PD Dr. med. Klemens Winder
PD Dr. med. Klemens Winder is a specialist in neurology FMH and a specialist in diseases of the autonomic nervous system, cerebrovascular diseases and general neurology.
PD Dr. Winder was born in Austria in 1982 and studied medicine in Graz. He completed his training as a specialist in neurology at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, in Augsburg, Germany and in rehabilitative medicine in Füssen, Germany.
Dr. Winder specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of cerebrovascular diseases and disorders of the autonomic nervous system (orthostatic hypotension, syncope, POTS). He is the author of numerous publications in leading international scientific journals such as Annals of Neurology, Brain, Stroke and the Journal of Neurology. He has also presented the results of his research at renowned international neurological congresses, such as the American Academy of Neurology (AAN), World Congress of Neurology (WCN) and autonomous congresses. In 2019, PD Dr. Winder received the teaching qualification for the subject of neurology and the academic degree of a habilitated doctor (Dr.habil.), followed by the appointment as a private lecturer.
Dr. Winder has extensive specialist knowledge in all areas of neurology. He holds certificates from the Swiss Society for Clinical Neurophysiology for electroneuromyography, electroencephalography and cerebrovascular sonography. He also has an additional qualification in neurological intensive care medicine.
From 2021 to 2023, he worked as a senior physician at the Neurology Clinic of the University Hospital Zurich and moved to the Hirslanden Clinic Zurich in 2023 as a senior physician with extended responsibility. In this role, PD Dr. Winder introduced numerous young colleagues to the complex field of neurology. Dr. Winder is currently Medical Director of the Neurocenter St. Gallen.
Since 01.03.2024
Medical Director of the Neurocenter in St. Gallen
Since 04/2023
Senior Physician with extended responsibility (meV) at the Neurological Clinic and Stroke Center, Hirslanden Clinic Zurich (Prof. Dr. A. Czaplinski)
11/2021 to 03/2023
Senior physician at the Neurological Clinic, University Hospital Zurich (Prof. Dr. M. Weller)
10/2021
Ward physician at the Neurological Emergency Department of the University Hospital Erlangen, Telemedical Services
07/2021 to 09/2021
Specialist in the neurological ultrasound laboratory of the University Hospital Erlangen
10/2020 to 06/2021
Ward physician in the neurological emergency department of the University Hospital Erlangen, telemedical services
10/2018 to 09/2020
Ward physician at the Neurological Intensive Care Unit of the University Hospital Erlangen with accompanying neurological consultation service, telemedical services
10/2017 to 09/2018
Further training in psychiatry at the Psychiatric Clinic at Michelsberg of the Bamberg Social Foundation (Prof. Dr. G. Hajak, MBA)
07/2017 to 09/2017
Ward physician in the stroke ward of the University Hospital Erlangen
01/2017 to 06/2017
Assistant doctor in the neurological ultrasound laboratory at the University Hospital Erlangen
07/2016 to 12/2016
Assistant doctor in the neurophysiology department of the University Hospital Erlangen
03/2015 to 06/2016
Resident at the Neurological Intensive Care Unit of the University Hospital Erlangen
02/2014 to 01/2015
Assistant physician on study service – recruitment of patients for international stroke studies
04/2013 to 01/2014
Assistant doctor at the Epilepsy Center of the University Hospital Erlangen
04/2012 to 03/2013
Assistant physician at the stroke unit/emergency room of the University Hospital Erlangen
04/2012 to 10/2021
Further training in neurology and research assistant in the neurology department at the University Hospital Erlangen (Prof. Dr. Dr.h.c. S. Schwab)
09/2010 to 03/2012
Further training in neurology at the Zentralklinikum Augsburg (Prof. Dr. M. Naumann)
09/2009 to 08/2010
Further training in neuroradiology and research assistant in the neuroradiology department at the University Hospital Erlangen (Prof. Dr. A. Dörfler)
09/2008 to 08/2009
Further training in neurology with a focus on neurorehabilitation at the Fachklinik Enzensberg (Dr. U. Steller)
31.03.2017
at the Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nuremberg in the Department of Neurology with the topic: “Neuroanatomic correlates of female sexual dysfunction in multiple sclerosis.” Grade: summa cum laude
23.01.2020
Inaugural lecture on the topic: “FBI and neurology?”. Appointment as private lecturer
21.11.2019
cumulative habilitation procedure on the topic: “VLSM for the analysis of specific neurological dysfunctions and cerebral lesion localization”.
Teaching qualification for the subject of neurology, academic degree of a habilitated doctor (Dr.habil.).
10.11.2o21
MEBEKO recognition as a specialist in neurology
03.12.2018
Specialist in neurology, Bavarian State Medical Association
14.12.2022
Certificate of competence in electroneuromyography (ENMG) from the Swiss Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (SGKN)
14.12.2022
Certificate of competence in electroencephalography (EEG) from the Swiss Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (SGKN)
10.11.2022
Certificate of competence in cerebrovascular sonography from the Swiss Society for Clinical Neurophysiology (SGKN)
25.04.2019
Certificate in Medical Didactics from the Bavarian Universities (60 work units)
08.08.2018
EEG certificate from the German Society for Clinical Neurophysiology and Functional Imaging (DGKN)
21.11.2017
EMG certificate from the German Society for Clinical Neurophysiology and Functional Imaging (DGKN)
Since 01.06.2023
Full member of the Swiss Society for Clinical Neurophysiology (SGKN)