Department of Neurosurgery

The Department of Neurosurgery at the Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, is an internationally renowned clinic for the surgical treatment of diseases of the brain and spine. We would like to inform you about our clinic and make it easier for you to contact us. Welcome!

Our medical focus areas

Satisfaction
Top marks from our patients
Excellence
Certified Brain Cancer & Spine Center
Innovation
State-of-the-art surgery technologies such as monitoring and mapping

Bern Hands-on Aneurysm Clipping Course

Aneurysm surgery is challenging. This makes it all the more important to get every move right. This can be practiced at the simulation workshop for aneurysm microsurgery in Bern.

Foto des Tumor-Boards

Certified Brain Tumor Center

In our weekly tumor board, an interdisciplinary team of specialists determines the optimal therapy for each patient.

Surgery with real-time images

Making the invisible visible: Three of our operating rooms are equipped with MRI, CT and angiography to provide imaging when it matters most – during surgery.

Second opinion

Do you have any questions or are you unsure? Then get a well-founded second opinion from our specialists.

Second opinion

International patients

Our Insel International Center is on hand to provide helpful assistance with all organizational matters.

International patients

Jobs & Career

Are you looking for an exciting new challenge in the field of neurosurgery?
 

Jobs & Career

News

ELGGN 2025 in Bern: latest research and scientific exchange

– The European Low-Grade Glioma Network (ELGGN) Meeting took place in Bern from April 3-5, 2025, organized by the Department of Neurosurgery.

Brain Week 2025 – Panel discussion «Myth or Reality»

– Brain Week Bern traditionally concludes with the popular panel discussion. In the well-attended auditorium of the University of Bern, there were exciting insights…

Photo of Guiseppe Lanzino and David Bervini

Clinical observership at the renowned Mayo Clinic

– Prof. David Bervini, MD, strengthens international collaboration with the Mayo Clinic in the field of vascular neurosurgery.

World Spine Day – Caution: cervical spinal stenosis

– On World Spine Day (#worldspineday) on October 16, we draw attention to an often-unrecognized condition: cervical spinal stenosis.

SNSF project funding grant for spinal surgery

– The National Research Council of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) is funding a project on instability in spinal canal stenosis.

Versuchsteam EEG-System

A new era in long-term brain monitoring

– A new EEG system could fundamentally change the treatment of epilepsy and research into other neurological diseases.

Media tips

Behind the scenes – cutting-edge medicine for children

– Our film team accompanied an international team of neurosurgeons and ENT specialists during the demanding and innovative ABI operation.

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