Clinique de Montchoisi

Prof. Dr. med. Constantin Tuleasca

Further accreditations (1)
  • Hôpital de La Providence

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Hospital (2)

Centre Médical Montchoisi 35
Avenue de Montchoisi 35
1006 Lausanne

Competences

  • Back Surgery
  • Minimally Invasive Radio-Neurosurgery
  • Cranial Microsurgery

Work Experience

2022 - 2025

Senior Hospital Physician, Neurosurgery Department, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland, and Privat Docent and Senior Lecturer at the University of Lausanne (UNIL)

2020 - 2022

Head Physician FMH, Neurosurgery Department, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland

2016 - 2018

Assistant Head Physician (50% clinical work, 50% MD-PhD programme at the University of Lausanne), Neurosurgery Department, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland

2011 - 2016

Assistant Physician (50% clinical work and 50% MD-PhD programme at the University of Lausanne), Neurosurgery Department, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland

2010 - 2011

General neurosurgery, radio-neurosurgery, Timone University Hospital, Marseille, France

2007 - 2010

Assistant Doctor, Neurosurgery Department, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland

Publications

To date, he has published over 150 articles, including in internationally renowned journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

Dr Constantin Tuleasca has contributed to international scientific articles, including international treatment guidelines, particularly for trigeminal neuralgia and vestibular schwannomas.

He has received numerous awards and distinctions, including two awards from the French National Academy of Medicine and two nominations for the European Society of Neurosurgery Award.

Keywords and main topics

  • Back
  • Lumbar disc herniation, spinal arachnoid stria, spinal tumours, cysts
  • Skull
  • Head trauma, brain metastases, trigeminal neuralgia, vestibular schwannomas, meningiomas, gliomas, cavernous malformations, essential tremor, pituitary adenomas, Tourette syndrome

Work related to spinal surgery

 

1. Direct withdrawal of a retained foreign body bisecting the thoracic spinal canal in a neurologically intact pediatric patient: illustrative case. 
Peters DR, VanHorn T, Karimian B, Pruden B, Wait SD, Daniel RT, Tuleasca C.
J Neurosurg Case Lessons. 2023 Jun 19;5(25):CASE2363. doi: 10.3171/CASE2363. PMID: 37354389; PMCID: PMC10550528.

2. Postoperative Intracranial Hypotension-Associated Venous Congestion after Spinal Surgery Managed with Multiple Blood Patches: Case Report.
Kurzbuch AR, Bourlond B, García Martínez JJ, Bonjour T, Novaes NP, Tuleasca C, Millán DS.
J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg. 2024 Jan;85(1):112-115. doi: 10.1055/s-0042-1757173. Epub 2022 Oct 27. PMID: 36302518.
Impact factor 1.39

3. Letter: Spinal Arachnoid Webs: Presentation, Natural History, and Outcomes in 38 Patients.
Harel E, Parker F, Tuleasca C. 
Neurosurgery. 2022 Mar 1;90(3):e81-e82. doi: 10.1227/NEU.0000000000001813. Epub 2021 Dec 24. PMID: 35006208.
Impact factor 4.8 

4. Lumbar discectomy with annulus fibrosus closure: A retrospective series of 53 consecutive patients.
Kurzbuch AR, Tuleasca C (corresponding author), Fournier JY. 
Neurochirurgie. 2022 Jul;68(4):393-397. doi: 10.1016/j.neuchi.2021.12.009. Epub 2022 Jan 4. PMID: 34995566.
Impact factor 0.8

5. The annular closure device – panacea of lumbar disc herniation: how closed is closed enough for the intervertebral disc space?
Kurzbuch AR, Fournier JY, Tuleasca C. 
Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2021 Jun;163(6):1611-1612. doi: 10.1007/s00701-021-04764-9. Epub 2021 Feb 19. PMID: 33606100.
Impact factor 2.4

6. A rare condition: Spontaneous subarachnoid haemorrhage due to spinal hemangioblastoma: Report of 2 cases and review of the literature.Tuleasca C, Knafo S, David P, Richard S, Adam C, Aghakhani N, Parker F. 
Neurochirurgie. 2020 Nov;66(5):359-364. doi: 10.1016/j.neuchi.2020.05.008. Epub 2020 Aug 28. PMID: 32866499.
Impact factor 0.8

