Prof. Dr. med. Jens Volkmann is head of the Department of Neurology at Würzburg University Hospital.
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Zusammen mit Prof. Dr. Christine Klein koordiniert er das Deutsche Netzwerk zur translationalen Erforschung und Behandlung dystoner Erkrankungen.

Er ist Projektleiter des Projekts SP1: "Eine randomisierte placebo-kontrollierte Studie zur Pallidus-Neurostimulation versus Botulinum Toxin zur Behandlung von cervicaler Dystonie".

He is an internationally reknown movement disorder specialist with an extensive scientific record (>200 peer reviewed papers) in the field movement disorder pathophysiology and deep brain stimulation therapy.

He has planned and executed several seminal studies on deep brain stimulation in dystonia, which have helped to establish level I evidence for this therapy and is responsible for the dystonia treatment guidelines of the German Neurological Association.

In Würzburg he is running a rodent program studying the interaction of environmental and genetic factors in the manifestation of dystonia and heads one of the largest clinical programs for movement disorder patients in Germany.