{"id":12183,"date":"2025-11-17T16:17:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T16:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betaklinik.de\/?post_type=aerzte&#038;p=12183"},"modified":"2025-11-17T16:26:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T16:26:43","slug":"prof-dr-med-christian-elger","status":"publish","type":"aerzte","link":"https:\/\/www.betaklinik.de\/en\/the-team-from-a-z\/prof-dr-med-christian-elger\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Dr. med. Christian E. Elger, M. D."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12183\" class=\"elementor elementor-12183 elementor-12174\" data-elementor-post-type=\"aerzte\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b815f7f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5b815f7f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a380f7b s4_changeOrder elementor-widget elementor-widget-s4_image_text_module\" data-id=\"7a380f7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"s4_image_text_module.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<section class=\"sty_moduleWrapper \n    \"\n    data-sticky-scroll=\"\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\" align-items-center  row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-5 me-auto sty_image \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sty_image sty_articleImage straggy-image-text-module__image d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"position: relative;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.betaklinik.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Elger.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" alt=\"Profilfoto: Prof. Dr. med. Christian Elger Epileptologe und Facharzt f\u00fcr Neurologie\"><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-7  sty_text_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"sty_pb_d sty_txt sty_titleFontColor sty_fontFamilyTitle\" style=\"display:block;\">Prof. Dr. med. Christian E. Elger, M. D.<\/h1><div class=\"sty_pb_e sty_txt sty_fontColor sty_fontFamily\"><h3>Neurology and Epilepsy<\/h3><p>E-Mail:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:christian.elger@betaklinik.de\">christian.elger@betaklinik.de<\/a><br \/>Telephone: +49 (0)228 90 90 75 750<br \/>Fax: +49 (0)228 90 90 75 752<\/p><h3>Further information<\/h3><ul><li>Founded the Beta Neurology in 2017<\/li><li>Has more than 25 years\u2019 experience in the research and treatment of epilepsy<\/li><li>Recipient of many awards and prizes<\/li><\/ul><p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:heading --><\/p><\/div>        <div class=\"sty_pb_e\">\n            <div class='elementor-button-wrapper '>\n                                    <a class='elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm  s4_alternateButtonType_1 primary-button-bg' href=\"https:\/\/www.betaklinik.de\/en\/contact\/appointment-request\/\" id=\"\">\n                        <span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\" style=\"flex-direction: row-reverse; gap: 15px;\">\n                            <span class=\"elementor-button-icon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.betaklinik.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Beta_Klinik_Arrow_Right.svg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 1em; height: 1em; display: inline-block;\" \/><\/span>                            <span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Appointment request<\/span>\n                        <\/span>\n                    <\/a>\n                \n                \n                            <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n        \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t        .elementor-element-7a380f7b .sty_moduleWrapper {\n\t\t            height: auto !important;\n\t\t        }\n\t\t    <\/style>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66240a79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"66240a79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Professional Experiencer<\/h3><ul><li>1969 \u2013 1976: Studied medicine, obtained his doctorate and licence to practice medicine<\/li><li>1982: Post-doctorate in the area of Physiology<\/li><li>1982 \u2013 1985: Trained as a Neurologist at the Universities of M\u00fcnster, Memphis and Z\u00fcrich<\/li><li>1985: Specialist in Neurology<\/li><li>1985 \u2013 1987: Senior physician at the Clinic for Neurology at the University of M\u00fcnster<\/li><li>1986: Post-doctorate in the area of Neurology<\/li><li>1986 \u20131987: Member of the Board of the Westphalia-Lippe Medical Association<\/li><li>1987 \u20132017: University professor for Epileptology at the University of Bonn<\/li><li>1990 \u2013 2017: Director of the University Clinic for Epileptology<\/li><li>1991\u20131994: Member of expert advisory board for the Minister of Health<\/li><li>1997 \u20131999: 1st. Chairman of the German Section of the International League Against Epilepsy<\/li><li>2000 \u20132001: President of the German Society for Clinical Neurophysiology<\/li><li>2000 \u2013 Member of the North Rhine Westphalian Academy of Sciences<\/li><li>2001 \u2013 Associate Editor: Epilepsy and Behaviour<\/li><li>2001 \u2013 2007: Spokesperson for the transregional special research area (TR3) Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy<\/li><li>2003: Co-founder and Partner of Life &amp; Brain GmbH, Bonn<\/li><li>2004 \u2013 2008: Associate Editor: Brain<\/li><li>2004 \u2013 2008: Review Board Member for Neurosciences for the DFG<\/li><li>2006 \u2013 2015: Scientific Managing Director of Life &amp; Brain GmbH, Bonn<\/li><li>2009 \u2013 Co-founder and Director of the Center for Economics and Neuroscience, University of Bonn<\/li><li>2017 Founding of the Beta Neurology at The Beta Klinik<\/li><\/ul><h3><strong>Awards and Prizes (Extract)<\/strong><\/h3><ul><li>1992: Marion-Merrell-Dow Promotional Prize for Epilepsy Research (with C. Helmstaedter, A. Hufnagel). Honorary member of the Swiss League Against Epilepsy<\/li><li>2005: Ambassador for Epilepsy for the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE)<\/li><li>2005: Zuelch-Prize from the Gertrud-Reemtsma-Foundation in the Max-Planck-Society<\/li><li>2010: Hans-Berger-Prize from DGKN for merits in the area of Epileptology<\/li><li>2011: The Victor and Clara Soriano Award of the World Federation of Neurology<\/li><li>2012: European Epileptology Award of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE)<\/li><li>2015: William G. Lennox Award of the American Epilepsy Society (AES)<\/li><li>2017: Moritz Romberg Lecture of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN)<\/li><li>2018: Kluver Memorial Lecture, University of Chicago Medical School<\/li><li>2018: Ya\u015fargil Lecture, Universit\u00e4tsSpital Z\u00fcrich<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neurologist and epileptologist <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10047,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"fachgebiet":[171,182,181],"class_list":["post-12183","aerzte","type-aerzte","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fachgebiet-neurologist","fachgebiet-neurologist-2","fachgebiet-neurosurgist"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betaklinik.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/aerzte\/12183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betaklinik.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/aerzte"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betaklinik.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/aerzte"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.betaklinik.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/aerzte\/12183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12194,"href":"https:\/\/www.betaklinik.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/aerzte\/12183\/revisions\/12194"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betaklinik.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betaklinik.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"fachgebiet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betaklinik.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fachgebiet?post=12183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}