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Spine surgery

Mazda Farshad, MPH

Prof. Dr. med. Mazda Farshad, MPH

Clinical position
Medical Director
Head Physician Orthopedics and Spine Surgery
Director of University Spine Center
Team
Spine
Academic position
Professor and Chair of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Specialisation

Entire Spectrum of Spine Surgery

  • Degenerative spine surgery
  • Adult deformities
  • complex children deformities
  • scoliosis
  • minimal invasive surgery
  • Surgery of the cervical spine
  • Surgery of the thoraco-lumbar spine
  • Spinal tumores, sarcoma surgery
  • kyphosis corrections
  • surgery of the osteoporotic spine
  • complex revision surgeries
  • salvage surgeries
  • patient-specific spine surgeries
     
Languages
German, English, French, Persian
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Michael Betz

PD Dr. med. Michael Betz

Clinical position
Senior Consultant Spine Surgery
Team
Spine
Academic position
Privatdozent, Lecturer of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Zurich
Specialisation

Spine Surgery

Languages
German, English, French
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José Miguel Spirig

Dr. med. José Miguel Spirig

Clinical position
Consultant Spine Surgeon
Team
Spine
Specialisation

Spine Surgery, in particular

  • Spinal tumours (intradural and extradural)
  • Cervical Spine Surgery
  • Revision Surgery
Languages
German, English, Spanish, French
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Florian Wanivenhaus

Dr. med. univ. Florian Wanivenhaus

Clinical position
Consultant Spine Surgery
Team
Spine
Specialisation

Spine

Languages
German, English
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Nils H. Ulrich

PD Dr. med. Nils H. Ulrich

Clinical position
Consultant Spine Surgery, Head of Site UWZH at Schaffhausen Canton Hospital
Team
Spine
Academic position
Lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich
Specialisation

Degenerative spine surgery
Cervical spine surgery
Endoscopic and minimally invasive spine surgery

Languages
German, English
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Thorsten Jentzsch

Dr. med. M.Sc. Thorsten Jentzsch

Clinical position
Consultant Spine Surgery
Team
Spine
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Igor Dichovski

Dr. med. Igor Dichovski

Clinical position
Junior Consultant Conservative Spinal Medicine
Team
Spine
Specialisation

Specialist in orthopedics and trauma surgery

Languages
German, English, Greek, Bulgarian, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian
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Christoph Laux

Dr. med. univ. Christoph Laux

Clinical position
Consultant Spine Surgery
Team
Spine
Languages
German, English, French
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Spine surgery

Illustration of the structures, muscles and tendons on the spine

The spine is a key component of the human body and spine surgery is correspondingly important at Balgrist University Hospital. The experienced surgical team led by Prof. Mazda Farshad specialise in the entire spectrum of treatment for diseases and injuries of the spinal column, providing patients with optimal support.

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