Gregor Wenning
German neurologist
Gregor Karl Wenning (21 March 1964 – 11 February 2024) was a German neurologist best known for his clinical and scientific work in Parkinson's disease and atypical Parkinsonian disorders, particularly multiple system atrophy (MSA). In 2006 he was appointed Professor and Head of the Division of Clinical Neurobiology at the Medical University Innsbruck. Wenning died on 11 February 2024, at the age of 59.
Early life and education
Wenning was born in Horstmar, Westfalia on 21 March 1964 to Karl-Heinz Wenning, a school teacher, and Elisabeth Wenning (née Terwort), a secretary. One of his brothers is the German church musician and composer Martin Wenning.
After completing preparatory school, he studied medicine (1983–1990) at the Wilhelms University in Muenster (Westphalia) as a scholarship holder of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes. He completed his studies in 1991 with a thesis on motor system degeneration and obtained his doctorate "summa cum laude".
From 1992 to 1994, he obtained a research scholarship by the UK Parkinson's Disease Society and became Clinical Research Fellow and PhD Student at the Institute of Neurology, (Queen Square) in London, where he conducted work on the experimental, clinical and neuropathological aspects of multiple system atrophy (MSA). In January 1996, he completed the MSA research doctorate at the university in London, obtaining the title of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). The title of his thesis was "A clinico-pathological and animal experimental study of multiple system atrophy.".
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