Team of the Department of Neurosurgery

Our dedicated and highly qualified team at the Department of Neurosurgery at the University Hospital Zurich specializes in operations for diseases of the brain and spinal cord. Our specialized neurosurgeons are at your disposal with their expertise and offer you individual, patient-centered care and treatment.

Departments

Management

Luca Regli, Prof. Dr. med.

Director of Department, Department of Neurosurgery

Tel. +41 44 255 29 92

Remo Bonaria

Department Manager, Department of Neurosurgery
Department Manager, Department of Neurology

Tel. +41 44 255 55 07

Senior Physicians

David Bellut, PD Dr. med.

Senior Physician, Vice Director of Department, Department of Neurosurgery

Tel. +41 44 255 31 69
Specialties: Tumor diseases of the spinal canal, spinal cord and spinal nerves, Arachnoid cysts, spinal arachnoid web, syringohydromyelia, Tarlov cysts, Infectious diseases and degenerative diseases of the spine

Giuseppe Esposito, Prof. Dr. med.

Senior Physician, Department of Neurosurgery

Tel. 044 255 86 56
Specialties: Vascular neurosurgery (aneurysms, AVM, dAVF), Brain revascularization (brain bypass surgery, carotid endarterectomy, Moyamoya), Microneurosurgery of brain tumors and skull base surgery

Menno Germans, Ph.D., PD Dr. med.

Senior Physician, Department of Neurosurgery

Tel. 043 253 68 51
Specialties: Vascular neurosurgery, Tumor and skull base surgery, Complex spinal surgery

Niklaus Krayenbühl, Prof. Dr. med.

Senior Physician, Department of Neurosurgery

Tel. +41 44 255 26 86

Carlo Serra, Prof. Dr. med.

Senior Physician, Vice Director of Department, Department of Neurosurgery

Tel. +41 44 255 26 85
Specialties: Microneurosurgery of brain tumors, Pituitary and skull base surgery, Neurovascular surgery

Lennart Stieglitz, Prof. Dr. med.

Senior Physician, Vice Director of Department, Department of Neurosurgery

Tel. +41 44 255 99 05
Specialties: Functional neurosurgery, Intraoperative imaging and computer-assisted neurosurgery, Movement disorders

Senior Attending Physicians

Jorn Fierstra, Ph.D., Prof. Dr. med.

Senior Attending Physician, Department of Neurosurgery

Tel. +41 44 255 31 69
Specialties: Vascular neurosurgery with special interest in brain revascularization (brain bypass surgery for ischemia, moyamoya disease, complex aneurysms & carotid endarterectomy) (aneurysm surgery, AVM, dAVF), Microsurgery of brain tumors and skull base surgery (incl. awake operations)

Attending Physicians

Kevin Akeret, Dr. med. Dr. sc.

Attending Physician, Department of Neurosurgery

Tel. +41 44 255 26 86

Delal Bektas, Dr. med. univ.

Attending Physician ad interim, Department of Neurosurgery

Tel. +41 44 255 90 93

Oliver Bichsel, Dr. med. Dr. sc. ETH Zürich

Attending Physician, Department of Neurosurgery

Tel. +41 44 255 99 05
Specialties: Functional neurosurgery, Computer- and robot-assisted neurosurgery

Alexandra Grob, MSc, Dr. med.

Attending Physician ad interim, Department of Neurosurgery

Tel. +41 44 255 86 56
Specialties: Spinal neurosurgery

Michael Hugelshofer, MSc, PD Dr. med.

Attending Physician, Department of Neurosurgery

Tel. +41 44 255 26 86

Nicolai Maldaner, PD Dr. med.

Attending Physician, Department of Neurosurgery

Tel. +41 44 255 31 69

Markus Florian Oertel, Dr. med.

Attending Physician, Department of Neurosurgery

Tel. +41 44 255 99 05
Specialties: Neurotraumatology, Spinal neurosurgery, Functional neurosurgery

Martina Sebök, Ph.D., PD Dr. med.

Attending Physician, Department of Neurosurgery

Tel. +41 44 255 37 90
Specialties: Vascular neurosurgery (aneurysms, brain revascularization (brain bypass surgery, carotid endarterectomy), AVM, dAVF, cavernomas), Microsurgery of brain tumors, Skull base surgery

Bas van Niftrik, Dr. sc. med.

Attending Physician, Department of Neurosurgery

Tel. +41 44 255 11 34

Flavio Vasella, Dr. sc. nat.

Attending Physician ad interim, Department of Neurosurgery

Tel. +41 44 255 11 34

Stefanos Voglis, Dr. med.

Attending Physician, Department of Neurosurgery

Tel. +41 44 255 86 87