7. The relevance of the artery of Adamkiewicz for microsurgical resection of spinal tumors- short overview and case series: Technical note. 
Tuleasca C, Herbrecht A, Knafo S, Aghakhani N, Parker F. 
Neurochirurgie. 2020 Nov;66(5):378-382. doi: 10.1016/j.neuchi.2020.07.001. Epub 2020 Aug 11. PMID: 32795463.
Impact factor 0.8

8. Surgery for cyst dilatation of a ventriculus terminalis in adults: Keep it simple!
Tuleasca C, Ducos Y, Knafo S, Levivier M, Aghakhani N, Parker F. 
Neurochirurgie. 2021 Apr;67(2):211-213. doi: 10.1016/j.neuchi.2020.04.003. Epub
2020 Jun 3. PMID: 32504646.
Impact factor 0.8

9. Microsurgical resection of a radicular hemangioblastoma with subarachnoid hemorrhage: how I do it. 
Tuleasca C, Ducos Y, David P, Aghakhani N. 
Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2020 Apr;162(4):957-959. doi: 10.1007/s00701-020-04229-5. Epub
2020 Jan 20. PMID: 31960142.
Impact factor 2.4

10. Paragangliomas of the spine: a retrospective case series in a national reference French center. 
Tuleasca C, Al-Risi AS, David P, Adam C, Aghakhani N, Parker F.
Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2020 Apr;162(4):831-837. doi: 10.1007/s00701-019-04186-8. Epub 2019 Dec 24. PMID: 31873794.
Impact factor 2.4

11. Letter to the Editor. Arachnoid webs: preoperative differential diagnosis and surgical exploration.
Tuleasca C, Ducos Y, Levivier M, Parker F, Aghakhani N. 
J Neurosurg Spine. 2019 Aug 30:1-2. doi: 10.3171/2019.6.SPINE19671. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 31470403.
Impact factor 2.8

Work Experience

since 2025

Doctor in private practice, Montchoisi Medical Center 35, Lausanne, Switzerland

since 2025

Médecin accrédité en pratique indépendante, Hôpital de La Providence, Neuchâtel, Suisse

2021 - 2022

Elective activity exclusively in spinal surgery, CHUV, Spinal Surgery Unit, as a fellow in the Neurosurgery Department, Lausanne, Switzerland

2019 - 2020

Fellow, Lille University Hospital, Neurosurgery Department with expertise in spinal surgery and cranial microsurgery (Prof. Assaker, Prof. Lejeune, Prof. Reyns), France

2018 - 2020

Bicêtre University Hospital/Paris-Sud, external internship in Switzerland at the French National Reference Centre for Intramedullary Tumours (Prof. Parker), France

Education

2023

Course “Breakthrough Program for Senior Executives,” 2023, IMD, Lausanne

2023

Management Course for Executives (CHUV)

2021

TeamSTEPPS Course (Patient Safety)

2019

Final FMH Exam in Neurosurgery, Lugano, Switzerland

2018

MD-PhD from the University of Lausanne (grade 6/6)

2012 - 2018

Doctorate in Medicine and Science (MD-PhD), University of Lausanne (UNIL)

2016

Project Management, Iași, Romania.

2016

European Board of Neurosurgery (Part I, Written) 2016, European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS).

2015

Intermediate MD-PhD Exam, University of Lausanne (UNIL)

2013 - 2015

Diploma of Advanced Studies (DAS) in Clinical Research, University of Lausanne (UNIL)

2014

Basic FMH Surgery Exam Diploma

2011 - 2014

Courses of the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS)

2012 - 2013

Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) in Clinical Research

2006

Medical Degree (MD), “Gr. T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iași

2006

University of Medicine, Iași/Romania, Faculty of Medicine (MD)

2005

Summer School Student (Neurosurgery and Oncology), Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg.

2005

Medical Extern, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Strasbourg, Faculty of Medicine

2004 - 2005

Socrates-Erasmus Student, University of Salamanca, Faculty of Medicine

2000

Secondary Education, Mathematics–Physics–Computer Science Track

Memberships

Member of the following societies

  • European Association of Neurosurgeons
  • International Society for Stereotactic Radiosurgery
  • FMH (Swiss Medical Association)
  • Swiss Society of Neurosurgery (junior member until obtaining my FMH in 2019)
  • National Academy of Surgery (Paris, France, associate member)
  • Vaudoise Medical Society (SVM)

Member of the editorial board

  • Neurosurgery

Member of the Board of Directors

  • International Society for Radiosurgery (ISRS, 2019-2024)

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