Filip Scheperjans
Specialist, Associate Professor
Neurocenter, Neurology
- Education
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Licentiate of Medicine 2006 University of Düsseldorf, Germany; Specialist in Neurology 2013 University of Helsinki, Doctor of Medical Science 2008 University of Düsseldorf, Germany: Quantitative anatomische und neurochemische Charakterisierung des superior parietalen Kortex des Menschen; Associate Professor 2020 University of Helsinki
Research work: Gastrointestinal tract symptoms and the role of the microbiota in Parkinson’s disease, treatment of advanced Parkinson’s disease and symptom measurement methods, nerve growth factors as treatment for Parkinson’s disease. Research financing: Academy of Finland, European Commission, Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, the Finnish Medical Foundation, the Finnish Parkinson Foundation.
Key merits: The first researcher to describe the changes in the gut microbiota in degenerative diseases of the nervous system. First intracerebral drug infusion in Finland.
Young Researcher of the Year Award 2019 (awarded by the Finnish Neurological Society). - Specialities
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Treatment of Parkinson’s disease, including treatment forms for the advanced stage such as deep-brain stimulator and drug infusion treatments, gastrointestinal tract symptoms associated with Parkinson’s disease, acute neurology, ischemic attacks
- Languages
- Finnish, English, German