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
Lale Önver
Secretary - Front Office
Tel.: 0228 287-15728
Fax: 0228 287-14328
Dr. med. Randi von Wrede
Managing Senior Physician
Secretariat
Maren Ben Boussida
Tel.: 0228 287-15741
Fax: 0228 287-19351
Prof. Dr. med. Dr. phil. Jürgen Bauer
Head Senior Physician
Secretariat
Maren Ben Boussida
Tel.: 0228 287-15741
Fax: 0228 287-19351
Organisation
Maren Ben Boussida
Secretary for Senior Physicians
Maren Ben Boussida
Tel.: 0228 287-15741
Fax: 0228 287-19351
Senior Physicians
Dr. med. Tobias Baumgartner
Senior Physician
Secretariat
Maren Ben Boussida
Tel.: 0228 287-15741
Fax: 0228 287-19351
Dr. med. Susanna Moskau-Hartmann
Senior Physician
Secretariat
Maren Ben Boussida
Tel.: 0228 287-15741
Fax: 0228 287-19351
Dr. rer. nat. Dr. med. Attila Rácz
Senior Physician
Secretariat
Maren Ben Boussida
Tel.: 0228 287-15741
Fax: 0228 287-19351
Dr. med. Michael Rademacher
Senior Physician
Secretariat
Maren Ben Boussida
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
Rosemarie Luster
Tel.: 0228 287-19388
Fax: 0228 287-14328
Dr. med. Aline Faikus
Neurology Specialist
Station Foerster
Tel.: 0228 287-15706
Fax: 0228 287-19351
Dr. med. Anja Ivo
Neurology Specialist
Secretariat
Maren Ben Boussida
Tel.: 0228 287-15741
Fax: 0228 287-19351
Dr. med. Jan Pukropski
Neurology Specialist
Secretariat
Maren Ben Boussida
Tel.: 0228 287-15741
Fax: 0228 287-19351
Prof. Dr. med. Michael Wenzel
Neurology Specialist
Station Foerster
Tel.: 0228 287-15706
Fax: 0228 287-19351
Residents
Arthur Jordan
Resident
Station Foerster
Tel.: 0228 287-15706
Fax: 0228 287-19351
David Wolf
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
Darleen Jumpertz
Patient Admissions
Tel.: 0228 287-19340
Vera Marquardt
Patient Appointments
Tel.: 0228 287-16195
Nijole Masian
Documentation
Tel.: 0228 287-19340
Ulrike von Mäßenhausen
Patient Appointments
Tel.: 0228 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
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.: 0228 287-16108
Sarah Al-Haj Mustafa
Tel.: 0228 287-13638
PD Dr. rer. nat. Christian Hoppe
Tel.: 0228 287-16172
PD Dr. phil. Juri-Alexander Witt
Tel.: 0228 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
Station Management
J. Ernst
Nurse
Antje Fiedler
Nurse
Tel.: 0228 287-15706
Abigail Juguilon
Nurse
Tel.: 0228 287-15706
Tanja Leis
Nurse
Jennifer Max
Nurse
Dietmar Nussbaum
Nurse
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
Sekretariat
Maren Ben Boussida
Tel.: 0228 287-15741
Prof. Dr. med. Rainer Surges, MHBA
Director and Head of Workgroup
Secretariat
Rosemarie Luster
Tel.: 0228 287-19388
PD Dr. med. Randi von Wrede
Managing Senior Physician and Head of Workgroup
Secretariat
Maren Ben Boussida
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.
