Research Interests:
- Secondary brain damage following trauma and ischemia
- Therapeutic studies of brain edema
- Cerebral blood flow, metabolism and MR-spectroscopy following experimental
head injury
- Monitoring of intracranial pressure, cerebral perfusion pressure and cerebral oxygenation
following severe head injury
- Therapeutic studies in severe head injury
- Microdialysis following subarachnoid hemorrhage and head injury
- Intraoperative Imaging

Clinical Interests:
- Neurooncology
- Vascular Neurosurgery
- Pituitary Surgery
- Skull base surgery
- Neurotraumatology
- Neurosurgical Intensive Care
Awards and Honors:
09/82 Travel Award of the European Society for Microcirculation

09/83 E.K.-Frey-Award
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internistische Intensivmedizin
05/87 Poster Award,
American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)
09/88 Upjohn Award for Neurosurgical Research,
European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS)
01/95 Member of the International Expert Group
„Guidelines in the Management of Severe Head Injury“
07/95 Investigator Award, International Neurotrauma Society