Peter Vajkoczy, MD

Institution: Charité Campus Mitte

Title: Professor and Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery

Location: Berlin, Germany

Since 2007
Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery, Charité
Since 2006
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Heidelberg
2001 – 2006
Senior physician at the Department of Neurosurgery, Mannheim University Hospital, University Heidelberg
1995 – 2001
Residency, Department of Neurosurgery, Mannheim University Hospital (Prof. Peter Schmiedek)
1992 – 1996
PhD thesis, Institute for Surgical Research, University Hospital Grosshadern, University of Munich
1988 – 1995
Studies in medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich

Activities in the scientific community, honors, awards
2003
Young Neurosurgeon Research Award of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS)
2003
Wolfgang Hoffmeister Award, Faculty of Medicine for Clinical Medicine Mannheim, University of Heidelberg
2002
Research Award, German Academy of Neurosurgery
2001
Hemedex Pioneer Investigator Award
2001
Hermann Rein Prize, German Association for Microcirculation and Vascular Biology
1998
Aesculap Research Award, European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS)
1998
Pharmacia & Upjohn Young Investigator Award, American Association of Cancer Research (AACR)
1998
Travel Award, American Association of Cancer Research (AACR)
1990 – 1995
Scholarship, German National Merit Foundation (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes)