Petra Klinge is a neurosurgeon and academic. She is professor of neurosurgery at Brown University.

Education and training

Klinge earned her medical degree from the University of Kiel in 1993.[1] She conducted her neurosurgical residency at Hannover Medical School in Germany, completing it in 2002.[1] The same year, she earned her habilitation and postdoctoral qualification "venia legendi".[1]

Career

Klinge was senior associate professor of neurosurgery at the International Neuroscience Institute in Hannover, Germany until 2009, when she became attending neurosurgeon and associate professor at Brown University.[1] She specializes in treating brain tumors, hydrocephalus and Alzheimer's disease, pediatric diseases,[2][3][4] and congenital diseases like Chiari malformation and spinal malformations.[1]

She is editor in chief of the medical journal Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery: Advanced Techniques and Case Management, a journal launched by Elsevier in 2013.[5][6]

Selected publications


References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Petra M. Klinge, MD, PhD". Brown Neurosurgery. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  2. ↑ Tang, Elisa (February 6, 2020). "Girl with spina bifida who wasn't expected to walk loves running and kicking goals". Good Morning America. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  3. ↑ Spears, Darcy (2021-01-12). "Las Vegas teen continues life-long medical battle". KTNV. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  4. ↑ Gomes, Alexandra (November 15, 2018). "Attleboro family participates in first fetal spina bifida operation in New England". The Sun Chronicle. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  5. ↑ "Elsevier Announces the Launch of Open Access Journal: Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery: Advanced Techniques and Case Management". 23 December 2013 – via ProQuest.
  6. ↑ "Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery - Journal". Elsevier. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
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