Heinz Wiendl, MD

Clinical Advisor, Multiple Sclerosis

• Professor, Director Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, University of Freiburg, Germany

Dr. Wiendl is Professor, Director Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology at University of Freiburg, Germany and incoming president of the International Society of Neuroimmunology (ISNI, president as of 2025), Spokesperson and Founder of the Body&Brain Institute Münster. His research focuses on inflammatory neurodegeneration and immune regulation and protection as well as monitoring MS and its therapy. Dr. Wiendl is a member of numerous scientific and academic advisory boards and expert panels, including editorial boards of international scientific journals in the fields of neurology, neurosciences, and immunology, as well as for societies, foundations, and project promoters. Currently, he is the speaker of the disease-related competence network Multiple Sclerosis (KKNMS). Prior to University of Freiburg, Dr. Wiendl was Professor of Neurology Department at University of Münster. Dr. Wiendl studied psychology and medicine at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, Duke University, North Carolina, and Bale University, Switzerland.