Dept. of Neurology
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Martinistr. 52
20246 Hamburg
Tel: +49-40-7410-53770
Fax: +49-40-7410-56721
Email: gerloff@uke.de
 

September 27, 1963
 

1984-1991

 
1987-1991

 
1992-1994

 
1995-1996

 
1996-1997

 
1998-2000

 
2000

2000-2006

 
2005-2006

 
since 2006

Medical School, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, Germany, and University of Vienna, Austria; member of the Studienstiftung

M.D. thesis in Neurobiology, Dept. of Neuropathology, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, Germany

Residency (part 1) at the Dept. of Neurology, Univ. of Tübingen,
Germany

Post-doc grant of the German Research Counsil (DFG Ge 844/1-1 and 1-2) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), NINDS, Bethesda, U.S.A.

Appointment at the NIH, NINDS, Bethesda, U.S.A., as Visiting Associate and head of the EEG research laboratory, Human Motor Control Section

Residency (part 2) at the Dept. of Neurology, Univ. of Tübingen,
Germany

Ph.D. thesis (habilitation) for neurology and clinical neurophysiology

Lecturer and Senior Attending Neurologist at the Dept. of Neurology, Univ. of Tübingen, Germany

Deputy Medical Director and Professor of Neurology, Dept. of
Neurology, Univ. of Tübingen, Germany

Director of the Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, and Full Professor of Neurology, University of Hamburg, Germany

Since 1999 8 MD students, 1 PhD student, 3 habilitations

>20 fellows trained for clinical EEG

supervisor of clinical neurophysiology and neurosonology laboratories

since 2006 responsible for residency training in neurology at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) and responsible for continuous medical education in the Dept. of Neurology
 

German society for neurology (DGN)

German stroke association (DSG)

Chairman of EQS stroke committee Hamburg (quality management in stroke)
 

patterns, mechanisms, and modulation of neuroplasticity after stroke

acute stroke imaging

information processing in the sensorimotor system
 

• Gerloff C, Corwell B, Chen R, Hallett M, Cohen LG (1997) Stimulation over the human supplementary motor area interferes with the organization of future elements in complex motor sequences. Brain 120: 1587-1602

• Cohen LG, Celnik P, Pascual-Leone A, Faiz L, Corwell B, Honda M, Sadato N, Gerloff C, Catalá MD, Hallett M (1997) Functional relevance of cross-modal plasticity in blind humans. Nature 389: 180-183

• Andres FG, Mima T, Schulman AE, Dichgans J, Hallett M, Gerloff C (1999) Functional coupling of human cortical sensorimotor areas during bimanual skill acquisition. Brain 122: 855-870

• Hummel F, Andres FG, Altenmüller E, Dichgans J, Gerloff C (2002) Inhibitory control of acquired motor programs in the human brain. Brain 125: 404-420

• Staudt M, Gerloff C, Grodd W, Holthausen H, Niemann G, Krägeloh-Mann I (2004) Reorganization in congenital hemiparesis acquired at different gestational ages. Ann Neurol 56: 854-63

• Hummel F, Celnik P, Giraux P, Floel A, Wan-Hsun Wu WH, Gerloff C, Cohen LG (2005) Effects of noninvasive cortical stimulation on skilled motor function in chronic stroke. Brain 128: 490-499

• Gerloff C, Bushara K, Sailer A, Wassermann EM, Chen R, Waldvogel D, Wittenberg GF, Cohen LG, and Hallett M (2006) Multimodal imaging of brain reorganization in motor areas of the contralesional hemisphere of well recovered patients after capsular stroke. Brain 129: 791-808

• Lotze M, Markert J, Sauseng P, Hoppe J, Plewnia C, Gerloff C (2006). The role of multiple contralesional motor areas for complex hand movements after internal capsular lesion. J Neurosci 26: 6096-102

• Hummel F, Steven B, Hoppe J, Heise K, Thomalla G, Cohen LG, Gerloff C (in press) Deficient intracortical inhibition (SICI) during movement preparation after chronic stroke, Neurology

• Thomalla G, Rossbach P, Rosenkranz M, Siemonsen S, Kruetzelmann A, Fiehler J, Gerloff C (in press) Negative FLAIR imaging identifies acute ischemic stroke ≤ 3 hours. Ann Neurol