Barbara Tettenborn MD

Prof. Barbara Tettenborn is the chief of the Department of Neurology at the Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen, Switzerland since 1999. In addition to her position at the hospital, she is the current president of the Swiss League against Epilepsy and a board member of the Swiss Federation of Clinical Neuro-Societies (SFCNS). Recently she was appointed as the editor-in-chief of a to-be-established eLearning platform of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN). Apart from her successful career, Prof. Tettenborn regularly participates in Ironman competitions. In our interview, she tells us about her career, her private and professional ambitions, her view on women in neurology, and her thoughts about the impact of COVID-19 on young neurologists.