About us
The duties of the Department of Epileptology are clearly defined: optimally diagnosing and treating patients with epilepsy and other seizure-like disorders, and researching epilepsy and the functions of the human brain, such as memory and emotion.
The well-being of the patient is the central guiding principle of our Department; seizure control and improvement in quality of life are the primary goals.
The Department offers our patients an environment in which all aspects of their disease can be intensively examined and taken into consideration for optimal treatment. This requires a complex interaction among several workgroups within the Department and also close cooperation with other Departments, such as Neurosurgery and Neuroradiology.
Here, internationally renowned scientific workgroups address a wide range of issues relating to epilepsy.
Through academic teaching as well as active participation in medical and professional training, we help ensure that patients can experience high-quality diagnostic testing and treatment, even outside of special epilepsy centers. We also feel a special obligation to better inform the public with regard to epilepsy’s disease pattern through active public relations work.


Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Rainer Surges, MHBA
Director and Head of the Department of Epileptology
Secretariat
Rosemarie Luster
Tel.: 0228 287-19388
Fax: 0228 287-14328
Organisation


Rosemarie Luster
Office Manager / Secretariat Supervisor
Tel.: 0228 287-19388
Fax: 0228 287-14328
Organisation


Darleen Jumpertz
Secretary - Front Office
Tel.: 0228 287-15728
Fax: 0228 287-14328


Dr. med. Randi von Wrede
Managing Senior Physician
Secretariat
Hümeyra Önver
Tel.: 0228 287-15741
Fax: 0228 287-19351


Prof. Dr. med. Dr. phil. Jürgen Bauer
Head Senior Physician
Secretariat
Hümeyra Önver
Tel.: 0228 287-15741
Fax: 0228 287-19351
Organisation


Hümeyra Önver
Secretary for Senior Physicians
Tel.: 0228 287-15741
Fax: 0228 287-19351
Senior Physicians


Dr. med. Tobias Baumgartner
Senior Physician
Secretariat
Hümeyra Önver
Tel.: 0228 287-15741
Fax: 0228 287-19351


Dr. med. Susanna Moskau-Hartmann
Senior Physician
Secretariat
Hümeyra Önver
Tel.: 0228 287-15741
Fax: 0228 287-19351


Dr. rer. nat. Dr. med. Attila Rácz
Senior Physician
Secretariat
Hümeyra Önver
Tel.: 0228 287-15741
Fax: 0228 287-19351


Dr. med. Michael Rademacher
Senior Physician
Secretariat
Hümeyra Önver
Tel.: 0228 287-15741
Fax: 0228 287-19351
Specialists


Mostafa Badr
Neurology Specialist
Station Foerster
Tel.: 0228 287-15706
Fax: 0228 287-19351


Dr. med. Sarah Brömling
Neurology Specialist
Secretariat
Hümeyra Önver
Tel.: 0228 287-15741
Fax: 0228 287-19351


Dr. med. Anja Ivo
Neurology Specialist
Secretariat
Hümeyra Önver
Tel.: 0228 287-15741
Fax: 0228 287-19351


Dr. med. Jan Pukropski
Neurology Specialist
Secretariat
Hümeyra Önver
Tel.: 0228 287-15741
Fax: 0228 287-19351


PD Dr. med. Theodor Rüber
Neurology Specialist
Station Foerster
Tel.: 0228 287-15706
Fax: 0228 287-19351


PD Dr. med. Michael Wenzel
Neurology Specialist
Station Foerster
Tel.: 0228 287-15706
Fax: 0228 287-19351
Residents


Hannah Asperger
Resident
Station Foerster
Tel.: 0228 287-15706
Fax: 0228 287-19351


Arthur Jordan
Resident
Station Foerster
Tel.: 0228 287-15706
Fax: 0228 287-19351


Dr. med. Julia Nordsiek
Resident
Station Foerster
Tel.: 0228 287-15706
Fax: 0228 287-19351


Dr. med. Karmele Olaciregui Dague
Resident
Station Foerster
Tel.: 0228 287-15706
Fax: 0228 287-19351


Dr. med. Annika Reimers
Resident
Station Foerster
Tel.: 0228 287-15706
Fax: 0228 287-19351

