Resident Dr. med. univ. Gregor Fischer
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
Italian
Contact
Certificates of proficiency
11/2023 Radiation Protection Course for Doctors (special course including CT; basic course)
Curriculum
06/2024
Spine-Fellowship
University of Toronto Spine Program, University Health Network – TWH, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Michael G. Fehlings
07/2020-06/2024
Resident
Department of Neurosurgery and Spine Center of Eastern Switzerland, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, Switzerland, under the supervision of Prof. Dr Oliver Bozinov and PD Dr Stienen Martin, Dr Martens Benjamin, Dr Thomas Forster
08/2024-07/2020
Diploma in Human Medicine, Medical University of Innsbruck
11/2017-07/2020
Research diploma student, Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Innsbruck, under the supervision of Prof. Dr Claudius Thomé and PD Dr Christian Freyschlag
Sporting activities
Swimming, tennis, jogging, climbing
Scientific activities
Clinical and radiological evaluation of BoneMRI for thoracolumbar spine fractures
2-Sick study (retrospective multi-centre study on spondylodiscitis)
Clinical validation of BoneMRI on the spine – prospective multi-centre clinical and technical validation
Stent screw-assisted internal fixation
Skull fractures caused by e-scooter accidents – a retrospective cohort study at a single centre in Switzerland
Average Hounsfield units in spine measurements to predict complications after spinal fusion (retrospective single-centre study)
Clinical validation of the reproducibility and inter-rater reliability of the TUG test in patients with spinal pathology (Master’s thesis at University Hospital Zurich)
Memberships
Member of AO Spine
Member of Swiss Young Neurosurgeon Society (SYNS)
Awards and honours
AO Spine Europe and Southern Africa Board grant winner, GSC 2024, speaker at the Global Spine Congress (GSC) 2024 in Bangkok, including online publication in the Global Spine Journal (clinical and radiological evaluation of deep learning-based synthetic CT for cervical spine fractures)
Dr. Otto Seibert Science Funding Prize from the University of Innsbruck in December 2018 for outstanding research in neurosurgery (atypical meningioma)
Studies completed with distinction (second part), 2017
Grants and stipends
Dr. Otto Seibert Science Funding Prize, University of Innsbruck, December 2018
Scholarship for achievement at the Medical University of Innsbruck, 2015/2016