

Chairman, Department of Neurology,
University Medical Center Mannheim, Heidelberg University &
CCU Neuroimmunology and Brain Tumor Immunology,
German Cancer Research Center Heidelberg
michael.platten(at)umm.de
Michael Platten is head of the CCU Neuroimmun-ology and Bain Tumor Immunology at DKFZ. He obtained his MD from the Department of Neuropathology at the University of Bonn and did his residency at the Department of Neurology, Tübingen University. Michael pursued postdoctoral fellowships in Neuroimmunology at Stanford University and in Neurooncology at Tübingen University before becoming a Helmholtz Young Investigator at the Department of Neurology, University Hospital Heidelberg and German Cancer Research Center. Currently, he is the Chairman of the Department of Neurology at the Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University and Head of the CCU Brain Tumor Immunology at DKFZ.
Qualifications and Scientific Curriculum
1998
2002-2004
2006
2010-2015
since 2013
since 2016
MD, University of Bonn, Germany
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Stanford University, Stanford, USA
Board certified Neurologist
Associate Professor of Neuroimmunology, Heidelberg University, Germany
Head of Clinical Cooperation Unit Neuroimmunology and Brain Tumor Immunology, German Cancer Research Center, Germany
Full Professor of Neurology and Chairman of the Department of Neurology, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Germany
Selected publications