Intracerebral hemorrhage and Emergency Neurology 


Who we are and what we do

Intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) is a severe and often life-threatening condition, affecting more than 3.5 million patients yearly worldwide. We aim to improve the understanding of underlying causes of ICH in order to improve individualised treatment, including primary and secondary preventive strategies. 

Team

Ass.-Prof. Simon Fandler-Höfler, MD, PhD

Clinical Neurologist, lead of Neurological Emergency Unit

Linda Fabisch, MD

Neurology resident

Ilse Schiller, MSc
Psychologist, PhD student

Carola Tamm, MD 


 Jakob Unterberger 

Medical Student 

 

 

Current Projects


Crossreg-4-Health 

The INTERREG Cross-Reg-4-Health project is a cross-border EU collaboration between Austrian and Slovenian medical institutions aimed at improving cooperation, clinical expertise, and understanding of intracerebral haemorrhage through education and research. 

ICON-ICH 

This international collaboration aims to create a global collaboration using patient-level neuroimaging and clinical data to study aetiologies, geographical differences and outcomes in intracerebral haemorrhage, including more precise assessment of the risk of recurrent cerebrovascular events. 

Graz ICH cohorts 

We aim to research causes and risk of recurrence of intracerebral haemorrhage in a large retrospective cohort using MRI-based imaging markers and in prospective studies investigating novel MRI techniques. 

EARLY-ICH 

 

EARLY-ICH is a multi-centre European collaboration studying causes, imaging markers, and long-term outcomes of intracerebral haemorrhage in young adults using data from twelve European cohorts across six countries. 

Quality of life after brain haemorrhage

 Following intracerebral haemorrhage, quality of life may be significantly impaired by long term effects, including depression, fatigue, anxiety, and urinary and bowel dysfunction. We aim to evaluate non-motor outcomes to better assess and improve patients’ quality of life. 

Contact

 

Ass.-Prof. Simon Fandler-Höfler, MD, PhD

Medical University of Graz

Department of Neurology 

Auenbruggerplatz 22, 8036 Graz

 

Tel: +43316/385-81781

Mail: [email protected]