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The spine takes center stage. "Back pain" has a wide range of effects on individuals and their social environment. We develop patient-centered approaches at the highest medical level to improve the lives of our patients. We offer honest and in-depth treatment with individual support, including in the long-term healing process.

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Research

Here you will find all information on research at the Spine Center.

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University Hospital Basel
Spine Center
Building section B4,
first floor
Spitalstrasse 21
4031 Basel

What does that mean?
Take streetcar line 11 to the University Hospital station and then walk along Spitalstrasse for about 80 meters to the entrance.

Please use the parking garage City, entrance Schanzenstrasse or Klingelbergstrasse.

Office opening hours: 08:00 - 11:30 and 13:30 - 16:30
Consultation hours on medical referral and after telephone or written registration.

You can find the form for referring patients here.

Head of the Spine Center office

Marijana Rilak

Spine Center

Phone +41 61 328 41 68

E-mail address: wirbelsaeulenzentrum@usb.ch

Phone +41 61 265 78 30

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We are a unique university center for fundamental clarifications of all spinal complaints.

The Spine Center was certified by Eurospine in autumn 2023 as a "Surgical Spine Center of Excellence" for all five possible sections. These are degenerative diseases, tumors incl. intradural pathologies, infections, trauma and deformities incl. congenital spinal diseases.


The certificate as a Center of Excellence for Spine Surgery recognizes the high quality standards of the Spine Center at the University Hospital Basel and confirms our commitment to providing the best possible treatment for patients.

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Team

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Prof. Stefan Schären

Ärztlicher Departementsleiter, Departement Kopforgane, Wirbelsäulen- und Neuromedizin

Chefarzt Spinale Chirurgie

Leiter Wirbelsäulenzentrum

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PD Dr. Cordula Netzer

Leitende Ärztin Spinale Chirurgie

Stv. Leiterin Wirbelsäulenzentrum

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Prof. Dr. Roland Bingisser

Chefarzt

Notfallzentrum

Wirbelsäulenzentrum

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Prof. Raphael Guzman

Chefarzt und Klinikleiter

Neurochirurgie

Leiter Innovations-Focus Pädiatrische Neurochirurgie

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Prof. Diego Kyburz

Chefarzt

Rheumatologie

Wirbelsäulenzentrum

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Prof. Andreas Marc Müller

Chefarzt

Orthopädie und Traumatologie

Leiter Team Schulter / Ellenbogen

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Prof. Rainer Schäfert

Chefarzt und Professur für Psychosomatik

Psychosomatik

Funktionelle Körperbeschwerden

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Guido Perrot

Leiter

Therapien

Tel. +41 61 265 70 44

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Dr. Morten Wasner

Stv. Chefarzt Spinale Chirurgie

Facharzt Neurochirurgie

Interdisziplinärer Schwerpunkt Wirbelsäulenchirurgie

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Dr. Dorothee Harder

Leitung muskuloskelettale Diagnostik

Radiologie und Nuklearmedizin

Tel. +41 61 328 63 44

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Prof. Marios Psychogios

Leitung diagnostische und interventionelle Neuroradiologie, Co-Leiter des Hirnschlagzentrums/Stroke Centers, Leitungsgremium Department für klinische Forschung

Radiologie und Nuklearmedizin

Co-Leiter Hirnschlagzentrum / Stroke Center

Tel. +41 61 328 63 70

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Dr. Tobias Schneider

Leitender Arzt

Schmerzmedizin

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Prof. Maja Weisser Rohacek

Leitende Ärztin

Infektiologie & Spitalhygiene

Leiterin Konsiliardienst

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Prof. Regina Schläger

Oberärztin

Neurologie

Wirbelsäulenzentrum

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Claudia Spychiger

Stationsleitung

Chirurgie B3.3

News from the Spine Center

Rückenleiden als Volksleiden ziehen sich durch die breite Masse der Gesellschaft. Was aber tun, wenn sich ein solches Leiden nicht bessert und herkömmliche Therapien nicht helfen? 

Rückenleiden als Volksleiden ziehen sich durch die breite Masse der Gesellschaft. Was aber tun, wenn sich ein solches Leiden nicht bessert und herkömmliche Therapien nicht helfen? 

19. Mar 2024
Fachleute am Wirbelsäulenzentrum des USB beraten Patientinnen und Patienten im hohen Alter.

Fachleute am Wirbelsäulenzentrum des USB beraten Patientinnen und Patienten im hohen Alter.

29. Nov 2023

29. Nov 2023
Thanks to its interdisciplinary and holistic approach to spinal care, the Spine Medicine Center at the University Hospital Basel provides tailor-made consultations and treatments for all patients

Thanks to its interdisciplinary and holistic approach to spinal care, the Spine Medicine Center at the University Hospital Basel provides tailor-made consultations and treatments for all patients

07. May 2023, Gesundheitsguide
As we get older, limitations caused by back-related ailments become more common. The Spine Medicine Center at the University Hospital Basel is the port of call for acute and complex cases. This is because the specialists who work there take an interdisciplinary and holistic approach to spinal care, enabling personalised and effective treatment.

As we get older, limitations caused by back-related ailments become more common. The Spine Medicine Center at the University Hospital Basel is the port of call for acute and complex cases. This is because the specialists who work there take an interdisciplinary and holistic approach to spinal care, enabling personalised and effective treatment.

01. Apr 2023, #Fokusgesundheit