Department of Neurosurgery at University Hospital Freiburg

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University Hospital Freiburg

Freiburg, Germany

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Head of the Department

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Beck

Department of Neurosurgery

Description Curriculum vitae

Department of Neurosurgery at University Hospital Freiburg provides surgical care for patients of all ages with diseases affecting the central and peripheral nervous systems. The department has the cutting-edge diagnostics and therapeutics along with a great team of surgeons and medical staff, all to ensure the best treatment for patients and it has been divided into stations for each category of the common and dangerous diseases, for example, for patients with von Hippel-Lindau disease and other spine disorders, 28 beds are available while 13 beds are equipped for those with diseases of the base of the skull. The department also works in close cooperation with the Epilepsy Center and has 12 beds dedicated solely to epileptic patients.
Under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Med. Jurgen Beck, the department of neurosurgery treats more than 4,000 inpatients every year and is also participating in research projects in some fields such as epilepsy, hemangioblastoma, peripheral nerve diseases, and neuro-oncology.

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

•   Dystonia
•   Brain tumors
•   Parkison’s disease
•   Epilepsy
•   Vagus nerve palsy
•   Glioma
•   Meningioma
•   Skull base fracture
•   Aneurysm
•   Subarachnoid hemorrhage
•   Arteriovenous malformation
•   Cavernoma
•   Tremor
•   Von Hippel-Lindau disease
•   Carpal tunnel syndrome
•   Spina bifida

1990 - 1991 Law studies at the University of Würzburg.
1991 - 1996 Medical studies at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and Boston Harvard Medical School.
1998 Department of Neurosurgery at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
2000 - 2006 Institute of Surgical Research (Prof. Konrad Messmer), Working Group on Experimental Neurosurgery (Prof. Alexander Baethmann), Munich.
2000 - 2006 Medical Specialist Training, Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Frankfurt (Prof. Volker Seifert).
2006 - 2008 Medical Specialist and Senior Physician, Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Frankfurt, Venia legendi.
2008 Leading Physician and Deputy Head of the Department of Neurosurgery at the University Hospital Bern (Prof. Andreas Raabe).
2014 - 2018 Chief Physician of the Department of Neurosurgery at the University Hospital Bern (Prof. Andreas Raabe).
From 04/2018 Head of the Department of Adult and Pediatric Neurosurgery at the University Hospital Freiburg (successor to Prof. J. Zentner).

Important Focuses

Tumor microneurosurgery, including intraoperative monitoring, awake surgery, skull base surgery, pediatric neurosurgery.
Vascular neurosurgery, diagnosis and therapy of vasospasm.
Pituitary surgery, 3D endoscopy.
Spinal microsurgery.
Treatment of cerebrospinal fluid hypovolemia syndrome.

Publications:

128 Original articles in scientific journals.
Participation in 9 collective monographs.
5 Reviews.
3 Short contributions.
Collaboration in clinical trials (4).

Memberships

Representative of the section on intracranial pressure, hydrocephalus and cerebral blood flow of the German Society of Neurosurgery (DGNC).
Reviewer of the internationally renowned scientific journals on neurosurgery.
Reviewer of numerous research projects.
University Lecturer (Dozent).