Ulrike Burgardt
Patient Appointments
Tel.: +49 228 287-16195

Sabine Fabiunke
MFA
Tel.: +49 228 287-19340

Dorothee Giesecke
MFA
Tel.: +49 228 287-16195

Marion Grupp
MFA
Tel.: +49 228 287-19340

Vera Marquardt
Patient Appointments
Tel.: +49 228 287-16195

Nijole Masian
Documentation
Tel.: +49 228 287-19340

Lale Önver
Assistent
Tel.: 0228 287-19340

Ulrike von Mäßenhausen
Patient Appointments
Tel.: +49 228 287-16195


Michaela Gietz
EEG Routine
Tel.: 0228 287-19354


Ouejdan Hamane
EEG SDA
Tel.: 0228 287-15720


Alexander Heller
EEG SDA
Tel.: 0228 287-15720


Annett Jelinek
Head of EEG Routine


Bozena Kulis
Acting Head of EEG SDA
Tel.: 0228 287-16378


Eligija Misiukoniene
EEG SDA
Tel.: 0228 287-16378


Nicole Oswald
EEG SDA
Tel.: 0228 287-16378


Indra Prusseit
EEG Routine
Tel.: 0228 287-16393


Anke Racek
EEG SDA
Tel.: 0228 287-16378


Katja Reinhardt
EEG MLE
Tel.: 0228 287-16257 /-19370


Nils Rosche
EEG SDA
Tel.: 0228 287-16378


Cornelia Schmitz-Stercken
EEG SDA
Tel.: 0228 287-14063


Maria Schruff
Head of EEG SDA
Tel.: 0228 287-15720 /-16378


Heike Weber-Knuf
EEG Routine


Silke Weißkirchen
EEG SDA
Tel.: 0228 287-16378


Susanne Beyer
MTA
Tel.: +49 228 6885-205


Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Wolfram Kunz
Head of Workgroup
Tel.: +49 228 6885-290


Silke Schiller
Secretariat


Dr. Gábor Zsurka
Postdoctoral Fellow
Tel.: +49 228 6885-213


Prof. Dr. phil. Christoph Helmstaedter
Head of Workgroup
Tel.: +49 228 287-16108


PD Dr. rer. nat. Christian Hoppe
Tel.: +49 228 287-16172


PD Dr. phil. Juri-Alexander Witt
Tel.: +49 228 287-14436
Organisation


Ruth Bender
Secretary
Tel.: +49 228 287-19366
Fax: +49 228 287-11560
Case Management


Kitty Weber
BTA / MTA
Tel.: +49 228 287-19363
Case Management


Marion Wüst
BTA / MTA
Tel.: +49 228 287-19363
Study Trials


Ines Goebel
Tel.: +49 228 287-15748
Study Trials


Sylke Schaffranek
Tel.: +49 228 287-15748
Technology


Gregor Gast
Technician
Tel.: +49 228 287-19360
Technology

Björn Liebig
Technician
Tel.: +49 228 287-16833
Technology

Peter Rolf
System Administrator
Tel.: +49 228 287-19006
Communication


Sandra Schuller
Communication and Design for Patient Care, Education, and Science
Tel.: +49 228 287-14351
Communication

Karen Wörmann
Science / Communication Assistant
Tel.: +49 228 287-11574
Project Management / Quality Management


Dipl. Biol. Birgitta Esser
Tel.: +49 228 287-11507
Digital Teaching


Dipl.-Biochem. Simone Claß
Tel.: +49 228 287-16126


Sandra Redmann


J. Ernst
Nurse


Antje Fiedler
Nurse
Tel.: 0228 287-15706


Abigail Juguilon
Nurse
Tel.: 0228 287-15706


Sarah Lee
Nurse
Tel.: 0228 287-15706


Tanja Leis
Nurse


Dietmar Nussbaum
Nurse


Katrin Potrafki
Nurse
Tel.: 0228 287-15706


Mario Starke
Nurse
Tel.: 0228 287-15706


Fawad Sultani
Nurse


Magnolia Villas
Nurse
Tel.: 0228 287-15706


Nelly Witting
Nurse
Tel.: 0228 287-15706


Jasmin Dulaj
Dipl. Remedial Education
Tel.: 0228 287-19219


Ella Francke
Ergotherapist
Tel.: 0228 287-19219




Prof. Dr. phil. Christoph Helmstaedter
Head of Workgroup
Tel.: 0228 287-16108









Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. med. Florian Mormann
Head of Workgroup
Tel.: 0228 287-15738


Dr. med. Susanna Moskau-Hartmann
Head of Workgroup
Secretariat
Hümeyra Önver
Tel.: 0228 287-15741






Prof. Dr. med. Rainer Surges, MHBA
Director and Head of Workgroup
Secretariat
Rosemarie Luster
Tel.: 0228 287-19388


Dr. med. Randi von Wrede
Managing Senior Physician and Head of Workgroup
Secretariat
Hümeyra Önver
Tel.: 0228 287-15741


The Department of Epileptology in Bonn was founded in 1979 as a special clinic for the treatment and research of epilepsy. At the same time, the only German chair for epileptology was established here for many decades. Together with the Departments of Psychiatry, Neurology and Neurosurgery Departments as well as the Institute of Neuropathology, the Department of Epileptology is now part of the Centre for Neurology at the University Hospital Bonn. In close cooperation with our Department of Neurosurgery, one of the world's largest epilepsy centres was built here. The Department of Epileptology moved to the new building premisis in September of 2000.
The founding Director, Prof. Dr. Heinz Penin (1924-2020) was named as the first Professor for Epileptology in August 1979. From 1990 until March 2019, the Department was headed by Prof. Dr. Christian Elger. As of April 2019, Prof. Dr. Rainer Surges is the Chair of the University Professorship for Epileptology as well as the Director of the Department of Epileptology.