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05.06.2023
New video: three questions for Prof. Annamaria Vezzani
On May 24, 2023, Prof. Annamaria Vezzani from the Mario Negri Institute of Pharmacological Research in Milan, Italy, was our guest at the Bonn Epilepsy Seminar, where she gave an exciting lecture titled, "Inflammatory pathways as diagnostic markers and therapeutic targets in epilepsy." In a new video, she answers our three questions about her career path, the situation regarding the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy in Italy, and her research topic.
25.05.2023
New podcast episode - Taboo subject: SUDEP
In this episode, Professor Dr. Rainer Surges and Simone Claß discuss a topic that is often ignored but deserves urgent attention: SUDEP (Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy) - the sudden and unexpected death of individuals with epilepsy. Discover the risk factors associated with SUDEP, learn strategies for reducing the risk, and gain insight into what the Head of the Department of Epileptology considers crucial when educating patients about SUDEP.
23.05.2023
Congratulations!
Since 1986, Prof. Dr. Christoph Helmstaedter has been working with us, leading the Department of Neuropsychology. He was ranked #89 among the best German researchers and #1109 among the best researchers worldwide in the field of Neuroscience by Research.com.
17.05.2023
We are pleased to welcome Prof. Dr. Dr. Lukas Kunz to the Department of Epileptology as of May 01, 2023.
His interest lies in elucidating the mechanisms responsible for spatial orientation and memory formation and in exploring how and why these functions are affected by certain conditions, such as epilepsy. In the interview, we asked him about his plans.
08.05.2023
New video: three questions for Dr. Roland Thijs
On 26.4.2023, Dr Roland Thijs from the Leiden University Medical Centre in the Netherlands was our guest at the Bonn Epilepsy Seminar and presented an exciting lecture on epilepsy and syncope. Afterwards, we asked him three questions about his career, the particularities of epilepsy treatment in his home country and his research topic. We recorded his answers on video.
27.04.2023
New podcast episode, "What is Epilepy?“
In this podcast episode, Prof. Dr. Rainer Surges and Simone Claß discuss some basic questions including: What is actually an epileptic seizure? What are the causes? When is epilepsy diagnosed?
We shed light on this subject and explain some of the most important technical terms that patients and their relatives are regularly confronted with.
18.04.2023
SAVE THE DATE!
The second Interdisciplinary Symposium on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Dissociative and Functional Disturbances held by the Department of Epileptology, the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, as well as the Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, will take place on Saturday, 20.08.2023 from 09:00 until 15:30.
Registration information and the program will be available shortly.
17.04.2023
We are pleased to welcome Prof. Dr. Björn Krüger to the Department of Epileptology as of April 01, 2023.
Professor Dr. Björn Krüger's focus is on the mobile and personalised collection of health data, which is also an increasingly relevant topic in epileptology. For his introduction, he answered a few questions for us.
31.03.2023
Our new podcast episode, "What was the conference like?" is now online!
In this podcast episode, Simone Claß meets with Prof. Dr. Rainer Surges and senior physician Dr. Tobias Baumgartner to discuss the three-country conference on epilepsy, which took place on March 15-18, 2023 in Berlin. This conference is organized every two years by the German and Austrian Society for Epileptology and the Swiss Epilepsy League; it is also the most important specialist event on epilepsy in the German-speaking world. Among other things, we discuss the top issues of the conference, the interesting event formats, and also the social aspect of such congresses.
06.03.2023
New video: three questions for Sylvain Rheims!
On February 15, 2023, Sylvain Rheims was an oline guest speaker at our Bonn Epilepsy Seminar. He spoke about the treatment options for tuberous sclerosis and nodular heterotopias. Afterwards, he answered three questions for us about his career, the situation regarding the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy in France, and his research topic.
24.02.2023
A new episode of our podcast "Scharfe Welle" is now online!
In Episode 2, Simone Claß and Prof. Dr. Rainer Surges discuss the wide range of treatment options that are available for epileptic seizures and epilepsy. How do the medications work? Why is it that epilepsy therapies are very individual in some ways, but not so much in others? Who is a candidate for epilepsy surgery? (in German)
26.01.2023
May we introduce?
The new epilepsy podcast from the Department of Epileptology in Bonn is here! Simone Claß and Prof. Dr. Rainer Surges discuss epileptic seizures and epilepsies - topics range from everyday life and living with the disease to diagnostics and therapy to current research topics within the field. (in German)
23.08.2022
2nd Interdisciplinary Symposium on the Diagnostics and Therapy of Dissociative and Functional Disorders
On Saturday the 20. August 2022, the 2nd Interdisciplinary Symposium on the Diagnostics and Therapy of Dissociate and Functional Disorders took place at the University Club in Bonn. These disorders are psychiatric disorders that are normally very similar in their symptomatology to neurological disorders, but in which the corresponding "structural" disorders are not actually present.
10.01.2022
Light activiated anticonvulsive medications
Dr. med. Michael Wenzel of the Department of Epileptology at the University Hospital Bonn has received a coveted Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). With the associated funding of 1.5 million Euro over the next five years, the neurologist will research new light-activated drugs with antiepileptic effects and investigate how they can help with epilepsies that are difficult to treat.
