Other competencies
- Hydrocephalus
- Head of Functional Neurosurgery
- Responsibility Performance coding
- Responsibility for continuing medical education
Career
| Since 2021 | Vice Director of Department of Neurosurgery, USZ |
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| Since 2017 | Senior Attending Physician of the Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Zurich |
| 2013 – 2016 | Attending Physician, Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Zurich |
| 2012 – 2013 | Attending Physician, Department of Neurosurgery, Inselspital Bern |
| 03/2012 | Specialist (FMH) for neurosurgery |
| 2011 – 2012 | Fellow at the Department of Neurosurgery, Inselspital Bern |
| 2008 – 2011 | Resident at the Department of Neurosurgery, Inselspital Bern |
| 2005 – 2008 | Resident International Neuroscience Institute (INI) Hanover |
Most important memberships
- Swiss Society for Neurosurgery (SGN)
- Swiss Movement Disorders Society (SMDS)
- German Society for Neurosurgery (DGNC)
- European Association of Neurological Surgeons (EANS)
- European Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (ESSFN)
- Mocement Disorder Society (MDS)
- World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (WSSFN)
Research focus
- Treatment of movement disorders through deep brain stimulation
- Diagnosis and treatment of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocepahlus
- Development of a flow-measuring shunt valve for hydrocephalus treatment
- Head of the DBS-SCI study (deep brain stimulation for spinal cord injuries)
- Study management SPARS study (Swiss Prospective Autologous bone flap Resorption Study)
- Study management NPH-wearables study (characterization of the gait pattern in normal pressure hydrocephalus)
Publications
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Consulting activities
- Admirabiles Ltd, Rheinfelden, Switzerland
- Brainlab AG, Feldkirchen, Germany
- Insightec AG, Haifa, Israel
- Integra AG, Saint Priest, France
- Neuromedex GmbH, Hamburg, Germany