Dr. Ralf Baron is Head of the Division of Neurological Pain Research and Therapy and Vice Chair of the Department of Neurology, Christian-Albrechts-Universitaet Kiel, in Germany.
From 1999-2004, He served as General Secretary of the German Interdisciplinary Pain Society (DIVS).
From 2005-2016 he served as a Management Committee Member of the Neuropathic Pain Special Interest Group (NeuPSIG) of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP).
He has been a Councilor of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) from 2010-2016.
His main research interest is the pathophysiology and therapy of neuropathic pain states.
He has authored more than 250 publications with his outstanding and motivated research team and has lectured at numerous conferences and symposia worldwide.