Work Experience

since 2016

Neurosurgery physician at Privatklinik Bethanien

2013 - 2016

Senior physician, Head of spinal surgery, Neurosurgery clinic, Universitätsspital Zürich

2012 - 2013

Senior physician, Spine Centre, Schulthess Klinik, Zürich

2009 - 2012

Senior physician, Neurosurgery clinic, Universitätsspital Zürich

2008 - 2009

Resident physician, Neurosurgery clinic, Universitätsspital Zürich

2007

Resident physician, Spine Centre, Schulthess Klinik, Zürich

2006 - 2007

Resident physician, Neurosurgery clinic, Universitätsspital Zürich

2005 - 2006

Resident physician, Neurointensive care, Universitätsspital Zürich

2001 - 2004

Resident physician, Neurosurgery Clinic, Kantonsspital St. Gallen

Memberships

  • Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Neurochirurgie, SGNC
  • Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Spinale Chirurgie, SGS
  • Swiss Society for Interventional Pain Management, SSIPM
  • European Association of Neurosurgical Societies, EANS
  • Spine Society of Europe, EUROSPINE
  • Aerztegesellschaft des Kantons Zürich, AGZ
  • Gesellschaft Belegärzte Zürich, GBZ
  • Schweizerische Belegärzte-Vereinigung, SBV

Education

2014

Certificate of qualification in interventional pain management, SSIPM

2013

Specialism in neurosurgery

2013

Doctorate, University of Zürich

2010

European Association of Neurosurgical Societies Training Course

2009

Certificate of qualification in dose-intensive X-rays and expert in radiation protection, SafPro Basel

2008

Part 1 of the European Board Examination in Neurological Surgery of the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS)

2001

State examinations in Human Medicine, Heidelberg University, D

Competences

  • Degenerative diseases and fractures of the spine
  • Tumours of the spine and spinal cord
  • Spinal microsurgery
  • Revision surgery on the spine
  • Conservative treatment of spinal disorders
  • Brain tumours
  • Surgical removal and neuro-oncological co-supervision
  • Disorders to cerebrospinal fluid circulation (hydrocephalus)
  • Shunt surgery
  • Pain management
  • Back pain, neuropathic pain

Doctors with this specialisation

Schmerzklinik Basel

Dr. med. Juliet Kahnt

Specialisation
Spinal surgery, Orthopaedic surgery
Clinique de Genolier

Dr. med. John Michael Duff

Specialisation
Neurosurgery, Spinal surgery, Osteoporosis – fractures in the spine, Spinal tumours and metastases on the spinal column, Intervertebral disc prosthesis | Artificial intervertebral disc View more
Privatklinik Obach

Dr. med. Daniel Herschkowitz

Specialisation
Pain therapy, Internal medicine, Check-up
Privatklinik Obach

Dr. med. Anna Szűcs Farkas

Specialisation
Anesthesiology, Pain therapy
Privatklinik Bethanien

Dr. med. Hans-Jürgen Becker

Specialisation
Neurosurgery, Pain therapy, Spinal surgery, Scoliosis and kyphosis (curvature of the spine), Osteoporosis – fractures in the spine, Spinal tumours and metastases on the spinal column, Spinal stenosis – narrowing of the spinal canal, Cervical spondylotic myelopathy, Herniated disc in the thoracic spine, Slipped disc in the cervical spine – cervical disc herniation, Herniated disc in the lumbar spine, Intervertebral disc prosthesis | Artificial intervertebral disc View more
Schmerzklinik Basel

FA M. Sadiq Rahmany

Specialisation
Anesthesiology, Pain therapy