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Kerstin Hellwig, a clinician-scientist, had various aspirations as a child before settling on becoming a doctor. She now specializes in multiple sclerosis and pregnancy. Hellwig is the chair and founder of the German multiple sclerosis and pregnancy registry and has a private practice.
When Kerstin Hellwig was 3 years old, she wanted to become a farmer. By age 4, her sights were set on being a firewoman. Then, at age 5, she was given a little toy doctor’s suitcase, and her ambition switched to becoming a doctor. “And it never changed. I didn’t regret it because it’s a very fulfilling profession with lots of possibilities”, she reflects. Now in her early fifties, Hellwig is a leading clinician-scientist in the field of multiple sclerosis and pregnancy. She is chair and founder of the German multiple sclerosis and pregnancy registry at St Josef Hospital, Ruhr-University, Bochum and also sees patients in her private practice.