Uwe SPETZGER

Uwe Spetzger

Germany

Chairman and Professor

Klinikum Karlsruhe / Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Innovative, tech-savvy long-standing head of a neurosurgical department with teaching and research assignment at the Faculty of Computer Science of the KIT. Specific knowledge of computer-assisted and robotic medicine, as well as management experience as CEO of the Karlsruhe Klinikum with over 4,500 employees and sound expertise in construction planning and timely commissioning of the new hospital building in 2022. Neurosurgeon with over 20 years of professional experience in a management position. Extensive experience in the field of computer-assisted neurosurgery with research, teaching and application of the latest technologies, as well as expertise in the development of neurosurgical instruments and patient specific implants.

Neurosurgery, Spine surgery, Navigation and Robotics

MD PhD

Order of Merit of the State of Baden-Württemberg

The past, present and future of minimally invasive spine surgery: a review and speculative outlook. Spetzger U, Von Schilling A, Winkler G, Wahrburg J, König A. Minim Invasive Ther Allied Technol. 2013 Aug;22(4):227-41. doi: 10.3109/13645706.2013.821414. Clipping of a partially thrombosed giant VA aneurysm. von Schilling A, Spetzger U. Neurosurg Focus. 2015 Jan;38(VideoSuppl1):Video18. doi: 10.3171/2015.V1.FOCUS14598. Frameless neuronavigation in modern neurosurgery. Spetzger U, Laborde G, Gilsbach JM. Minim Invasive Neurosurg. 1995 Dec;38(4):163-6. doi: 10.1055/s-2008-1053478. Surgical planning, manufacturing and implantation of an individualized cervical fusion titanium cage using patient-specific data. Spetzger U, Frasca M, König SA. Eur Spine J. 2016 Jul;25(7):2239-46. doi: 10.1007/s00586-016-4473-9. Epub 2016 Mar 1. Microsurgically produced bifurcation aneurysms in a rabbit model for endovascular coil embolization. Spetzger U, Reul J, Weis J, Bertalanffy H, Thron A, Gilsbach JM. J Neurosurg. 1996 Sep;85(3):488-95. doi: 10.3171/jns.1996.85.3.0488.