Markus E. Leitinger MD

Dr. Markus Leitinger, MD is a neurologist and neurophysiologist who specialized in epilepsy, particularly in status epilepticus. Dr. Leitinger grew up in northwestern Austria in the district of Upper Austria and completed his undergraduate studies at Wels College for Electrical Engineering, Austria, with distinction. He graduated from Innsbruck Medical University and completed his residency for general medicine at Wels General Hospital, Austria, and for neurology at Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Austria. Dr. Leitinger is board certified for electroencephalography and electromyography. Dr. Leitinger´s research interests include status epilepticus, in particular non-convulsive status epilepticus (NCSE). Recent publications include a clinical score for prognostication of the outcome of status epilepticus.

Dr. Leitinger evaluated together with Danish colleagues for the first time the diagnostic criteria for NCSE in a retrospective study. Dr. Leitinger published epidemiological data on status epilepticus in a retrospective five-year study in the City of Salzburg. Dr. Leitinger is currently at the Department of Neurology at Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, where he works as consultant in the presurgical evaluation of medically refractory epilepsy patients and at the neurological intensive care unit. Dr. Leitinger lives in Salzburg with his wife and three children.