University Hospital RWTH Aachen
Aachen, Germany 
Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. H. Clusmann
Department of Neurosurgery
Department of Neurosurgery at University Hospital RWTH Aachen provides surgical care needed by patients with neurological diseases. The department is considered to be the main center for neurosurgical medical service in Aachen. It has main focuses directed towards tumors of the nervous system, neurovascular diseases, spinal neurosurgery, pediatric neurosurgery, and peripheral nerve disorders.
Nearly 1,800 inpatients are treated in this department every year, under the guidance of Prof. Dr. med. H. Clusmann. The department has the Aachen Brain Tumor Center which was established in 2012 as an organ center at the Center of Integrated Oncology Aachen. The department has research activities that are concerned with disease pathways and developing diagnostics and therapeutics.
Department of Neurosurgery at University Hospital RWTH Aachen is specialized in the surgical treatment of:
• Spinal disc herniation and compression
• Spinal tumors
• Spinal infections
• Cerebral aneurysm
• Dural arteriovenous fistula
• Arteriovenous malformations
• Moyamoya disease
• Cavernoma
• Hydrocephalus
• Skull malformation
• Congenital disorders of the CNS
• Cubital tunnel syndrome
• Tarsal tunnel syndrome
• Peroneal syndrome
• Intracranial hemorrhage
• Brain compression
Education
- 1986 - 1993 Study of Human Medicine at the University of Cologne.
- 1989 - 1993 Experimental Ph.D. thesis at the Institute of Neurophysiology of the University of Cologne (under the supervision of Prof. Dr. med. Uwe Heinemann).
- 1996 Doctoral thesis defense with honors.
Professional ?areer
- 1991 Internship at the University of California, Los Angeles (USA) in Dr. med. Ph.D. Jerome Engel.
- 1994 Intern at the Institute of Neurophysiology, University of Cologne.
- 1994 - 2001 Intern and Assistant Physician in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University Hospital Bonn.
- Board certification in Neurosurgery.
- 2003 Appointment as Senior Physician.
- 2004 Venia legendi in Neurosurgery and the title of PD at the University of Bonn. The subject of the habilitation work: "Differentiated limited resections in the surgical treatment of temporal lobe epilepsy. Research of prognostic factors, chances for the successful treatment outcome and operational risks".
- 2007 Position of the Leading Senior Physician.
- 2007 Additional specialization in Special Intensive Care.
- 2007 - 2009 Repeated stay in the Arab States, Advisory Activities and Neurosurgical Operations.
- 2009 Deputy Head of the Department of Neurosurgery at the University Hospital Bonn.
- 2010 Invitation to the position of W3 Professor of Neurosurgery, RWTH Aachen and the Justus Liebig University Giessen.
- Since May 2010 Head of the Department of Adult and Pediatric Neurosurgery and Professor of Neurosurgery at the University Hospital RWTH Aachen.
Scientific Awards and Honors
- 1998 Hans Imhoff Research Prize, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne.
- 2001 Encouraging Award of the Neurosurgical Research Foundation, German Society of Neurosurgery.
Clinical Focuses
- Interventions on the brain and skull base:
- Brain tumor resection (using neuronavigation and intraoperative monitoring).
- Skull base and pituitary surgery.
- Vascular neurosurgery.
- Surgical treatment of epilepsy.
- Pediatric neurosurgery (special focus on endoscopic treatment of hydrocephalus).
- Treatment of traumatic brain injuries.
- Spinal surgery:
- Degenerative diseases of the spine and intervertebral discs of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine with lesions of the nerve
- roots or spinal cord.
- Spinal tumors and injuries
- Minimally invasive treatment of osteoporosis, vertebral fractures (taking into account the patient’s age).
- Reconstructive interventions on the spine.
Department of Neurosurgery
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