Helios Hospital Berlin-Buch
Berlin, Germany 
Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Kiwit
Department of Neurosurgery
Department of Neurosurgery at Helios Hospital Berlin-Buch provides surgical care for patients with diseases of both the central and peripheral nervous systems. As an advanced medical facility with cutting-edge diagnostics and therapeutics, the department performs transcranial magnetic stimulation which significantly helps in the treatment of stroke, paraplegia, and depression. The facility is known for its great efforts and success in the field of neuro-oncology as it follows the latest guidelines for neurological surgical interventions. The most common clinical focus of the experienced medical team is the treatment of glioma. The surgeons tend to use minimally invasive techniques as they’re sparing, reduce the risk of complications, and have better results than invasive procedures. Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Med. Jürgen Kiwit, the staff treats over 1,850 inpatients every year. The department also specializes in the treatment of spinal diseases through minimally invasive, microsurgical, and classic open procedures. Diseases such as chronic back pain, herniated discs, spinal stenosis, and tumors are successfully treated by the department.
The Department of Neurosurgery at Helios Hospital Berlin-Buch is specialized in the surgical treatment of:
- Meningioma
- Herniated disc
- Spinal stenosis
- Aneurysms
- Brain tumors
- Spinal tumors
- Skull base fractures
- 2015 Teaching-licence in Special Pain Therapy, Aerztekammer Berlin (6 months)
- 2012 - 2015 Secretary of MAYO Alumni German Speaking Chapter
- 2011 Certificate Special Pain Therapy, Aerztekammer Berlin
- 2009 Certificate in Neuroradiology, Aerztekammer Berlin
- 2007 Vice Director HELIOS Privatkliniken GmbH Berlin Buch
- 2006 - 2008 Re-election as chairman des MAYO Alumni German Speaking Chapter
- 2005 - 2017 Chairman oft he HELIOS spine group (neurosurgery, orthopedic surgery, rheumatology)
- 2004 - 2006 Chairman des MAYO Alumni German Speaking Chapter
- 2003 Second Delegate of DGNC in the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS)
- 2002 Cerebrovascular Section American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)
- 2000 Senior Neurosurgeon MEOCLINIC Internationale Privatklinik, Friedrichstrasse 71 (Quartier 206), Berlin
- 1999 Full teaching-license neurosurgery, Aerztekammer Berlin (72 months)
- 1998 Professor and Chairman of the Neurosurgical Department of the HELIOS Klinikum Berlin Buch
- Associate Professor at the Humboldt-University Berlin, FRG
- 1998 Reelection as a permanent member to the inner council of Medical Faculty Heinrich-Heine University Duesseldorf (Fakultaetsrat)
- 1997 Full professor in neurosurgery by the appointment of the Medical Faculty of the Heinrich-Heine University Duesseldorf
- 1997 Board Examen in Special Neurosurgical Intensive Care Medicine, Aerztekammer Nordrhein
- 1996 - 1998 Co-Investigator in the clinical Study GTI-0115: Retroviral gene- transfer with the G1Tk1SvNa7-Vector in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma
- 1995 - 1996 Coinvestigator in the Research Program A 12 in the Research Network No. 194 (Sonderforschungsbereich 194) of the German Research Foundation (DFG) "Structural changes and dysfunction of the Nervous System“, Special Project "Structural and functional changes of cortical lesions caused by interstitial laser irradiation“ Coinvestigator oft he clinical study GTI-0103: retroviral gene-transfer with the G1Tk1SvNa7-Vector in patients with glioblastoma recurrence
- 1994 - 1998 Vice Chairman (Leitender Oberarzt) at the Neurosurgical Department of the Medical Faculty of the Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf
- 1992 - 1993 Staff member (Oberarzt) at the Neurosurgical Department of the Medical Faculty of the Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf
- 1992 Membership American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)
- 1992 PhD (Habilitation) at the Medical Faculty of the Heinrich-HeineUniversity Düsseldorf “Experimental Studies for the treatment of malignant gliomas“ ("Experimentelle Untersuchungen zur Therapie maligner Gliome")
- 1991 Board Examen in Neurosurgery, Aerztekammer Nordrhein
- 1990 - 1991 Fellowship by the Mayo-Foundation, Residency IV in Neurosurgery as Fellow in Neurosurgery Mayo-Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA, Chairman: Thoralf M Sundt, MD
- 1987 Research project sponsored by the Ministery for Science and Research of the State of North-Rhine Westfalia (Minister für Wissenschaft und Forschung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen), project IV B 5 - 500 018 87, “immunobiology of brain tumor“. Founder of the neurooncology laboratory at the HHU
- 1986 - 1990 Residency III in Neurosurgery at the Neurosurgical Department of the Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf Medical School, Chairman Prof. Dr. med. WJ Bock
- 1985 FLEX Examen, State of New York, U.S.A.
- 1984 Marriage with Sabine Kiwit, geb. Joachim, three daughters
- 1984 - 1985 Residency II in Neurosurgery at the Neuropathological Institute of the Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf Medical School, Chairman Prof. Dr. med. W. Wechsler
- 1983 Doctoral Thesis (Promotion zum Dr. med.) by the Medical Faculty of Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf for the paper "Critical Analysis of fetal riscs by determination of serum estriol concentrations“.
- 1983 VQE Examen
- 1982 ECFMG Examen
- 1982 - 1983 Residency I in Neurosurgery at the Central Hospital of the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehrzentralkrankenhaus) in Koblenz, FRG, Chairman: Flottenarzt Dr. med. J. Mletzko Weiterbildung zum Arzt für Neurochirurgie am Bundeswehrzentral-krankenhaus in Koblenz, Leiter Flottenarzt Dr. med. J. Mletzko
- 1981 Final Medical Examen in Duesseldorf, Heinrich-Heine University
- 1980 - 1981 Internship at the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases und Middlesex Hospital, London, UK
- 1980 Research Quarter from January to March in Kenia. Ethnomedical Study “Trepanation in East Africa", sponsored by the German Research Foundation (DFG)
- 1975 - 1980 Medical studies at Heinrich-Heine University Medical School in Duesseldorf, FRG
Scientific societies:
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neurochirurgie (DGNC)
- American Association for Neurologic Surgery (AANS)
- Cerebrovascular Section der AANS
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neuropathologie und Neuroanatomie (DGNN)
- Mayo Alumni Association
- Mayo Alumni German Speaking League (MAGS)
- Berliner Gesellschaft für Neurologie und Psychiatrie (BGPN)
- Delegate of DGNC in the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) since 2003
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