Following medical studies at the Ludwig-Maximilians –University in Munich, he received almost all of his neurological training with Professor Rudolf Fahlbusch, with whom he shared a very close long-term cooperation. Prof. Buchfelder enjoys membership of several scientific organisations, such as the German society of Neurosurgery, the German society of skull base surgery, the European Neuroendocrine Association, the US Endocrine Society, as well as the American Association and Congress of Neurological Surgeons. He has a strong dedication and interest in Neuroendocrinology. He served as Congress President of the Annual Meeting of the German Society of Endocrinology in 2007. He is a member of the editorial boards of Central European Neurosurgery, Acta Endocinologica, the journal of the Endocrine Society and as an Editor of Neurosurgical Reviews. He enjoys honorary membership of several National and International scientific organisations and societies.
Prof. Buchfelder’s areas of research include the pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment of pituitary and hypothalamic tumours and hormonal disturbances associated with cerebral lesions. He is also particularly interested in imaging of pituitary lesions and performed the central reading of MR images within AcroStudy and Seismic.
Disclosures
Prof Buchfelder has lectured for Pfizer and discloses he is currently involved in a study with Crinetics.
All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.