Curriculum Vitae

Hermann Ackermann, MD, MA

CURRICULUM VITAE

BUSINESS ADDRESS:
   
(a)
Department of General Neurology
HERTIE-Institute for Clinical Neurosciences
University of Tübingen
Hoppe-Seyler-Strasse 3, D-72076 Tübingen
Phone: +49 7071 2987529
FAX: +49 7071 295260
E-mail: hermann.ackermann@uni-tuebingen.de

(b)
Department of Neurological Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation Center Hohenurach
Immanuel-Kant-Strasse 33, D-72574 Bad Urach
Phone: +49 7125 1511161
FAX: +49 7125 1511106
E-mail: hermann.ackermann@fachkliniken-hohenurach.de
 
DOB:
   
September 3, 1954

ARMY SERVICE:
   
1973 - 1974 (Medical service of the German Air Forces)

UNIVERSITY EDUCATION:

1974 - 1978
University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

1978 - 1982
University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

UNIVERSITY DEGREES:

1981
M.A. (philosophy, psychology; University of Heidelberg)

1984
M.D. (University of Heidelberg)

1993
„Habilitation" in Neurology (Topic: „Postural Reflexes of the Distal Leg Muscles: Physiological Mechanisms and Clinical Applications"; University of Tübingen)

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS:

1982
License as a physician („Approbation")

1990
License as a neurologist („Facharztanerkennung")

1996
Clinical geriatrics („Fakultative Weiterbildung")

1999
Rehabilitation („Zusatzbezeichnung")

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS:

VII / 82 - XII / 82
Department of Gerontopsychiatry, Pfalzklinik Landeck, D-76889 Klingenmünster

I / 83 - XII / 95
Department of Neurology, University of Tübingen, D-72076 Tübingen

I / 86 - XII / 86
Research fellow, Department of Neuropsychology (Head: D.Y. von Cramon), Max-Planck-Institute for Psychiatry, D-80804 München

X / 87 - IX / 88
Department of Psychiatry, University of Tübingen

I / 92 - XII / 92
Research fellow, Research Group Clinical Neuropsychology, Municipal Hospital Bogenhausen, D-81925 Munich (Speech Motor Control Laboratory, Head: W. Ziegler)

I / 96 - pres
Head, Department of Neurological Rehabilitation, Rehabiliation Center Hohenurach, D-72574 Bad Urach

VII / 97 - pres
Professor for Neurological Rehabilitation (C3), Medical School, University of Tübingen, and head of the Research Group Neurophonetics at the HERTIE-Institute for Clinical Neurosciences, University of Tübingen, D-72076 Tübingen

AREAS OF CLINICAL TRAINING:
   
Ultrasound diagnostics in cerebrovascular disorders
Electrophysiological diagnostics (EMG, EEG, EP, TMS)

MAJOR AREAS OF RESEARCH:
   
Physiology and pathophysiology of upright posture in humans (until 1991)
Acoustic and kinematic analyses of speech motor deficits in cerebellar and basal ganglia dysfunctions
Functional brain imaging of spech motor control and speech sound perception (fMRT, whole-head MEG)

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neurologie (DGN)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ultraschall in der Medizin (DEGUM)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Klinische Neurophysiologie (DGKN)
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
American Speech - Language - Hearing Association (ASHA)
International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association (ICPLA): founding member
Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM)
Society for Neuroscience (SfN)