Director:	Prof. Dr. med. Ursula Felderhoff-Mueser
E-Mail:	ursula.felderhoff@uk-essen.de
Office:	Andrea Osman
Phone:	+49 (0) 201-723-2450
Fax: Deputy Director:	+49 (0) 201-723-5727 Prof. Dr. med. Ulrike Schara
Website:	http://www.unikinderklinik-essen.de

 

Facts and Figures

Patients with neurological developmental retardation and developmental disorders: approximately 430

Patients with epilepsy, headaches, sleep disorders: 180

Patients with primary myopathies: 100

Premature infants and newborns: 410, including 78 with a birth weight of less than 1,500 grams

 

Focus areas

Diagnosis and treatment of neuro-pediatric/neonatal diseases, pediatric emergency and intensive medicine.

Pediatric neurology: interdisciplinary outpatient care (e.g., involving physiotherapy, ergotherapy, psychology) at the Sociopediatric Center.

Neuromuscular disorders: clinical, protein-biochemical and molecular-genetic exams at a national reference center with international cooperation, non-invasive ventilators.

Neonatology: Perinatal Center Level 1, premature infants, some with a birth weight of less than 500 grams

 

Special consultations

• Neuromuscular disorders
• Epilepsy outpatient center (certified by the International League Against Epilepsy)
• Developmental disorders
• Follow-up care for premature infants
• Central deformity syndromes
• CNS infections
• Neurodegenerative/neurometabolic disorders
• Headaches

 

Fields of Research

• Conduct of and participation in national and international clinical multicenter trials of neuromuscular disorders
• Molecular genetic research projects on neuromuscular disorders
• Studies of infusion and nutrition therapy and neuroprotective therapy of very tiny premature infants
• Clinical trials of intensive medicine diagnosis and treatment of severely ill children and adolescents

 

Number of patients

Inpatient: 1,630

Outpatient: 4,780

 

Staff

The clinic employs 24 physicians, including 10 specialists in pediatric and adolescent medicine with advanced training in neuropediatrics, neonatology and/or pediatric intensive medicine. There are 70 nurses, 15% of whom have advanced specialized training in the clinics fields, and there are counselors, educators, and teachers.