Consultant Dr. med. Mario D. Ropelato
Position and faculty
Consultant Spine Surgery
Specialty
Conservative focus
Infiltration of the lumbar spine
Interventional pain therapy using a neurostimulator
Surgical focus
Lumbar disc herniation / disc hernia lumbar spine
Narrowed lumbar nerve channel / spinal canal (stenosis)
Instability of the spinal column / arthrosis
Vertebral fracture in osteoporosis
Spinal cord tumor / cysts / tumors of the spinal cord sheaths
Curvature of the spinal column (scoliosis)
Languages
German
English
Spanish
French
Contact
Medical specialisation
Neurosurgery
Special Spinal Surgery
Certificates of proficiency
2024 - Spinal Surgery (Swiss Society for Neurosurgery, SGNC, and Swiss Orthopaedics, SO)
2022 - Radiation Protection in Neurosurgery (Swiss Society for Neurosurgery, SGNC)
Curriculum
since March 2022
Junior Consultant Spine Surgery, Schulthess Klinik
since 2020
Resident Spine Surgery, Schulthess Klinik
2016–2020
Resident Neurosurgery, Inselspital Bern
Education and training
2008–2015
Study of Medicine, University of Bern
Dissertation: «Histopathologic Effects of MRT (Microbeam Radiation Therapy) on the Rat Brain», Institut für Anatomie, Universität Bern
Memberships
EUROSPINE, the Spine Society of Europe
AO Spine
Swiss Young Neurosurgeons Society SYNS
Swiss Society for Neurosurgery SGNC
European Association of Neurosurgical Societies EANS