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Spine surgery

Mazda Farshad, MPH

Prof. Dr. med. Mazda Farshad, MPH

Clinical position
Medical Director
Surgeon-in Chief, Orthopedics and Spine Surgery
Director of the 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
  • endoscopic spine surgery
  • Alternatives to fusion surgery
     
Languages
German, English, French, Persian
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Michael Betz

PD Dr. med. Michael Betz

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

PD Dr. med. José Miguel Spirig

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

Team
Spine
Specialisation

Spine

Languages
German, English
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Thorsten Jentzsch

PD Dr. med., M.Sc. Thorsten Jentzsch

Team
Spine
Academic position
Specialist in Orthopedic Surgery, Traumatology of the Musculoskeletal System (CH and D) and lecturer at the University of Zurich
Specialisation

Spine Surgery
Epidemiology

Languages
German, English
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Christoph Laux

Dr. med. univ. Christoph Laux

Team
Spine
Languages
German, English, French
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Ines Unterfrauner

Dr. med., MBA PHM Ines Unterfrauner

Team
Spine
Specialisation

Spine
Public Health Management

Languages
German, Italian, English
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Frédéric Cornaz

Dr. med., MAS MP Frédéric Cornaz

Clinical position
Consultant i.V., Spine Fellow
Team
Spine
Specialisation
  • Spine
  • Biomechanical research
  • Medical Physics
Languages
German, English, French
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Alexandra Stauffer

Dr. med. Alexandra Stauffer

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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