Zur Person
Prof. Dr. med. Martin Sommer
Oberarzt (Consultant)
Robert-Koch-Strasse 40
37075 Göttingen
Research and Clinical Interests
Movement disorders, motor cortex excitability
Parkinson's disease, stuttering
Curriculum Vitae
| 2010 | Professor extraordinarius |
| 2006 | Habilitation (postdoctoral lecture qualification) for Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology |
| 2005 | Consultant (Oberarzt) |
| 2003 | Board certified Neurologist (Facharzt) |
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2001-2002 |
Visiting Fellow at the Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Universtiy of Hamburg ( Dr. C. Weiller, Dr. C. Büchel), project on Diffusion Tensor Imaging in persistent developmental stuttering. |
| 2000 | Residency in Psychiatry at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Göttingen (Prof. E. Rüther). |
| from 1997 on | Residency and fellowship in Neurology, Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Center for Neurological Medicine, University of Göttingen (Dr. W. Paulus). Clinical focus on movement disorders, studies on motor cortex excitability in movement and speech disorders. |
| 1996-1997 | Visiting fellow in the Human Motor Control Section, National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA (Prof. M. Hallett). Studies on implicit learning and movement planning in healthy humans and patients with movement disorders. |
| 1993-1994 | Academic Year at the Faculté de Médecine de Toulouse-Rangueil, France, within the European University Exchange Program “Erasmus“ |
| 1989-1996 | Medical Faculty, University of Aachen, Germany |
Formal Qualifications
| 2010 | Professor extraordinarius |
| 2006 | Special Training in Deep brain stimulation for movement disorders, introduction of deep brain stimulation in Goettingen in cooperation with the department of Neurosurgery (Prof. V. Rohde) |
| 2005 | DGKN: Electromyography certificate of of the German Society for Clinical Neurophysiology and Functional Imaging (DGKN) |
| 2005 |
DKGN: Neurological Ultrasound certificate |
| 2004 | DGKN: Evoked potential certificate |
| 2003 | German Board Examination in Neurology |
| 2000 | DKGN: EEG certificate |
| 1996 | Medical Licence |
Memberships
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neurologie
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Klinische Neurophysiologie
President of the Bundesereinigung Stotterer Selbsthilfe (German Stuttering Association; www.bvss.de)
Verein der Freunde und Förderer des Deutschen Theaters in Göttingen e.v.
Kunstverein Göttingen e.V.
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Klinische Neurophysiologie
President of the Bundesereinigung Stotterer Selbsthilfe (German Stuttering Association; www.bvss.de)
Verein der Freunde und Förderer des Deutschen Theaters in Göttingen e.v.
Kunstverein Göttingen e.V.
Grants
| 2005 | DFG grant So-429/2-2 (1 years of BAT II a) "Wirkmechanismen und funktionelle Relevanz monophasischer und biphasischer repetitiver transkranieller Magnetstimulation" |
| 2004 | Forschungsfreistellung der Medizinischen Fakultät der Universität Göttingen. |
| 2002 | DFG grant So-429/2-1 (2 years of BAT II a) "Wirkmechanismen und funktionelle Relevanz monophasischer und biphasischer repetitiver transkranieller Magnetstimulation" |
| 2001 | Forschungsfreistellung der Fakultät (4 months of BAT II a) "Neurophysiology and brain imaging of stuttering" |
| 1996 |
DAAD grant for stay at NIH
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Cooperations
Bundesvereinigung Stotterer-Selbsthilfe
Andreas Starke, Logopäde
www.andreasstarke.de/
Kasseler Stottertherapie
www.kasseler-stottertherapie.de/kst.asp
www.andreasstarke.de/
Kasseler Stottertherapie
www.kasseler-stottertherapie.de/kst.asp