Janine Abu-Isa, MD
Janine Abu-Isa, MD, is a attending physician at the University Department of Neurosurgery at Inselspital and has been leading the neurosurgical outpatient clinic since May 2025.
After studying human…
Janine Abu-Isa, MD, is a attending physician at the University Department of Neurosurgery at Inselspital and has been leading the neurosurgical outpatient clinic since May 2025.
After studying human medicine at the University of Göttingen, Germany, Janine Abu-Isa began her training at the Department of Neurosurgery at the Inselspital Bern in 2006. As part of her training, she completed a foreign year at the Clinic for Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology in Bern and the Clinic for Neurosurgery at the Ospedale Civico in Lugano. Janine Abu-Isa also earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) with a focus on Health Care Management from the University of Salzburg, Austria, in 2019.
Languages: German, French, Italian, English
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Specialities
- Treatment of degenerative, neoplastic and traumatic spinal diseases: microsurgical and minimally invasive procedures, spinal navigation, stabilizations of the spine
- Pituitary surgery
- Microsurgery of brain tumors including navigated, fluorescence-assisted and intraoperatively monitored procedures
Memberships
- EANS – European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (Member)
- FMH – Swiss Medical Association (Member)
- SGNC – Swiss Society for Neurosurgery (Member)
- SNI – Swiss Neurosurgeons International (Member)
- SYNS – Swiss Young Neurosurgeons Society (Member)
Professional experience
Head of the Neurosurgery Outpatient Clinic
Senior Physician I, University Department of Neurosurgery, Inselspital Bern (Prof. Andreas Raabe)
Senior Physician, Department of Neurosurgery, Ospedale Civico, Lugano (Prof. Michael Reinert)
Senior Physician II, Department of Neurosurgery, Inselspital Bern (Prof. Andreas Raabe)
Deputy Senior Physician, University Department of Neurosurgery, Inselspital Bern (Prof. Andreas Raabe)
Resident, Department of Neurosurgery, Inselspital Bern (Prof. Andreas Raabe)
Resident, University Department of Neuroradiology, Inselspital Bern (Prof. Gerhard Schroth)
Resident, University Department of Neurosurgery, Inselspital Bern (Prof. Rolf Seiler, Prof. Andreas Raabe)
Education
Master of Business Administration (MBA) with focus on Health Care Management, University of Salzburg, Austria
PhD: «Antineuronal antibodies in Hashimoto's encephalitis» at the Center of Neurology, Georg-August-University Göttingen under the supervision of PD Dr. Inga Zerr
Praktisches Jahr: Zentrum Innere Medizin, Abteilung Kardiologie und Pneumologie, Abteilung Gastroenterologie und Endokrinologie, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen
Klinik für Neurochirurgie, Inselspital Bern, Allgemeine Chirurgie, Taranaki Base Hospital, NP, Neuseeland
Study of human medicine at the Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany