**About the Editor**

#### **Rudolf Korinthenberg**

Rudolf Korinthenberg is a Senior German pediatrician and pediatric neurologist. Following his undergraduate studies and residency at Muenster University, Germany, he served as a consultant at Mannheim Clinical Center, University of Heidelberg. From 1990 to 2017, he was the medical director of the division of Neuropediatrics and Muscular Disorders, Center of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Hospital of Freiburg University, Germany. He is a member of national and international scientific societies, amongst them the German Muscular Dystrophy Network and the international TREAT-NMD Network and Alliance. He received several awards in the field of neuromuscular diseases. Since his retirement from clinical duties, he holds the position of the chairman of the Research Ethics Committee of Freiburg University, Germany.
