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Peter A. Winkler (* 27 March 1956, Bolzano) is an Italian neurosurgeon, professor and chairman of the Clinic for Neurosurgery, Paracelsus Private Medical University of Salzburg, Austria. He is known for his work on epilepsy surgery, microsurgical neuroanatomy and microneurosurgery of the third ventricle.

Biography
Winkler studied medicine at the universities of Innsbruck and Bologna 1975-84. He completed final medical examinations with highest scores, M.D by appointment of the University of Innsbruck in 1984. In 1985 he passed the Italian Medical Examination at the University of Bologna, with highest distinctions. 1985 Winkler worked as a junior resident at the Department of Neurosurgery, University of Munich.

Between 1985 and 1990 he absolved several postgraduate electives and scientific staff memberships at the Department of Neurosurgery, University of Freiburg, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Munich. 1993 Winkler completed his specialist training as a neurosurgeon and started his work as a consultant at the Department of Neurosurgery, Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich. In 1994 he became head of the section of epilepsy surgery at the Department of Neurosurgery, University of Munich. He then initiated the neuroanatomical study group and was head of this group. In 2000 Winkler completed the thesis for the Venia Legendi with the topic: ''Microneurosurgery of pathological lesions in the III. ventricle with special regard to the anterior transcallosal approach – morphometrical, neuroanatomical and neuropsychological investigations''. In 2001 he became a distinguished lecturer at the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Department of Neurology and Section of Neurosurgery, Epilepsy Center. Between 2001 and 2004 Winkler absolved several stays as guest lecturer or visiting professor in Helsinki, Madrid and Coimbra.

2005 Winkler was appointed extraordinary professor and deputy chairman at the Clinic for Neurosurgery at the Ludwig Maximilians-University Munich. In 2009 he became head of the Clinic for Neurosurgery and Epilepsy Surgery, Vogtareuth, Germany and in 2011 he was called professor and chairman, Clinic for Neurosurgery, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg. Winkler is founder and leader of the Peter A. Winkler Jazzband.

Scientific contribution
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Academic Memberships
1994 Regular Membership of the German Society of Neurosurgery

1998 Membership of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons - AANS

2008 Foundation member of the International Meningioma Society

2012 Elected Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Awards

 * "Live - in - Grant" - award (1994) sponsored by Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, Ohio, USA for the presentation of the project: „Neuroanatomy for Neurosurgeons? Structure and projects of a Laboratory for Neurosurgical Microanatomy“, Free University of Berlin.


 * Co-award of „Röntgenpreis der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Radiologie 1996“ for the paper: „The motor hand area is located in a characteristic knob of the precentral gyrus. A radiological, neurophysiological and anatomical study” by T.A. Yousry, U.D. Schmid, P.A. Winkler.

Publications
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