Schläpfer

Prof. Dr.
Thomas E. Schläpfer
Department of Psychiatry and PsychotherapyPhone: 0049-761-270- 68820
thomas.schlaepfer@uniklinik-freiburg.de
www.brainstimulation.info
CV
- Completion of past graduate education in Baltimore, USA
- Since 1994 Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
- 1997-2003 Director of Research and Chief Physician, Department of Psychiatry-Outpatients, University of Bern, Switzerland
- 2003-2016 Deputy Director, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn
- Since 2016 Full Professor (joint appointment), Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida (Gainesville)
- Since 2016 Full Professor of Interventional Biological Psychiatry (W3), Medical Center – University of Freiburg
Focus of research
- Development of new methods of neuromodulation for the therapy of treatment resistant Depression (TRD)
- Improvement in the understanding of the neurobiology of affective disorders by using methods of neuromodulation
- Development of a patient-based learning (PBL) course for medical students in the subject of Psychiatry
Selected publications
- Schlaepfer TE. Deep Brain Stimulation for Major Depression-Steps on a Long and Winding Road. Biol Psychiatry. 2015;78(4):218-219. doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2015.06.020.
- Schlaepfer TE, Bewernick BH, Kayser S, Mädler B, Coenen VA. Rapid effects of deep brain stimulation for treatment-resistant major ' depression. Biol Psychiatry. 2013; 73(12):1204-12.
- Schlaepfer TE, Fins JJ. Deep brain stimulation' and the neuroethics of responsible publishing: when one is not enough. JAMA. 2010;303(8):775-6.
- Lieb K, Schlaepfer TE. Deep-brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease. N Engl J Med. 2006; 355(21):2256.
- Schlaepfer TE, Lieb K. Deep brain stimulation for treatment of refractory depression. Lancet. 2005; 366(9495):1420-2.