Portrait David Bellut

David Bellut
PD Dr. med.

Senior Attending Physician, Vice Director of Department, Department of Neurosurgery

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

Contact

Tel. +41 44 255 31 69

Other competencies

  • Member of the Interdisciplinary Commission for Further Education and Training in Spinal Surgery since 10/2020
  • Since 04/20 Head of Neurosurgery
  • Member of the Quality Commission of the Swiss Society of Neurosurgery since 06/2018
  • Since 07/2016 Head of Spine and Spinal Cord Surgery, Head of Outpatient Clinic at the Department of Neurosurgery, Head of Quality at the Department of Neurosurgery
  • Since 05/2014 CIRS officer at the Department of Neurosurgery

Career

Since 07/2023 Vice Director, Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Zurich
Since 04/2020 Senior Attending Physician, Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Zurich
07/2016 – 03/2020 Attending Physician, Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Zurich
07/2015 – 06/2016 Fellowship in Complex Spine Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, St. Michaels Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada
05/2014 – 06/2015 Attending Physician, Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Zurich
07/2013 – 04/2014 Fellow, Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Zurich
08/2012 – 06/2013 Resident, Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Zurich
05/2007 – 10/2009 Resident, Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Zurich
07/2012 – 08/2010 Resident in neurosurgery, spinal surgery, Schulthess Klinik Zurich
10/2009 – 07/2010 Resident, Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Zurich
01/2007 – 04/2007 Resident, Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Zurich

Most important memberships

  • SGNC – Swiss Society for Neurosurgery (Chairman of the Quality Commission, Tariff Delegation)
  • EUROSPINE – The Spine Society of Europe
  • AO Spine
  • Swiss Society for Spinal Surgery (Board member)

Research focus

  • Outcome measures and quality in spinal surgery
  • Interdisciplinary neurosurgical-psychiatric research

Further

Qualifications and certificates

  • 01/2021 Spec. Spinal surgery (SO/SGNC)
  • 12/2019 Simulation infrastructure training
  • 12/2018 Master Certificate – German Spine Society
  • 07/2018 Advanced Spine Diploma – Eurospine
  • 01/2015 Interventional pain therapy – SSIPM
  • 01/2009 Expert course on radiation protection – PNN