Benedikt Schoser is a trained neurologist, neurophysiologist, neurointensivist, palliative medicine doctor, and muscle pathologist. He is a professor of neurology, senior consultant neurologist, and co-chair of the Friedrich-Baur-Institute, Dep. of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany. He is an executive section editor of the Journal of Neuromuscular Disorders, a member of the editorial board of Current Opinions in Neurology, and the European Journal of Neurology. He became a fellow of the EAN in 2017 and serves as a board member of the Educational panel, Rare Disease panel, and Scientific Muscle and Neuromuscular panel of the EAN. He is co-chair of the Joint educational board of the EAN/UEMS and organizer of the European Neurology board exam. He is a long-term member of the World Muscle Society and organizes the WMS teaching course. His special interests are multisystemic neuromuscular disorders, translational research and therapy.