Author: hirntumor
Important Update: A New Chapter in My Career and Future Patient Care

After many years at Sozialstiftung Bamberg and a fulfilling time as Head of Neurosurgery, I am excited to announce the next chapter in my career: Starting April 1, 2025, I will be practicing in my Wahlarztordination (private practice) in Vienna. There, I will continue my clinical and scientific work in the field of neurosurgery to provide my patients with the best possible care.
Additionally, I am pleased to announce that, beginning in April, I will take on the role of Chief Physician of the Department of Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery at Oberwart Hospital. This position will allow me to bring my many years of expertise directly into the hospital sector in Austria.
Information Event
Certified Spine Center – Benefits for Patients

We cordially invite you to our information event: Certified Spine Center – Benefits for Patients.
We hope you can join us and look forward to welcoming you!

Certification as a Maximum Care Spine Center

Bamberg Hospital of Sozialstiftung Bamberg has been certified as a maximum care spine center by CERT iQ GmbH. This makes us the 3rd interdisciplinary spine center (NCH/UCH) in Bavaria and the first non-university center in the region.
We are the 33rd certified center of this kind in Germany, and we are delighted with this recognition. The certification confirms the high quality of our work and the interdisciplinary cooperation between neurosurgery and trauma surgery.
A heartfelt thank you from Prof. Dr. Dr. Günther Feigl goes to our dedicated team and to his colleague Prof. Dr. Peter Strohm, Head of Trauma Surgery and Orthopaedics, for their joint leadership of the center.
Neurosurgery Workshop: A Great Success, Returning to Houston Next Year

The international course on modern approaches to the brain and skull base, organized by Prof. Feigl, Prof. Rotim from KBCSM (Klinički bolnički centar Sestre milosrdnice) in Zagreb and Prof. Britz from Houston Methodist Hospital, was a great success. The event, which brought together experts from around the world, provided valuable insights into the latest neurosurgical techniques. Due to the positive feedback, the course will continue next year in Houston. For further insights and details, please see the following report from the Croatian online newspaper Index.hr:











U.S. News ranks the top hospitals in the nation: the 2024-2025 Honor Roll
Proud to share that Houston Methodist Hospital has been ranked 13th in the nation for Neurosurgery by U.S. News & World Report. Honored to be part of such an outstanding team of researchers, surgeons, residents, and administrators dedicated to excellence in patient care. #Neurosurgery #BestHospitals #HoustonMethodist
Brain and Skull Base Course Coming Up
Neurosurgery Research Faculty
As a member of the neurosurgery research team at Houston Methodist Hospital, I am proud to be part of this institution. In 2023, we completed ten thousand elective surgeries and secured 22.5 million dollars in research funding, including nearly 10 million from federal sources. I am pleased with the work of our team and confident that we will continue to make significant contributions to neurosurgery.
SUMMARY OF 2023 58 PRIMARY FACULTY. TEN THOUSAND ELECTIVE CASES (not a trauma center ) 22.5 RESEARCH FUNDING WITH JUST UNDER 10 MILLION FEDERAL FUNDING. CANNOT BE PROUDER OF MY SURGEONS, SCIENTISTS AND ADMINISTRATORS pic.twitter.com/wpjcpyhhWB
— Gavin W Britz (@gwb777) March 19, 2024
Quality Seal for the Skull Base Center Bamberg

Successful Track Record After 5 Years.
The Skull Base Center Bamberg, founded in 2018 by Prof. Prof. h.c. Dr. Dr. med. Günther Feigl, has been successfully recertified by the German Society for Skull Base Surgery. With this certification, the professional society recognizes the years of successful and close collaboration among the Department of Neurosurgery (Headed by Prof. Prof. h.c. Dr. Dr. med. Günther Feigl), the Department of Ear, Nose, and Throat Medicine (Headed by Dr. Andreas Eckert), the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Outpatient Center (Dr. med. Dr. med. dent. Alexander von Moller), as well as connections to Neuroradiology, Radiation Oncology, Oncology, Neuropathology, Plastic Surgery, and Ophthalmology.
The Skull Base Center primarily treats patients with both benign and malignant tumors at the skull base, as well as those with injuries, developmental disorders, malformations, or inflammations in this area. Affected individuals can seek consultation during the weekly Skull Base Clinic.
Diseases and injuries of the skull base pose a unique surgical challenge due to the special and very confined anatomical conditions and the vessels, cranial nerves, as well as adjacent structures such as the eye, the oral and nasal cavities, and the brain that traverse it. Preoperatively, patient cases are discussed interdisciplinary to establish a common treatment concept, followed by a (collaborative) surgery and interdisciplinary postoperative care.
The interdisciplinary facility, in addition to modern comprehensive diagnostics, offers guideline-compliant, individual, and patient-oriented therapy, as well as optimal surgical care.
Tumor resections are performed minimally invasive and microsurgically using state-of-the-art technical equipment such as endoscopes, microscopes, neuromonitoring, navigation, and fluorescence-guided resection procedures.
Skull Base Center Bamberg
Prof. Prof. h.c. Dr. Dr. med. Günther Feigl
Phone: 0951 503-12181
Email: neurochirurgie@sozialstiftung-bamberg.de
Basic Courses in Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery 2024
We’re launching another course series focused on minimally invasive neurosurgery in the year to come!
State-of-the-art neurosurgery should be focused on minimally invasive procedures on the brain and spine. However, there are only very few neurosurgical departments that routinely perform such procedures. This is the reason why many residents and young attendings have little or no experience with minimally invasive neurosurgery.
The series consists of 3 hands-on dissection courses of which the first one focuses on approaches and procedures to the lumbar spine the second on the cervical spine and the third on the brain and skull base. The training will include lectures, virtual reality training, hands-on training on models and dissection training on cadavers.

For more information visit https://zhc.hr/min/
Key Facts
Course 1
- Topic: Minimally invasive approaches to the lumbar spine
- Date: 15.-16.03.2024
- Max. number of participants per course: 14
- Registration Fee: 1.600,00€ (discount for registration for more than one course)
- Accomodation: Trg bana Josipa Jelačića 5, Zagreb
Course 2
- Topic: Minimally invasive approaches to the cervical spine
- Date: 06.-07.06.2024
- Max. number of participants per course: 14
- Registration Fee: 1.600,00€ (discount for registration for more than one course)
- Accomodation: Trg bana Josipa Jelačića 5, Zagreb
Course 3
- Topic: Minimally invasive approaches to the brain and skull base
- Date: 11.-12.10.2024
- Max. number of participants per course: 14
- Registration Fee: 1.600,00€ (discount for registration for more than one course)
- Accomodation: Trg bana Josipa Jelačića 5, Zagreb