24.09.2021
StopSUDEP Symposium 2021 – Together against Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy
Online event of the Oskar Killinger Foundation and the KBV
Wednesday, 20. October 2021, 14:00 until 16:30
The event will take place via Zoom video conference.
Every year, 1 out of 1,000 patients die from Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP). That's about 700 people in Germany alone - every year. SUDEP affects all epilepsy patients, regardless of the severity of the epilepsy and regardless of age. Children, adolescents and young adults are affected just as much as adults.
23.08.2021
Together against Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP)
Prof. Dr. Rainer Surges advises the Oskar Killinger Foundation.
stopSUDEP is an initiative of the Oskar Killinger Foundation in Hamburg.
The goal of the Foundation is to provide comprehensive education to people with epilepsy, their parents, siblings and friends, caregivers and treating physicians about ways to prevent SUDEP.
stopSUDEP is advised on medical matters by Prof. Dr. med. Rainer Surges, Head of the Department of Epileptology at the University Hospital of Bonn.
23.08.2021
The Department for Epileptology has redesigned the walls with high-quality photographs featuring motifs from Bonn, the Siebengebirge and the Ahr Valley. The large-format photos behind acrylic glass create a positive atmosphere for patients and staff in the corridors, offices and treatment rooms.
Dominik Ketz, born in Bonn in 1974, now lives in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler again. As a professional outdoor photographer, he travels all over the world. For the new pictures in the Clinic and Polyclinic for Epileptology, he was able to stay close to his family and took pictures for us in Bonn and the surrounding area.
01.11.2020
MOND - Seizure recording with a new type of mobile ear EEG
The MOND project is currently being launched with the major involvement of the Bonn Department for Epileptology.
MOND - Mobile, smart neurosensor system for the detection and documentation of epileptic seizures in everyday life
Discreet and convenient - in the MOND project, funded by the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG), a mobile neurosensor system has been under development since April 2020 that can detect and document epileptic seizures in everyday situations with the help of a smartphone and artificial intelligence.
The MOND project is funded by the Federal Ministry of Health BMG as part of the funding priority "Digital innovations for improving patient-centred care in healthcare, smart sensor technology".
Events
02.05.2023
Program for the Winter Semester 2023 / 2024
The program for the Winter Semester 2023 / 2024 is here! Just as before, the lectures will always take place on a Wednesday from 16:00 -17:30. In addition to the face-to-face event in our Department, it is also possible to participate via Zoom.
02.05.2023
**** SPECIAL in August ****
As part of the Bonn Epilepsy Seminar, an additional event will take place on Wednesday, August 30, 2023. Prof. Daniel Friedman (USA) will present a lecture on the topic, "Novel therapies and trial designs for epilepsy"
We look forward to your participation!
09.01.2023
Program for the Summer Semester 2023
The program for the Summer Semester 2023 is here! Just as before, the lectures will always take place on a Wednesday from 16:00 – 17:30. In addition to the in-person event held in our Department, participation is also possible over Zoom. Please register under .
26.01.2023
SAVE THE DATE!
The 4th Otto-Löwenstein-Symposium will take place on 25. November 2023, at 09:00 - 15:15 in the University Club Bonn. The program and additional information will be forthcoming soon.
22.08.2022
3. Otto-Löwenstein-Symposium
SAVE THE DATE!!!
The 3rd Otto Löwenstein Symposium will be held on November 12, 2022 from 9 am to 3 pm at the Bonn University Club.
30.06.2022
Program for the Winter Semester 2022/2023
The program for the Winter Semester 2022/2023 has been set and is now available. Just as before, the lectures will always take place on a Wednesday, from 16:00 – 17:30. In addition to the in-person event held in our Department, participation is also available over Zoom. Please register under .
10.06.2022
SAVE THE DATE!
The second Interdisciplinary Symposium on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Dissociative and Functional Disturbances of the Clinics and Polyclinics for Epileptology, Psychiatry and Psychotherapy as well as Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy will take place on Saturday, 20.08.2022 from 09:00 until 15:30.
21.02.2022
Bonn Epilepsy Seminar
In the summer semester 2022, the Bonn Epilepsy Seminar will again take place on several dates. The lectures will always take place on Wednesday from 16:00 -17:30 in the seminar room Penin of the Clinic and Polyclinic for Epileptology. We also offer the lectures as a live stream via Zoom. Registration at
06.10.2021
Bonner Epilepsy Seminar
The next lecture as part of the Bonn Epilepsy Seminar in the winter semester 2021/2022 will take place on 19.01.2022. Prof. Dr. Maria Thom from UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London will speak on the topic of "Neuropathological findings and mechanisms in SUDEP". The seminar can also be followed as a live online stream. Registrations under
20.11.2021
Otto-Löwenstein-Symposium
Every two years, the Department for Epileptology organises the Otto-Löwenstein-Symposium with internationally renowned experts.
The 2nd Otto Löwenstein Symposium will take place on Saturday, 20.11.2021.
06.11.2021
Bonn Epilepsy Forum - Patient Day
The Bonn Epilepsy Forum is a day designed for patients and will be held in cooperation with the Landesverband Epilepsie Selbsthilfe NRW e. V. and take place on Saturday, 06.11.2021.
In easy-to-understand, practical presentations, experts from our Department will inform patients and their relatives about important medical and psychological topics that are related to epilepsy.
