Dr. med. Benedikt Bader
Co-Head of Early Rehabilitation, Deputy Chief Physician Rehaklinik Zihlschlacht
Specialist in Neurology
Medical Expertise
Dr. med. Benedikt Bader has specialized in the early neurological rehabilitation of patients with severe and complex neurological disorders. A particular focus of his work is the treatment of patients who require close medical supervision after acute or intensive care treatment.
His clinical focus areas include rehabilitation for severe consciousness disorders, tracheal cannula management, and the treatment of complex neurological conditions with accompanying internal diseases. His goal is to integrate rehabilitation into acute or intensive care treatment as early and seamlessly as possible.
Dr. Bader has many years of clinical experience in Germany and Switzerland. He also completed a research stay at the University of Oxford. Since 2007, he has been involved in university teaching at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich.
Clinical Areas of Focus
- Early Neurological Rehabilitation
- Rehabilitation of patients with severe neurological impairments
- Severe disturbances of consciousness (e.g., coma, persistent vegetative state, or disorders of consciousness)
- Tracheostomy tube management and decannulation
- Medical care following intensive care
- Neurological rehabilitation for patients with complex conditions
Professional Experience and Qualifications
- Since 2025: Deputy Chief Physician, Rehaklinik Zihlschlacht, Switzerland
- Since 2023: Senior Physician, Rehaklinik Zihlschlacht, Switzerland
- 2023: Certificate Fiberendoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES)
- 2021: Additional qualification in Intensive Care Medicine, Germany
- 2019: Specialist in Neurology, Germany
- 2018–2023: Senior Physician for Neurological Early Rehabilitation, Schön Klinik Bad Aibling, Germany
- 2017–2018: Early Rehabilitation and Intensive Care, Schön Klinik Bad Aibling, Germany
- 2016–2017: Psychiatry, Clienia Schlössli, Oetwil am See, Switzerland
- 2011–2016: Early Rehabilitation and Intensive Care, Schön Klinik Bad Aibling, Germany
- 2010: Visiting Research Fellow at the Wellcome Center for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, UK
- 2008: Promotion
- 2007–2011: Neurological Clinic of the University Hospital Munich, Germany
- 2005–2007: Doctorate at the Center for Neuropathology and Prion Research, Munich, Germany
- 1999–2005: Studied medicine at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, Germany