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Prof. Dr. med. Christian Günther Bien

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1. Medical School OWL

Professur für Epileptologie

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2. University Medical Center OWL / Krankenhaus Mara gGmbH / Universitätsklinik für Epileptologie

Klinikleitung und Professur für Epileptologie

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Curriculum Vitae

Prof Dr Christian G. Bien
University Clinic for Epileptology (Mara Hospital)
University Medical Center OWL of Bielefeld University
Bielefeld-Bethel Campus
Maraweg 21
33617 Bielefeld
E-mail: christian.bien@mara.de
http://www.mara.de/epilepsie-zentrum.html

Personal data
Born on: 11 April 1967
Place of birth: Witten/Ruhr
Citizenship: German
Marital status married, 1 daughter

University studies
1989-1996 Medical studies in Tübingen and Berlin (FU), German National Academic Foundation

University degrees and titles
1996 State examination in medicine, Free University of Berlin
1997 Doctorate, "summa cum laude," University of Tübingen
2006 Post-doctoral habilitation, University of Bonn
2012 Associate Professor, University of Bonn
2015 Associate Professor, Bielefeld University
2020 W3-Professor for Epileptology, University. Bielefeld, Faculty of Medicine

Specialist training
1997 - 2005 University of Bonn, Department of Epileptology (Prof Dr C.E. Elger), Institute of Neuropathology (Prof Dr O.W. Wiestler), Department of Neurology (Prof Dr T. Klockgether), Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (Prof Dr W. Maier), Department of Neurosurgery (Prof Dr J. Schramm)

Appointments
2005-2010 Senior Physician, Dept. of Epileptology, University of Bonn
2010 Offer of W2 professorship for epileptology, Department of Neurology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, declined
2011-2020 Chief Physician at Mara Hospital (Clinic for Epileptology)
Since 2011 Scientific Managing Director of the Society for Epilepsy Research, Bethel Epilepsy Centre, Bielefeld
Since 2016 Collaboration with the Krone laboratory (diagnostics for neural antibodies and therapeutic drug monitoring for antiseizure medication)
Since 2020 Director of the University Dept. of Epileptology (Mara Hospital), Bielefeld-Bethel
Since 2026 3rd Chairman of the German Society for Neuroscientific Assessment

Clinical and scientific specialisations
o Autoimmune encephalitides/epilepsies
o Pre-surgical epilepsy diagnostics and surgical epilepsy therapy
o Cognitive neuroscience in the context of epileptology