Prof. Raymond Voltz
Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology
Klinikum Grosshadem LMU MUNICH
81366 Munchen
Germany
Tel : ++49 89 7095 4439
Fax: ++49 89 7095 7435
Dr. Raymond Voltz presently works at the Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology
and Department of Neurology, Klinikum Grosshadern, Munchen, Germany.
Training: 1986-1991 doctoral thesis at the Max-von-Pettenkofer Institut
for medical Microbiology, Munchen; 1990 scientific assistant to the
Dept. Of neuroimmunology at the Max-Plank-Institut, Martinsried; 1990-1991
preregistration period at the
Dept. of Neurology, Klinikum Großhadern, Munchen; 1992-1993 postdoctoral
grant from Boheringer Ingelheim Fonds for Medical Basic Science at the
Dept.of Neuroimmunology, Max-Plank Institut, Martinsried; since July
1993 Dept. of Neurology, Klinikum Großhadern; 1996-1998 DFG habilitation
scolarship for research project at Dept. of Neurology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Hospital,New York;
since 1998 Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology and Dept. of Neurology,
Klinikum Großhadern.2001 consultant neurologist.2003 professor
of neuroimmunolgy.
Scientific Team:
Sven Jarius (MD), Hannah Pellkofer (MD), Martina Schüller (scientist)
Research facilities:
- Immunohistochemistry and immunoblot techniques to detect onconeural
antibodies
- T cell immunology
- animal models of EAE
Areas of interest:
- clinical: MS, myasthenia gravis, LEMS, anti-Hu, anti-Ma/Ta, therapy
trials in neuroimmunolgy
- T cell pathogenesis of paraneoplastic syndromes
- function of PNMA proteins
- animal model of paraneoplastic syndromes
Selected Publications:
1. Voltz R, Dalmau J, Posner JB, Rosenfeld MR. T-cell receptor analysis
in
anti-Hu associated paraneoplastic encephalomyelitis. Neurology 1998;51:1146-50.
2. Voltz R, Gultekin SH, Rosenfeld MR, et al.. A serologic marker of
paraneoplastic limbic and brain-stem encephalitis in patients with testicular
cancer. N Engl J Med 1999;340:1788-95.
3. Voltz R, Carpentier AF, Rosenfeld MR, et al. P/Q-type voltage-gated
calcium channel antibodies in paraneoplastic disorders of the central
nervous system. Muscle Nerve 1999;22:119-22
4. Linke R, Schröder M, Helmberger Th, Voltz R. Antibody-positive
paraneoplastic neurological syndromes: The value of CT and FDG-PET imaging
for tumor diagnosis. Neurology, in press.
5. Pellkofer H, Schubart AS, Höftberger R, et al. Modeling paraneoplastic
disease: Onconeuronal antigen specific T cells mediate autoimmune encephalomyelitis
in the rat. Brain, in press.
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