Medical Team
Jürgen Klasen, MD
Specialist FMH in Neurosurgery / Special neurosurgical intensive care
Interdisciplinary speciality title Spinal Surgery SGNC and SO
Certified spine surgeon DWG
Interventional pain therapy SSIPM
Manual Medicine SAMM
Certified assessor SIM
Health Economist (Oec.Med.)
Jürgen Klasen is a consultant neurosurgeon specialising in spinal surgery. After his neurosurgical training, in which spinal surgery was already a focus, he expanded his expertise in the field of orthopaedic spinal surgery, thus combining the neurosurgical and orthopaedic perspectives on spinal diseases. In doing so, clinical work on patients has always been at the forefront for him. Personal, individual care from the first meeting to the entire course of treatment, including follow-up treatment, is of great importance to him. This applies to both conservative and, in particular, surgical treatments. In addition to surgical work, he is also interested in conservative treatment alternatives such as interventional pain therapy, manual therapy and acupuncture. Furthermore, he is also active as an expert witness and as a consultant in the insurance sector. As a sideline, he has completed a distance learning course in health economics. After many years of clinical activity in hospitals and practices, he works as an independent attending physician at the Hirslanden Clinic and the Zollikerberg Hospital.

Core competences
- Clarification, counselling, second opinions
- Conservative and surgical treatment
- Minimally invasive and open surgical techniques
- Movement-preserving surgical techniques
- Herniated disc (disc hernia)
- Spinal canal narrowing (spinal stenosis)
- Arthritis of the vertebral joints (spondyl-, facet arthrosis)
- Slipped vertebra (spondylolisthesis)
- Intervertebral disc wear (osteochondrosis)
- Vertebral fractures
- Tumour involvement of the spine
- Inflammations of the spine
Memberships
- FMH Swiss Medical Association
- Medical Association of the Canton of Zurich AGZ
- Swiss Society of Spinal Surgery SSSS/SGS
- German Spine Society DWG
- Working Group on Osteosynthesis Issues Spine AOSpine
- Swiss Society of Neurosurgery SGNC
- German Society of Neurosurgery DGNC
- Swiss Medical Association of Manual Medicine SAMM
- Swiss Insurance Medicine SIM
- German Academy of Acupuncture DAA
Publications
Education and career
Spine & Pain Clinic Zurich
Doctor
Hirslanden Clinic
Hospital Zollikerberg
prodorso - Centre for Spinal Medicine Zurich
Supervisor
Hirslanden Clinic
Spital Zollikerberg
Orthopaedic University Hospital Balgrist Zurich
Team leader PD Dr med Kan Min
Neurosurgical University Hospital Ulm /
District Hospital Günzburg
Director Prof. Dr. med. Christian Rainer Wirtz
Orthopaedic University Hospital Balgrist Zurich
Team leader Prof. Dr med. Norbert Boos
Neurosurgical University Hospital Ulm /
District Hospital Günzburg
Director Prof. Dr. med. Hans-Peter Richter
Neurosurgical University Hospital Ulm /
District Hospital Günzburg
Director Prof. Dr. med. Hans-Peter Richter
Neurosurgery Clinic
Aschaffenburg Hospital
Chief Physician Prof. Dr. med. Werner Dittmann
Neurosurgical Clinic
Barmherzige Brüder Regensburg
Chief Physician Prof. Dr. med. Peter Gruss
Saarland University
University of Saarland
University of Manchester