About the Authors
Dr Dieter Volc MD
Dr Dieter Volc studied medicine at the University of
Innsbruck/Austria. He specialised in Neurology & Psychiatry at
the Hospital of Vienna-Lainz and the Psychiatric Hospital. He has
established neuro-sonology laboratories and programs for treatment
& prevention of stroke, assessment of risk factors of stroke
and neurogeriatrics, especially Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's
disease and depressive disorders. In 1990-1994 he became associated
with Prof Dr Walther Birkmayer, the founder of L-DOPA therapy in
Parkinson's disease and eventually took over his clinic for the
treatment of Parkinson's disease and related disorders. He heads
the Neurology Department of the CONFRATERNITÄT - Privatklinik
Josefstadt, Vienna and is also the director of PROSENEX
Ambulatoriumbetriebsges.m.b.H, a private outpatient facility for
neurogeriatric disorders. He lectures and has published widely.
E. mail: [email protected]
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