Tjalf Ziemssen MD

Tjalf Ziemssen, MD, is a Professor of Clinical Neuroscience in the Department of Neurology, Head of the Multiple Sclerosis Center and Neuroimmunological Laboratory, and Director of the Division of Neurometabolism at the University Clinic Carl-Gustav Carus in Dresden, Germany. He earned his medical degree from the University of Bochum, Germany, and completed his neurology residency at the University Hospital of Dresden, and a neurobiology fellowship from Max-Planck Institute of Neurobiology in Martinsried, Germany. His research is focused on exploring the complex interaction between the neuroendocrinology system and the immune system and psychiatric symptoms, with a particular emphasis on stress in patients with obesity and depression and its pathologic influence on cardiovascular function using animal experimental and clinical approaches. Dr. Ziemssen has authored several articles that have been published in peer-reviewed journals including BMC Neurology, Heart Vessels, Psychoneuroendocrinology, and Annals of Neurology. He is a member of the German Neurological Society, European Neurological Society, and American Academy of Neurology.