Resident Dr. med. Mateo Tomas Farina Nunez
Position and faculty
Resident Spine Surgery
Specialty
Conservative focus
Infiltration of the lumbar spine
Surgical focus
Lumbar disc herniation / Herniated disc
Narrowed nerve canal / spinal canal (stenosis)
Instability of the spine / osteoarthritis
Spinal fracture in patients with osteoporosis
Tumours of the spinal cord / cysts / tumours of the spinal nerve sheath
Languages
German
English
Spanish
Contact
Medical specialisation
Neurosurgery
Certificates of proficiency
2024 - Radiation Protection in Neurosurgery
Curriculum
since 06/2024
Resident Spine Surgery, Schulthess Klinik
10/2023 - 05/2024
Resident Institute of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Zurich
09/2016 - 06/2023
Resident Department of Neurosurgery, University of Freiburg (Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany)
08/2015 - 09/2016
Research associate in the Department of Experimental Epilepsy Research, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Freiburg (Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany)
Education and training
2024
EUROSPINE Basic Course Diploma
2016 - 2023
Further training as a specialist in neurosurgery, University of Freiburg (Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany)
2015 - 2016
Doctoral thesis: “Structural and Cellular Characterisation of Focal Cortical Dysplasia” under supervisor Prof. Carola Haas, Department for Experimental Epilepsy Research, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Freiburg (Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany)
2009 - 2015
Degree in Human Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine of Austral University, Buenos Aires (Argentina), with stays abroad in Sweden and Switzerland
2003 - 2008
International Baccalaureate Diploma, Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Memberships
European Association of Neurosurgical Societies EANS
German Society of Neurosurgery DGNC