Department of Neurosurgery at University Hospital Leipzig

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University Hospital Leipzig

Leipzig, Germany

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Head of the Department

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Meixensberger

Department of Neurosurgery

Description Curriculum vitae

Department of Neurosurgery at University Hospital Leipzig provides surgical care for patients with diseases of the central and peripheral nervous systems. The department has a special focus directed towards the tumors of the skull base such as pituitary tumors and acoustic neuroma as it is fully equipped with state-of-the-art diagnostics and therapeutics as well as the latest surgical techniques to treat such tumors. The department also treats cerebrovascular diseases such as aneurysms and angiomas with the cooperation of the Departments of Neuroradiology and Interventional Radiology. The department of Neurosurgery is also certificated by the German Cancer Society as well as the DWG as a Spine Center due to its special feature of performing microsurgical suppurative interventions.
Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Med. Jürgen Meixensberger, the department treats 1,400 inpatients every year. The department has a specialized unit for spinal neurosurgery where minimally invasive surgical procedures are performed for the treatment of birth defects, vascular and tumor diseases of the spinal cord and the spine. The department also offers treatment of neurodegenerative disorders and tremors.

The Department of Neurosurgery at University Hospital Leipzig is specialized in the diagnosis and surgical treatment of:

•   Acoustic neuroma
•   Meningioma
•   Spinal neuroma
•   Dystonia
•   Parkinson’s disease
•   Tremors
•   Epilepsy
•   Cerebral palsy
•   Spina bifida
•   Spinal stenosis
•   Herniated discs

1976 - 1982 Studied in human medicine at the Julius Maximilians University in Würzburg
1985 doctorate
1990 specialist in neurosurgery
1993 habilitation
1994 Venia legendi for neurosurgery
1994 Recognition of the optional advanced training in special neurosurgical intensive medicine
1998 C3 professorship for neurosurgery at the Julius Maximilians University in Würzburg
2000 Call for the C4 professorship for neurosurgery at the medical faculty of the University of Leipzig
2001 Clinic director of the clinic and polyclinic for neurosurgery at the University Hospital Leipzig
2005 - 2008 Dean of the Medical Faculty of the University of Leipzig
2005 - 2014 Managing Director InnovationCenter Computer Assisted Surgery ICCAS
2010 - 2012 Chairman of the German Society for Neurosurgery DGNC
2010 - 2013 Member of the dean's college of the medical faculty of the University of Leipzig
2012 - 2014 Spokesman for the Advisory Board of the German Society for Neurosurgery DGNC, member of the department for special areas of the Neurosurgical Academy for Continuing Education and Training at the DGNC / BDNC
2012 - January 2015 Second Vice President of the German Society for Neurointensive and Emergency Medicine
2013 - 2019 Dean of Studies at the Medical Faculty of the University of Leipzig
2015 - 2017 President of the German Society for Neurointensive and Emergency Medicine, since February 2017 first vice president
Since May 2018Vice President of EMN
Member of other scientific societies (including member of CURAC eV, member of DIVI, member of the German Society for Surgery, member of the German Society for Skull Base Surgery, member of the German Cancer Society)