Professor Uwe Walter is a neurologist and director of the Neurosonology Lab and Research Group in the Department of Neurology at the University of Rostock, since 1999. Since 2011, he is Vice-Chair of the Department of Neurology at the Rostock University Medical Center. He is the author of more than 200 peer-reviewed articles and of several textbooks, and lecturer on applications of ultrasound of the brain, nerves and muscles in neurodegenerative and movement disorders. His scientific contributions promoted the application of transcranial ultrasound for the early and differential diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease and related disorders, and established the position control of deep brain stimulation electrodes using ultrasound. His research includes new ultrasound technologies such as real-time fusion imaging, ultrasound-guided placement of deep brain electrodes, and the combination of Doppler and electrographic techniques. Professor Walter is recipient of the scientific award of the German Society of Ultrasound in Medicine (DEGUM) in 2004, and he serves in several committees of the DEGUM, the German Society for Clinical Neurophysiology and Functional Imaging (DGKN), the European Society of Neurosonology and Cerebral Hemodynamics (ESNCH), and the Neurosonology Research Group of the World Federation of Neurology (NSRG-WFN). Since 2018, he is Joint-Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Ultrasound / Ultraschall in der Medizin.
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