Ralf Baron MD, PhD

Ralf Baron MD, PhD
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El Profesor Dr. Ralf Baron es jefe de la División de Neurología en Investigación y Terapia del Dolor
y Sub-Director del departamento de neurología, Christian-Albrecht- Universität, Kiel, Alemania.
Fue secretario general de la Sociedad alemana de dolor interdisciplinaria desde 1999-2004. Es
miembro del Comité de administración del NeuPsig desde 2005. Es consejero de IASP desde el
2010.
Su principal área de interés es la fisiopatologia y tratamiento del dolor neuropático.
El Pro. Baron es editor y revisor de muchas revistas científicas internacionales. Es miembro
consejero del Nature Review Neurology desde el 2005. Editor de la revista Pain desde el 2003.
Editor del European Journal of Pain desde el 2006-2012.
El Prof. Baron tiene más de 200 publicaciones y múltiples conferencias y simposios alrededor del
mundo.
Biography
Professor Dr med Ralf Baron is Head of the Division of Neurological Pain Research and Therapy
and Vice Chair of the Department of Neurology, Christian-Albrechts-Universitaet Kiel, in
Germany. From 1999-2004, he served as General Secretary of the German Interdisciplinary Pain
Society (DIVS), since 2005 he serves as a Management Committee Member of the Neuropathic
Pain Special Interest Group (NeuPSIG) of the International Association for the Study of Pain
(IASP) and from 2008-2010 as a board member of the Deutsche Schmerzgesellschaft. He has
been a Councilor of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) since 2010.
His main research interest is the pathophysiology and therapy of neuropathic pain states. He
has intensive scientific collaborations with several researchers worldwide, e.g., Professor HL
Fields, San Francisco, USA, and Professor TS Jensen, Aarhus, Denmark.
Professor Baron is associate editor and reviewer for many scientific journals (Advisory Board
Member for Nature Reviews Neurology 2005-present, Associate Editor for Pain 2003-present, and
the European Journal of Pain 2006-2012). He has been the recipient of the German Pain Award,
the Heinrich-Pette-Award of the German Neurological Society and the Sertürner-Award. In 1998
he was awarded a Feodor Lynen fellowship by the German Humboldt Foundation and was
visiting professor at the Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco.
Professor Baron has authored more than 200 publications with his outstanding and motivated
research team, and has lectured at numerous conferences and symposia worldwide.