Claudia Sommer MD

She received training in psychiatry, neuropathology, experimental anesthesia, and neurology. At the University of Würzburg, she serves as a consultant in neurology, organizes an outpatient clinic for patients with pain, and leads the Peripheral Nerve Laboratory. Research interests are the role of cytokines in the pathophysiology of pain, improvement and standardization of diagnostic biopsies, and the pathophysiology of antibody-mediated diseases. She has written more than 150 original research papers and more than 100 reviews and book-chapters and edited several books. Professor Sommer is active in the development of national and international guidelines on the fibromyalgia syndrome, on nerve and skin biopsies, diagnosis and treatment of peripheral neuropathies, neuropathic and facial pain.