People

Volker Arnd Coenen

Prof. Dr.
Principal Investigator

Medical Center – University of Freiburg
Department of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Breisacher Straße 64
79106 Freiburg

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

Further CV details

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