Hannover Medical school - Department of Neurosurgery

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Hannover Medical school (MHH)

Hannover, Germany

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Head of the Department

Prof. Dr. Joachim K. Krauss

Department of Neurosurgery

Description Curriculum vitae

The Department of Neurosurgery at Hannover Medical school offers all the surgeries and procedures needed for the treatment of the entire spectrum of neurosurgical diseases. Focus areas include functional neurosurgery, craniofacial surgery, spine surgery, pediatric neurosurgery, craniocerebral injuries.
The department provides special care to the patients before, during and after the surgery.
The medical staff consists of four senior physicians, two specialists, 18 assistant physicians, three visiting physicians, 71 nurses, seven technical staff members, and six scientific staff. The department also has four operating theaters, a 28-bed neurosurgical ward, two private wards with a total of 15 beds and 12 beds at a neurosurgical intensive care ward, 34 single beds, as well as 6 beds available in the building of the dental clinic. With Prof. Dr. med. Joachim K. Krauss as the head of the department, the department offers care for more than 2,000 inpatients, 4,000 outpatients and performs more than 2,000 procedures a year.

The Department of Neurosurgery at Hannover Medical school is specialized in:

•   Surgical treatments of benign and malignant tumors of the nervous system
•   Surgical treatment of spinal injuries
•   Surgical treatment of spinal cord tumors
•   Deep brain stimulation
•   Treatment of brain aneurysms
•   Treatment of intracranial hemorrhages
•   Treatment of brain hemangioma
•   Correction for congenital and acquired bone defects in the skull
•   Treatment of congenital hydrocephalus
•   Treatment of congenital deformities and malformations of the nervous system
•   Treatment of pain syndrome
•   Treatment of skull fractures
•   Treatment of vascular diseases of the spinal cord

1977 - 1985 Study of Medicine, Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg, Germany.
1985 Admission to medical practice.
1985 Thesis defense (magna cum laude).

Internship

1985 - 1987 Neurological Clinic Elzach.
1988 - 1989 Department of Stereotactic and Neuromuscular Medicine, Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg.
1989 - 1993 Department of General Neurosurgery, Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg.

Recognition as a Medical Specialist and Additional Qualifications

1993 Neurosurgeon
1995 Sports medicine.
1995 Rehabilitation medicine.
1995 Special neurosurgical intensive medicine.
1998 Neurologist.
1999 Special pain therapy.

Professorship (Habilitation)

1994 Doctoral thesis "To the issue of pathological physiology and diagnostics of normotensive hydrocephalus".
2000 Professorship at the Ruprecht Karls Heidelberg University, Faculty of Clinical Medicine, Mannheim.
2001 Visiting Professor, Ruprecht Karls Heidelberg University.

Neurosurgical Experience

1993 - 1995 Senior Physician in the Department of General Neurosurgery, Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg.
1995 - 1997 Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA.
1997 - 1998 Leading Senior Physician and Head of Functional Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Bern, Switzerland.
1998 - 1999 Deputy Chief Physician, Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Bern, Switzerland.
1999 - 2005 Deputy Chief Physician, Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Mannheim.
Since 2005, Chief Physician of the Department of Adult and Pediatric Neurosurgery, Hannover Medical School.

Academic Appointments

1995 - 2000 PD for Neurosurgery, Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg.
1997 - 1998 Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA.
1998 - 2004 Adjunct Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA.
2000 - 2001 PD for Neurosurgery, Ruprecht Karls Heidelberg University.
2001 -2005 Visiting Professor, Ruprecht Karls Heidelberg University, Germany.
Since 2005, University Professor (W3), Department of Adult and Pediatric Neurosurgery, Hannover Medical School, Germany