 66:833-42 (2009)
- Bennett J, Lam C, Reddy S, Bautista K, Dupree C, Glogowska M., Case D., Antel J, Owens G, Gilden D, Nessler S, Stadelmann C, Hemmer B. Intrathecal pathogenic anti-Aquaporin-4 antibodies in early neuromyelitis optica. Ann Neurol 66:617-29 (2009)
- Cepok S, Zhou D, Srivastava R, Grummel V, Büssow K, Nessler S, Sommer N, Hemmer B. Identification of Epstein-Barr-Virus proteins as putative targets of the immune response in multiple sclerosis, J Clin Invest 115:1352-60 (2005)
- Cepok S, Rosche B, Grummel V, Vogel F, Zhou D, Sayn J, Sommer N, Hartung HP, Hemmer B. Short-lived plasma blasts are the main B cell effector subset during the course of multiple sclerosis. Brain 128:1667-76 (2005)
- Hemmer B, Archelos JJ, Hartung HP. New concepts in the immunopathogenesis of multiple sclerosis. Nat Rev Neurosci 3:291-391 (2002)
- Hemmer B, Gran B, Zhao Y, Marques A, Pinilla C, Pascal J, Tzou A, Kondo T, Cortese I, Bielekova B, Straus S, McFarland HF, Houghten R, Simon R, Martin R. Identification of candidate T-cell epitopes and molecular mimics in chronic Lyme disease. Nat Med 5:1375-82 (1999)
- Hemmer B, Fleckenstein BT, Vergelli M, Jung G, McFarland HF, Martin R, Wiesmüller KH. Identification of high potency microbial and self-ligands for a human autoreactive class-II restricted T cell clone. J Exp Med 185:1651-60 (1997)
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Prof. Dr. Bernhard Hemmer practices at University Hospital Rechts der Isar
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Prof. Dr. Bernhard Hemmer specialty is Neurologist
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