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
Graduate
- 2018 Fellowship cervical spine surgery (Prof. Abumi, Sapporo and Tokyo, Japan)
- 2016 Written and oral national board exam for neurosurgery
- 2009 Medical degree at University of Zürich
- 2008 Medical state examination at University of Zürich
- 2007 Subinternship in Neurosurgery and orthopedic surgery (University Hospital Birmingham, Alabama, USA)
- 2002 – 2008 Medical School at University of Zürich
Professional career
- 2021 Attending Spine Surgeon at University Spine Center Zürich (Prof. Farshad)
- 2019 Head of Neurosurgical curicullum (kat c) at University Spine Center Zürich
- 2018 – 2020 Senior Spine Surgeon at University Spine Center Zürich (Prof. Farshad)
- 2015 – 2016 Senior physician, Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Zürich (Prof. Regli)
- 2013 – 2015 Resident physician, Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Zürich (Prof. Regli)
- 2012 – 2013 Senior physician, Department of Orthopedics, spine surgery, Balgrist University Hospital (Prof. Gerber/Prof. Min)
- 2011 – 2012 Resident physician, Department of Orthopedics, Balgrist University Hospital (Prof. Gerber)
- 2009 – 2011 Resident physicain, Departement of Neurosurgery, Canton Hospital St. Gallen (Prof. Hildebrandt)
Teaching posts
Continous education of medical students at University of Zürich
Fellowships
- 2018 Visiting Fellowship cervical spine surgery (Prof. Abumi, Sapporo and Tokyo, Japan)
- 2016 – 2017 Fellowship Complex Spine Surgery, Universitätsklinik Balgrist Zürich (Prof. Farshad)
Memberships
- VSAO (Verein Schweizerischer Assistenz- und Oberärzte)
- FMH (Foederatio Medicorum Helveticorum)
- SGS (Schweizerische Gesellschaft für spinale Chirurgie)
- EANS (european association of neurosurgical societies)
Scientific projects
- Patient-Specific instrumentation and solutions:
- Studies (including randomized controlled studies) on patients-specific templates for pedicle screw insertions.
- Biomechanical and cadaver studies on new surgical methods for patient-specific surgery, including cortical bone trajectories, osteotomies, etc
- Biomechanics of the Spine
- Spinal degeneration and it's effects on spinal biomechanics and range of motion
- biomechanics of spinal discs and the process of disc degeneration
- Imaging around the Spine
- spinal implant loosing and imaging
- novel methods for identification of painful degenerative processes
