Dieter E. Pongratz, MD

Dieter E. Pongratz, MD, Medical Director and Professor of Internal Medicine and Neurology at the University of Munich.

Friedrich-Baur-Institut der Medizinischen Fakultat an der Neurologischen Klinik und Poliklinik der Ludwig Maximilians Universitat Munchen

Ziemssenstrasse 1
D-80336 Munchen

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E: dieter.pongratz@fbs.med.uni-muenchen.de

Dieter E. Pongratz, MD, is the leader of the Friedrich-Baur-Institute at the University of Munich, Germany, with special interests in neuromuscular disorders, including painful myopathies, myofascial syndromes and fibromyalgia.

Dr. Pongratz is Professor of Neurology and Internal Medicine at the University of Munich. Since 1980, he has been the Leader of the Friedrich-Baur-Institute at the University of Munich, Klinikum Innenstadt in Munich, Germany. He is an educator, clinical investigator, and physician caring for patients with neuromuscular diseases. His training was at the Univeristy of Munich where he became a specialist in internal medicine in 1975 and neurology specialist in 1979. His research interests have focused on the clinical aspects and myopathological findings in patients with neuromusuclar diseases. This work has resulted in the publication of about 300 original papers on neuromuscular disorders. He has edited five books covering topics like clinical neurology, muscle disease, and differential diagnosis in internal medicine. He is a member of the following professional societies: Deutsche Gessellschaft fur Neurologie, Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Neuropathologie, Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Innere Medizin, Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Rheumatologie, and the European Neurological Society. Besides his responsibility as Leader of the Neuromuscular Center of Munich, he is the Vice President of the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Muskelkranke e.V, and Chairman of the Board of the International MYOPAIN Society. He was the Program Chairman and Host for the Sixth International MYOPAIN Meeting which was held in Munich, Germany in the year 2004.