Privatklinik Bethanien

Dr. med. Michel Schneider

Specialist in neurosurgery, FMH; especially spinal surgery;
Interdisciplinary focus on spinal surgery SGNC/SO

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Areas of specialisation (7)
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  • Medizinisches Zentrum Haus zur Pyramide
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Rückenpraxis Seefeld
Seefeldstrasse 277a
8008 Zürich

info@rueckenpraxis-seefeld.ch
https://www.rueckenpraxis-seefeld.ch
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Michel Schneider, MD, specialist in neurosurgery, founded and heads the Rückenpraxis Seefeld Zurich. Dr. Schneider became fascinated by spinal surgery early on during his further training as a specialist in neurosurgery FMH. He specialised in complex cervical spine surgery during a fellowship at the University of Toronto, Canada with Prof. Dr. M. Fehlings and at Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich with Prof. Dr. M. Farshad in orthopaedic spine surgery. Under Prof. M. Fehlings, Dr Schneider wrote research papers in the field of non-traumatic spinal cord injuries (cervical myelopathy) and received a «Best Paper» award out of over 1400 research papers from the North American Spine Society NASS in 2019.
As a speciality, M. Schneider, MD, is one of the few spine surgeons in Switzerland to offer endoscopic surgery on the spine, which enables very gentle operations with a skin incision of just a few millimetres.

Work Experience

since 2023

Foundation of the Rückenpraxis Seefeld, Zurich 

since 2023

Attending physician at the Privatklinik Bethanien, Zurich

2020 - 2023

Attending physician, spinal surgery, Spital Zollikerberg, Zurich 

2020 - 2023

Practice activity, spine practice Dr B. Wälchli, Zurich 

2019

Fellowship, neurosurgical spine surgery, especially cervical spine surgery, Toronto Western Hospital, CAN (Prof M. Fehlings)

2018 - 2019

Fellowship and debuty senior Physician, orthopaedic spine surgery, Universitätsspital Balgrist, Zurich (Prof M. Farshad)

2015 - 2018

Resident, neurosurgery, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen (Prof G. Hildebrandt, Prof A. Weyerbrock) 

2013 - 2015

Resident, neurosurgery, Kantonsspital Winterthur, Zurich (PD Dr J. Oberle) 

2012

Resident, visceral, thoracic and vascular surgery, Kantonsspital Winterthur, Zurich (Prof M. Decurtins, Prof St. Breitenstein) 

2009

Research, University of California San Francisco, USA

Memberships

  • Ärztegesellschaft des Kantons Zürich, AGZ 
  • Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Neurochirurgie, SGNC
  • Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Spinale Chirurgie, SGS
  • Global Academic Community In Spine Care, AO Spine
  • North American Spine Society, NASS 
  • Spine Society of Europe, EUROSPINE

Competences

  • Endoscopic spinal interventions for disc herniations/ herniated discs
  • Complex cervical spine procedures from ventral/anterior and dorsal/ posterior for disc hernias, spinal canal stenosis, fractures
  • Complex revision surgery of the spine after previous operations
  • Special spinal surgery of the ventral, lumbar and thoracic spine
  • Minimally invasive and open stabilisation techniques/spondylodeses of the entire cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine for degenerative diseases and trauma
  • Microsurgical minimally invasive decompressions for disc hernias and spinal canal stenoses of the entire spine
  • Minimally invasive and stabilising interventions for osteoporotic or traumatic vertebral fractures (vertebroplasty, kyphoplasty and stabilisation)
  • Infections and metastases of the spine
  • Second opinions

Education

2022

Endoscopy Spine AO Advanced Course

2021

Specialty title, spine surgery SGNC/SO

2019

Fellowship diploma, University of Toronto, CAN

2019

Fellowship diploma, Universitätsspital Balgrist, Zurich

2019

Specialist diploma, neurosurgery

2019

Endoscopy Spine AO Basic Course

2011

Doctorate, Dr med, University of Bern

2004 - 2011

Medical studies, state examination, University of Bern

2001 - 2004

Business informatics specialist, Bank Julius Baer, Zurich, Dr. W. Langnickel

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