Career
In 1937, he was appointed director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Brain Research. Along with Julius Hallervorden, he is credited with the discovery of Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome (now, in light of revelations of his Nazi past, more commonly referred to as Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration). Hugo Spatz"s Oberarzt (senior resident or attending physician), 1937-1939, Richard Lindenberg, became chief neuropathologist of the State of Maryland.
