Wolfgang Grisold

Neurologische Abteilung, Kaiser Franz Josef Spital, Austria

Wolfgang Grisold

Academic positions:
- Prof of Neurology at the Department of Neurology, KFJ hospital in Vienna, Austria
- Chair of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for NeuroOncology

Any industry positions (last five years):
None declared

Research interests:
Diagnosis and treatment of primary brain tumors.
Cancer and the nervous system.
Neuromuscular syndromes in cancer patients
Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes
Neurotoxicity in cancer therapy.

Any other information:
Dr Grisold is presently chair of the scientist panel on neuro-oncology of the European Federation of Neurology (EFNS). Member of the European Association of Neuroo-ncology (EANO) and congress president of the 2006 EANO congress in Vienna. Professor Grisold has written 3 books: 2 books on cancer and the nervous systems (in German) and one recent book 'An atlas of neuromuscular disease' (E Feldman, W Grisold)

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Section Head: Neurological Disorders > Neuro-oncology (since 16 November 2005)

Wolfgang Grisold is a Section Head for Neuro-oncology, part of the NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS Faculty. The role of a Section Head is to work with their Co-Section Head(s) to divide the Section (sub-specialty area) into its component areas of research, nominate leaders in those areas as Faculty Members, and offer ongoing oversight of the content within their Section. They are not asked to evaluate articles, although we do, of course, welcome them.