13.12.2024
A strong network for those affected and their relatives - brain tumor group in Hanover officially founded
An important step for the support of brain tumor patients and their relatives was celebrated yesterday in Hanover: The "foundation of the new self-help group for brain tumor sufferers and their families". The foundation was initiated and accompanied by Alia Schilling and Lea Kauffmann, who, together with the Clinical Department of Neurosurgery at Hannover Medical School (MHH) and the support of Prof. Dr. med. Krauss (Director of the Clinical Department of Neurosurgery and Head of the Neurooncology Center) and Dr. med. Manolis Polemikos (Senior Physician at the Clinical Department of Neurosurgery, Coordinator of the Neurooncology Center) worked for several months on the implementation and
public relations work. The group is supported by a medical advisory board, which is coordinated by founding members Dr. Polemiklos and Prof. Dr. Krauss.
The 15 participants at the first meeting already showed impressively how important such a space for exchange and support is. Lea Kauffmann, who works as an Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) with her colleagues every day in nursing care and oncological nursing advice in neurosurgery at the MHH, emphasizes: "We experience every day how those affected and their relatives are faced with enormous challenges when they are diagnosed with a brain tumour
. Discussion groups offer much-needed support and guidance." Special thanks go to the Hanover University of Applied Sciences and Arts Faculty V, Diaconia, Health and Social Affairs, which has made its premises available and thus made it possible to set up the group.
Inspiration from Hesse - nationwide networking
The idea for the group came about when Lea Kauffmann met Alia Schilling and Frank von der Heyde from the Hirntumor-Selbsthilfegruppe e.V. at #YESCON2024, the largest conference for cancer patients. The commitment of the two from Central Hesse to establish regional groups and offer support to those affected nationwide became the inspiration for the new project in Hanover.Alia Schilling, author and former family member, presented her self-published book "Leben und Sterben mit einem Hirntumor" (Living and Dying with a Brain Tumor) at the launch, in which she gives an impressive account of the challenges and valuable moments in life with a brain tumor patient. Her book is encouraging and underlines the importance of solidarity and exchange. They are an indispensable support in difficult times for those affected and their relatives."
Management team and future plans
The group is supported by a dedicated management team from the Hanover region:
- Verena Wohlgemuth and Theda Kröger (group leaders)
- Lea Kauffmann (founder and coordinator)
- Ulrich Musmann (responsible for press and public relations)
- Alia Schilling & Frank von der Heyde (coordination)
The next meetings:
- December 20, 2024, 5:00-6:30 pm, online via Zoom
- January 3, 2025, 4:00-6:30 pm, guided tour of the Marburg Ion Beam Therapy Center (MIT), Albrecht Kossel Str. 1, 35043 Marburg
- January 17, 2025, 5:00-6:30 pm, live and online, Hanover University of Applied Sciences and Arts - Faculty V, Blumhardtstr. 2, 30625 Hanover, meeting point parking lot
In addition to personal exchange, joint online lectures on current topics such as new treatment methods, TTF therapy and palliative care are planned. The group aims to be a place where people can strengthen and inform each other and find ways through the disease together.
An important step for Hanover and those affected
The founding of the group in Hanover marks another milestone in the care and support of brain tumor patients. The initiative shows how networking, cooperation and commitment can help those affected in their difficult situation.
Contact for interested parties and press inquiries:
0151-55998740
kontakt@hirntumor-was-nun.de
www.hirntumor-was-nun.de
www.youtube.com/@brain-tumor-self-help-group
11.11.2024
Prof. Krauss elected as deputy spokesperson of the ZSN
Prof. Krauss was elected Deputy Spokesperson of the Center for Systems Neuroscience Hannover (ZSN; Zentrum für Systemische Neurowissenschaften Hannover ) on 11.11.2024.
The Center for Systems Neuroscience Hannover (ZSN) is a superordinate center that was founded in September 2002 by the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover (TiHo), Hannover Medical School (MHH), Leibniz University Hannover and the University of Music, Drama and Media Hannover (HMTMH).
The main objectives of the center are:
- To bundle research in the field of systemic (system-related) neuroscience and optimize synergies.
- To strengthen research in overlapping areas between basic neuroscientific research and clinical research by combining applied clinical research, basic neurobiological research and neurotechnology in order to develop new impulses and strategies for restoring functions of the nervous system.
- The establishment of coordinated research priorities in the neurosciences with special consideration of the specific areas of excellence in the neurosciences represented in Hannover.
- Structured training of young scientists by offering the independent doctoral program "Systems Neuroscience" for students of biology, veterinary medicine, Human medicine, biochemistry and related natural sciences.
18.10.2024
Prof. Krauss appointed to the advisory board of the Society for Skull Base Surgery
Prof. Krauss was appointed to the Advisory Board of the Society for Skull Base Surgery at the extended board meeting of the Society for Skull Base Surgery on October 18, 2024 as part of the 31st Annual Meeting of the Society for Skull Base Surgery (GSB), which took place in Hanover from October 18 to 20, 2024.
04.09.2024
Prof. Krauss receives Spiegel-Wycis Award
Prof. Joachim K. Krauss, Director of the Clinical Department of Neurosurgery, received the Spiegel-Wycis Award, which has been established since 1961, at the World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (WSSFN) Congress in Chicago on September 4, 2024. This is the highest award in the field of functional neurosurgery.
