Markus Hupp
Dr. Hupp works as a consultant at the Center for Paraplegia and in the Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology. He studied human medicine in Würzburg, Germany, from 1999 to 2005. Dr. Hupp completed his further training as a specialist in neurology in Bamberg, Würzburg and Frankfurt am Main in Germany. Dr. Hupp worked at Balgrist University Hospital from 2013 to 2018 and returned to the clinic in 2024 after completing…
Dr. Hupp works as a consultant at the Center for Paraplegia and in the Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology. He studied human medicine in Würzburg, Germany, from 1999 to 2005. Dr. Hupp completed his further training as a specialist in neurology in Bamberg, Würzburg and Frankfurt am Main in Germany. Dr. Hupp worked at Balgrist University Hospital from 2013 to 2018 and returned to the clinic in 2024 after completing additional training in palliative medicine in Berlin, Germany. His clinical focus is on the treatment of people with spinal cord injuries and diseases, as well as diseases and injuries of peripheral nerves. In addition, Dr. Hupp specializes in the treatment of spasticity using botolinum toxin and intrathecal baclofen. His research activities focus on spinal cord imaging with the aim of improving patient treatment.
Specialisation
- Expert witness for brain communications, spine, electrophysiology for problems of the spinal cord and peripheral nerves, among others
- Spasticity treatment using botulinum toxin and intrathecal baclofen
- Palliative medicine
Honors and awards
| 2021 | “Paper of the Month”, Balgrist University Hospital |
Graduate
| 1999 – 2005 | Studied human medicine at the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany |
| 2012 | Specialist in neurology (LÄK Hessen, Germany) |
Academic career
2006-2007 2008-2009 | Neurological Clinic, Klinikum am Bruderwald, Bamberg, Germany (Prof. Krauseneck) |
| 2007-2008 | Clinic for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Klinikum am Michelsberg, Bamberg, Germany (Prof. Günther) |
| 2009-2011 | Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Würzburg, Germany (Prof. Solymosi) |
| 2011-2013 | Neurological Clinic, Northwest Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany (Prof. Meyding-Lamade) |
| 2013-2018 | Balgrist University Hospital, Centre for Paraplegia, Zurich |
| 2020-2024 | Practice for specialised outpatient palliative medicine, Berlin, Germany (Fischer-Kramps) |
Continuing professional development
| 2022 | Additional qualification in palliative medicine (ÄK Berlin, Germany) |
| 2021 | Certificate Evoked Potentials (DGKN, Germany) |
| 2014 | Further training diploma in electroneuromyography (SGKN, Germany) |
| 2011 | Expertise in radiation protection - entire field of X-ray diagnostics with CT (LÄK Bayern, Germany) |
Grants
| 2021-2026 | Balgrist Foundation Zurich |
| 2016-2021 | Balgrist Foundation Zurich |
Memberships
- German Society for Neurology
- German Society for Clinical Neurophysiology
- German Society for Palliative Medicine
Scientific projects
- ProCSM study
Reviewer and editorial board activities
- Reviewer for Brain Communications, Spine, Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, Neurology and Neurosurgery, American Journal of Neuroradiology, Journal of Neuroscience, Scientific Reports, among others.
Publications
Books and chapters
- Neurophysiology and advanced dynamic assessments in degenerative cervical myelopathy (Chapter 7) in Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy, Co-author.