Clinique de Montchoisi

Prof. Dr. med. Constantin Tuleasca

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery in Romania
FMH Specialist in Neurosurgery

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FR EN DE ES RM

Areas of specialisation (7)

Further accreditations (1)

Hôpital de La Providence

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Centre Médical Montchoisi 35
Avenue de Montchoisi 35
1006 Lausanne

secretariat.ctuleasca@montchoisi.ch

021 619 36 59

Competences

Back Surgery
Minimally Invasive Radio-Neurosurgery
Cranial Microsurgery

Work Experience

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Education

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

Management Course for Executives (CHUV)

TeamSTEPPS Course (Patient Safety)

Final FMH Exam in Neurosurgery, Lugano, Switzerland

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

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

Project Management, Iași, Romania.

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

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

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

Basic FMH Surgery Exam Diploma

Courses of the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS)

Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) in Clinical Research

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

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

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

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

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

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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