22.08.2024
Inaugural Lecture Dr. med. Shadi Al-Afif
Dr. med. Shadi Al-Afif, Senior Physician at the Clinical Department of Neurosurgery, gave his inaugural lecture entitled "The evolution of spinal surgery: an eventful journey through time".
PD Al-Afif is thus a new member of the MHH teaching staff.
21.08.2024
Prof. Krauss gives an interview for the CNS Journal Club Podcast
Together with senior physician Prof. Dr. med. Manolis Polemikos, Prof. Krauss talks to Prof. Jacques Morcos from Houston in the Journal Club Podcast of the American CNS Association about the article "Extended long-term outcome after conservative decompressive microsurgery and routine adjuvant fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy for symptomatic cavernous sinus meningiomas" published in the renowned journal Neurosurgery.
Click here for the article: https://journals.lww.com/neurosurgery/abstract/9900/extended_long_term_outcome_after_conservative.1117.aspx
The podcast can be accessed via the following link: https://soundcloud.com/cnsneurosurgeon/extended-long-term-outcome-after-conservative-decompressive-microsurgery-and-routine-adjuvant
20.08.2024
Prof. Krauss gives an interview for RTL NORD
Prof. Krauss gives an interview to RTL NORD on the cause of brain hemorrhages. Mr. Jörg Uthmann had an arterio-venous fistula and was in a coma for a year. He fought his way back to life and is now looking for his first aider, who waited with him for the emergency physician.
The report was broadcast on RTL Nord on 18.09.2024.
July 09, 2024
We are top! - Neuro-oncology center as part of the CCC Lower Saxony again awarded as Oncology Center of Excellence
The Comprehensive Cancer Center Niedersachsen (CCC-N) - a cooperation between Hannover Medical School (MHH) and the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) - is being funded for another four years with 4.8 million euros as an Oncological Center of Excellence by German Cancer Aid. In total, German Cancer Aid supports 14 centers of excellence nationwide.
On July 9, 2024, German Cancer Aid announced that it will continue to support the Comprehensive Cancer Center Lower Saxony (CCC-N) as an Oncological Center of Excellence. The CCC-N was jointly founded in November 2019 by Hannover Medical School (MHH) and the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) under the motto "Precision and Care in Cancer Research and Treatment". Since 2021, it has been funded as an Oncological Center of Excellence by German Cancer Aid.
Text shortened according to Maike Isfort, the original text can be found here.
June 19, 2024
Clinical Department of Neurosurgery gives lecture at the Info Series Cancer 2024
Dr. med. Ariyan Pirayesh gives a lecture on "Current trends in the microsurgical treatment of brain tumors". The lecture was well attended despite the European Championship 2024 soccer match taking place at the same time. The information series takes place both digitally and in person.
June 2024
Clinical Department of Neurosurgery presents itself at the DGNC in Göttingen
The Clinical Department of Neurosurgery presented itself at the 75th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Neurosurgery in Göttingen with various contributions as a poster or lecture.
The DGNC will take place in Hanover in June 2025. Initial organizational planning has already begun. The countdown is on. Enclosed you will find the website.
28.02.2024
Prof. Krauss gives lecture at the Neurodegeneration Symposium
Prof. Dr. med. Joachim K. Krauss gave a lecture on Parkinson's disease from a neurosurgical perspective at the "Hannover Neurodegeneration Symposium - News on Diagnostics and Therapy of Neurodegenerative Diseases".
You can find the complete program here:
- Update ALS/MND, Prof. Dr. Susanne Petri, Clinical Department of Neurology, MHH
- Update Huntington's disease, Prof. Dr. Zacharias Kohl, Clinical Department of Neurology, University of Regensburg
- Update Dementia, Prof. Dr. Kathrin Reetz, Clinical Department of Neurology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen
- Update on Parkinson's disease from a neurological perspective, Prof. Dr. Christoph Schrader, Clinical Department of Neurology, MHH
- Update on Parkinson's disease from a neurosurgical perspective, Prof. Dr. Joachim Krauss, Clinical Department of Neurosurgery, MHH
21.02.2024
Wednesday colloquium
Prof. Dr. med. Steffen Rosahl Director, Clinical Department of Neurosurgery, Klinikum Erfurt spoke at the Neurological-Neurosurgical-Neurooncological Wednesday Colloquium on the topic of "Neurofibromatosis: new concepts for diagnosis and therapy".
15.02.2024
Follow-up funding from the Children's Cancer Foundation
For his project entitled "Neuroanatomical characterization of forebrain regions after cerebellar fastigial lesions in rats induced by cerebellar midline tumor resection" with the short title "Neuroanatomical consequences of cerebellar midline tumour resection", PD Dr. med. Elvis J. Hermann receives a follow-up grant from the German Childhood Cancer Foundation in the amount of € 58,165 for the funding period 01.06.2024 to 31.05.2025.
The money is to be used to "make a significant contribution to the gain in knowledge for patients who have undergone neurosurgery and to the further development of adequate therapies".
17.01.2024
Wednesday colloquium
Prof. Dr. med. Hansjörg Bäzner Director, Clinical Department of Neurology, Klinikum Stuttgart spoke on the topic of "Functional gait disorders: from historical approaches to current concepts" as part of the Neurological-Neurosurgical-Neurooncological Wednesday Colloquium. The event took place in presence in lecture hall H, but was again streamed online via Teams.