Specialist fields (in extracts)
- Treatment of spinal disorders in elderly patients such as spinal canal stenosis, spondylolisthesis, degenerative scoliosis, osteoporotic fractures or spinal metastases
- Treatment of spinal disorders in obese patients
- Treatment of disorders of the cervical spine such as disc herniation, myelopathy or deformity
- Spinal tumors
- Complex spine surgery and revision surgery
- Minimally invasive spine surgery
Curriculum vitae (in extracts)
| NEUROSURGERY: |
| 04/16 — Department of Neurosurgery and Spine Surgery, Helios Baltic Sea Clinic Damp: Chief Physician |
| 12/12 – 02/16 — Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Senior Physician, Head Spine Surgery |
| 02/10 – 11/12 — Department of Neurosurgery, Innsbruck Medical University: Physician, Head Spine Research |
| 07/05 – 01/10 — Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Mannheim, Heidelberg University: Physician |
| UNIVERSITY: |
| 04/98 – 05/05 — Charité — Universitätsmedizin Berlin |
| HABILITATION: |
| 04/15 — Venia legendi in Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Mannheim, Heidelberg University |
| 06/13 — Venia docendi in Neurosurgery, Innsbruck Medical University: Regenerative treatment strategies for degenerative intervertebral disc diseases |
| DOCTORAL DISSERTATION: |
| 09/06 — Potential of mesenchymal stem cells for chondrogenic differentiation in high-density-3D-cultures and in bio-absorbable polymer fleece. Stem Cell Group, Tissue Engineering Laboratory, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (Prof. Dr. rer. nat. M. Sittinger) |
Certification
| MAJOR RESEARCH GRANTS: |
| Study author und project leader |
| 12/12 – 12/19 — Cervical foraminotomy: a randomized clinical trial, German Spine Foundation (Deutsche Wirbelsäulenstiftung) |
| 12/11 – 05/12 — Biomechanical investigation of dynamic hybrid instrumentation in lumbar spondylodesis, Paradigm Spine GmbH |
| 06/10 – 06/12 — Implantation- and closure-system for anulus fibrosus defects of the intervertebral disc; German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology |
| 06/08 – 11/11 — Biomechanical and animal studies for closure and regeneration of the anulus fibrosus, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research |
| Study author |
| 01/11 – 12/15 — Cell Therapy of Degenerative Diseases of the Intervertebral Disc: Establishment of a Therapy Concept, Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies
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| PATENTS: |
| 11/08 — Implantable system for an intervertebral disc and intervertebral disc implant, Hegewald, European patent application No. 07008902.4-2108
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| AWARDS:
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| 06/08 — Stipendiary of the German Neurosurgery Research Foundation
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Academic activities
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CLINICAL STUDIES: |
| 09/11 – 2018 — Principal investigator. Cervical foraminotomy: a randomized clinical trial
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09/11 – 2013 — Investigator and industry consultant. A prospective, randomized, multicentre Phase I/II clinical trial to evaluate safety and efficacy of NOVOCART® Disc plus autologous disc chondrocyte transplantation (ADCT) in the treatment of nucleotomized and degenerative lumbar discs to avoid secondary disease |
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04/11 – 2016 — Investigator. Posterior dynamic stabilization versus fusion in the treatment of lumbar degenerative disease [a multi-center RCT] |
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05/10 – 2016 — Investigator and industry consultant. A prospective, randomized, multi-center study to demonstrate the superiority of the Barricaid® to discectomy for primary lumbar disc herniation |
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04/09 – 2012 — Investigator. A multi-center, post marketing surveillance study to monitor the safety and performance of the Barricaid® ARD in the treatment of back and radicular pain caused by primary lumbar disc herniation |
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01/10 – 2011 — InvestigatorLong-term outcome of a prospective randomized comparison of cage fusion and iliac crest autograft fusion in patients undergoing anterior cervical discectomy |
| 01/09 – 2010 — Investigator. Long-term outcome after less invasive surgery for decompression of lumbar stenosis — a randomized comparison of unilateral laminotomy, bilateral laminotomy and laminectomy
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Extra information
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LANGUAGE SKILLS: |
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German |
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English |
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Spanish |
Memberships
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German Association of Neurosurgery (DGNC) |
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German Spine Association (DWG) |
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European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS) |
| AOSpine
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