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Lebenslauf

Vor- und Zuname: Sebastian Bauer

Geburtsdatum, -ort: 26. Juni 1978 in Wiesbaden Familienstand: ledig

Staatsangehörigkeit : deutsch

Anschrift Alter Kirchhainer Weg 29, 35039 Marburg

Schulausbildung:

1984 – 1988 Grundschule Zornheim

1988 – 1997 Rabanus-Maurus-Gymnasium Mainz 07/1997 Allgemeine Hochschulreife

Hochschulstudium:

1997 – 2000 Studium der Humanmedizin, Otto-von-Guericke- Universität Magdeburg

1999 Ärztliche Vorprüfung (Note „Gut“)

2000 1. Teil der Ärztlichen Prüfung (Note „Sehr Gut“)

2000 – 2004 Studium der Humanmedizin, Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Universität Frankfurt

2003 2. Teil der Ärztlichen Prüfung (Note „Sehr Gut“) 2004 3. Teil der Ärztlichen Prüfung (Note „Sehr Gut“) Gesamtnote der Ärztlichen Prüfung „Sehr Gut“

2004 Ärztliche Approbation

Beruflicher Werdegang:

seit 11/2004 Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter der Klinik für Neurologie der Philipps-Universität Marburg, AG Epileptologie unter Leitung von Prof. Dr. F. Rosenow

Forschungsschwerpunkte 1. Epilepsie und unspezifisches Immunsystem 2. Automatische Anfallsdetektion und Closed-loop- Tiefenhirnstimulation zur Anfallsunterbrechung 3. Antiepileptika und Knochenstoffwechsel

4. Klinische Studien (Ausbildung als klinischer Monitor)

Publikationen

Zeitschriftenbeiträge

Rosenow F, Hamer HM, Bauer S. Valproat und Knochenstoffwechsel. Z Epileptol 2005 Aug;18(3):170–3.

Miller D, Knake S, Bauer S, Krakow K, Pagenstecher A, Sure U, Rosenow F.

Intraoperative ultrasound to define focal cortical dysplasia in epilepsy surgery.

Epilepsia. 2008 Jan;49(1):156-8.

Bauer S, Köller M, Cepok S, Todorova-Rudolph A, Nowak M, Nockher WA, Lorenz R, Tackenberg B, Oertel WH, Rosenow F, Hemmer B, Hamer HM. NK and CD4(+) T cell changes in blood after seizures in temporal lobe epilepsy. Exp Neurol. 2008 Feb 9.

Bauer S, Knake S, Haag A, Hermsen A, Strzelczyk A, Hamer HM, Rosenow F.

Seizures induced by the sight of moving water. Epileptic Disord. 2008 Mar;10(1):49-52.

Strzelczyk A, Bauer S, Knake S, Oertel WH, Hamer HM, Rosenow F. Ictal asystole in temporal lobe epilepsy before and after pacemaker implantation. Epileptic Disord.

2008 Mar;10(1):39-44.

Knake S, Gruener J, Hattemer K, Klein KM, Bauer S, Oertel WH, Hamer HM, Rosenow F. Intravenous levetiracetam in the treatment of benzodiazepine refractory status epilepticus. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2008 May;79(5):588-9.

Bauer S, Hamer HM. Stellenwert neuerer Antiepileptika in der Praxis. DNP Der Neurologe & Psychiater 07/2008, 45-49.

Bauer S, Cepok S, Todorova-Rudolph A, Nowak M, Köller M, Lorenz R, Oertel WH, Rosenow F, Hemmer B, Hamer HM. Etiology and site of temporal lobe epilepsy influence postictal cytokine release. Epilepsy Res. 2009 Sep;86(1):82-8.

Wehner T, Bauer S, Hamer HM, Hattemer K, Immisch I, Knake S, Nowak M, Reif PS, Strzelczyk A, Rosenow F. Six months of postmarketing experience with adjunctive lacosamide in patients with pharmacoresistant focal epilepsy at a tertiary epilepsy center in Germany. Epilepsy Behav. 2009 Nov;16(3):423-5

Strzelczyk A, Nowak M, Bauer S, Reif PS, Oertel WH, Knake S, Hamer HM, Rosenow F. Localizing and lateralizing value of ictal flatulence. Epilepsy Behav. 2010 Jan 9. [Epub ahead of print]

Bauer S, Rudd GD, Mylius V, Hamer HM, Rosenow F. Lacosamide intoxication in attempted suicide – A case report. Epilepsy and Behavior, in press.

Buchbeiträge

S. Bauer, H.M. Hamer, and F. Rosenow. Premotor and Central Lobe Epilepsy. in:

Textbook of Epilepsy Surgery (edited by H. Luders), Informa Healthcare, London 2008.

S. Bauer, H. Hamer. Schwerbehandelbare Epilepsie. In: Epilepsietherapie. UniMed-Verlag. Im Druck.

Preise

Video-Preis DGN 2007 Video-Preis DGN 2008 Dr.-Volker-Helbig-Preis 2008

Verzeichnis der akademischen Lehrer

Meine akademischen Lehrer waren die Damen/Herren

- in Magdeburg: Ansorge, Aurin, Becker, Fröhlich, Höllt, Hoffmann, Kasten, König, Läuter, Linke, Luley, Müller, Pape, Reiser, Robra, Röse, Roessner, Roskoden, Sabel, Schwarzberg, Schwegler, von Specht, Staak, Voigt, Wendler, Wolf, Zlatner

- in Frankfurt: Ackermann, Adili, Badenhoop, Bechstein, Böhles, Bratzke, Brodt, Caspary, Enke, Geiger, Geißlinger, Hansmann, Hermans, Hornung, Jonas, Kahles, M. Kaufmann, R. Kaufmann, Kempf, Kessler, Klingebiel, Kloes, Marzi, Maurer, Moritz, Ohrloff, Pession, Rickerts, Schmandra, Schmidt-Matthiesen, Schmitz-Rixen, Seifert, Sommerlad, Steinmetz, Wagner, Woeste, Zeuzem, Ziemann

- in Mainz: Atahi, Dillenburg, Dippold, Heintz, Junginger - in Zornheim: Endrulat, Kirsch.

9 Danksagung

Ich danke Herrn Professor Hamer sehr herzlich für die Betreuung und die kontinuierliche und vielfältige Unterstützung sowohl im Rahmen der Dissertation als auch in allen klinischen Fragen.

Herrn Professor Rosenow und allen Mitgliedern der Arbeitsgruppe Epileptologie danke ich für das angenehme Arbeitsklima und die konstruktive, offene Zusammenarbeit.

Ich danke Dr. Anelia Todorova-Rudolph und Mareike Nowak für die Unterstützung insbesondere in der Anfangsphase des Projektes.

Bei Jasmin Marczinski, Karina Wulf, Petra Müller, Kerstin Hallenberger, Daniela Siebert und Daniel Scholvien bedanke ich mich herzlich für die geduldige Hilfe bei der Blutentnahme während des Video-EEG-Monitorings.

Für zahlreiche aufschlussreiche Diskussionen der Ergebnisse und der Methodik sowie für ihre beständige Motivation danke ich Frau Dr. Anja Haag besonders herzlich.

Mein herzlichster Dank gilt meiner Mutter, die stets ein großer Rückhalt für mich ist und mir Ausbildung und Studium ermöglicht hat.