Special research interests: Stroke

Dr. Diener’s special research interests focus on stroke, headache and cerebellar physiology. He has set up the first acute stroke unit in Germany in 1995. He was and is the principal investigator of major trials in the acute therapy and prevention of stroke (ESPS2, MATCH, PRoFESS, SWIFT-PRIME, RESPECT-ESUS) and participated in the recent trials on NOACs in stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation. Dr. Diener is responsible for several multi-centre stroke registries.

Prof. Diener has authored or co-authored 926 articles in peer reviewed journals (185 as first author, 19 in the NEJM), 335 invited reviews, and 357 book chapters, and served as the editor or author of 83 books. His h index is 104. He is the editor of Aktuelle Neurologie and Arzneimitteltherapie, Deputy Editor of Cephalalgia, Stroke Section Editor of Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports and serves on the editorial boards of Lancet Neurology, Cerebrovascular Diseases, and Future Neurology.