Background
Benecke, Reiner was born on August 27, 1949 in Cuhaven, Saxony, Germany. Son of Friedrich and Irma Benecke.
Benecke, Reiner was born on August 27, 1949 in Cuhaven, Saxony, Germany. Son of Friedrich and Irma Benecke.
Doctor of Medicine, University Göttingen (Germany), 1974. Venia legendi, University Göttingen (Germany), 1983.
Research assistant department physiology, U. Göttingen (Germany), 1974-1976; research assistant department neurology, U. Göttingen (Germany), 1976-1979; senior registrar department neurology, U. Göttingen (Germany), 1979-1983; associate professor department neurology, U. Göttingen (Germany), 1983-1988; associate professor department neurology, U. Düsseldorf (Germany), 1988-1995; department chairman neurology, U. Rostock (Germany), since 1995. Visiting professor department neurology King's College, London, 1985.
Member Movement Disorder Society (member international Executive Committee), German Society Clinical Neurophysiology (president since 1998).
Married Gabriele Ursula Mönnich, May 13, 1976. Children: Verena, Martin.