Head of Spine Surgery Prof. Dr. med. Dezsö J. Jeszenszky, PhD
Position and faculty
Head of Spine Surgery
Specialty
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
Curvature of the spinal column (scoliosis)
Languages
German
English
Hungarian
Contact
Medical specialisation
Special Spinal Surgery
Certificates of proficiency
2023 - Radiation Protection in Orthopaedic Surgery and Musculoskeletal Traumatology (Swiss Institute for Postgraduate Education and Continuing Professional Development in Medicine, SIWF)
2022 - Spinal Surgery (Swiss Society for Neurosurgery, SGNC, and Swiss Orthopaedics, SO)
Curriculum
since 2004
Head of Spine Surgery, Schulthess Klinik
1999–2004
Clinic for Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology of the Musculoskeletal System, Spine Department, Kantonsspital St. Gallen
1994–1999
Centre for Spine Surgery, Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Klinikum Karlsbad-Langensteinbach
Spine Center NCH, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
1993–1994
Clinic for Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Zentralklinik Bad Berka
1991–1993
Centre for Spine Surgery, Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Klinikum Karlsbad-Langensteinbach
Spine Center NCH, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
Education and training
2020
Appointment as Associate Professor at the University of Debrecen, Hungary
1990–1991
Fellowship, Centre for Spine Surgery, Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Klinikum Karlsbad-Langensteinbach
1988–1990
Fellowship, Center for Spine Surgery/German Scoliosis Center, Werner Wicker Klinik, Bad Wildungen, Germany
1987–1988
Visiting Fellow, Clinic for Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Universitätsklinikum Essen
1983–1986
Junior Resident, National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Budapest, Ungarn
Semmelweis University of Medicine Budapest, Ungarn
Scientific activities
Reviewer
European Spine Journal
Teaching
since 2008 Teaching and clinical education at the university Debrecen, Ungarn
Memberships
Swiss Society of Spinal Surgery
German Spine Society DWG
Hungarian Spine Society
Scoliosis Research Society
EUROSPINE, the Spine Society of Europe
European Cervical Spine Society