Petra Klinge is a neurosurgeon and academic. She is professor of neurosurgery at Brown University.

Education and training

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Klinge earned her medical degree from the University of Kiel in 1993.[1] She conducted her neurosurgical residency at Hannover Medical School in Germany, completing it in 2002.[1] The same year, she earned her habilitation and postdoctoral qualification "venia legendi".[1]

Career

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Klinge was senior associate professor of neurosurgery at the International Neuroscience Institute in Hannover, Germany until 2009, when she became attending neurosurgeon and associate professor at Brown University.[1] She specializes in treating brain tumors, hydrocephalus and Alzheimer's disease, pediatric diseases,[2][3][4] and congenital diseases like Chiari malformation and spinal malformations.[1]

She is editor in chief of the medical journal Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery: Advanced Techniques and Case Management, a journal launched by Elsevier in 2013.[5][6]

Selected publications

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  • Klinge, P.; Hellström, P.; Tans, J.; Wikkelsø, C.; On behalf of the European iNPH Multicentre Study Group (2012). "One-year outcome in the European multicentre study on iNPH". Acta Neurologica Scandinavica. 126 (3): 145–153. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.2012.01676.x. PMID 22571428. S2CID 46300301.
  • Relkin, Norman; Marmarou, Anthony; Klinge, Petra; Bergsneider, Marvin; Black, Peter McL. (1 September 2005). "Diagnosing Idiopathic Normal-pressure Hydrocephalus". Neurosurgery. 57 (suppl_3): S2–4-S2-16. doi:10.1227/01.NEU.0000168185.29659.C5. PMID 16160425. S2CID 6104866.
  • Klinge, Petra; Marmarou, Anthony; Bergsneider, Marvin; Relkin, Norman; Black, Peter McL. (1 September 2005). "Outcome of Shunting in Idiopathic Normal-pressure Hydrocephalus and the Value of Outcome Assessment in Shunted Patients". Neurosurgery. 57 (suppl_3): S2–40–S2-52. doi:10.1227/01.NEU.0000168187.01077.2F. ISSN 0148-396X. PMID 16160428. S2CID 1833387.
  • Johanson, Conrad E.; Duncan, John A.; Klinge, Petra M.; Brinker, Thomas; Stopa, Edward G.; Silverberg, Gerald D. (14 May 2008). "Multiplicity of cerebrospinal fluid functions: New challenges in health and disease". Cerebrospinal Fluid Research. 5 (1): 10. doi:10.1186/1743-8454-5-10. ISSN 1743-8454. PMC 2412840. PMID 18479516. S2CID 1038005.


References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Petra M. Klinge, MD, PhD". Brown Neurosurgery. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  2. ^ Tang, Elisa (February 6, 2020). "Girl with spina bifida who wasn't expected to walk loves running and kicking goals". Good Morning America. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  3. ^ Spears, Darcy (2021-01-12). "Las Vegas teen continues life-long medical battle". KTNV. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  4. ^ Gomes, Alexandra (November 15, 2018). "Attleboro family participates in first fetal spina bifida operation in New England". The Sun Chronicle. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  5. ^ "Elsevier Announces the Launch of Open Access Journal: Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery: Advanced Techniques and Case Management". 23 December 2013 – via ProQuest.
  6. ^ "Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery - Journal". Elsevier. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
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