PD Dr. Gerd Fabian Volk Gerd Fabian Volk has been active since 2006 as a physician at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of Jena University Hospital. Since 2012, he has been the leader of the interdisciplinary Facial-Nerve-Center Jena. His clinical interests are as follows: the diagnostic and treatment of facial nerve palsy, telemedicine to improve the diagnosis and treatment of rare diseases, application of botulinum toxin and electrostimulation in the head and neck region, functional diagnostics and therapy of peripheral nerve lesions, and electrophysiological and imaging techniques for the evaluation and rehabilitation of the muscles and nerves. Experimental topics include the following: the development of new methods of reconstruction of the facial and laryngeal nerve; electrostimulation as a diagnostic and therapeutic tool; central changes after brain nerve failure, in particular of the facial and vestibular nerves; and telemedicine and health care networks to improve treatment quality.