Janine-Ai Schlaeppi, MD
Dr. Janine-Ai Schlaeppi is a specialist in neurosurgery and has been an attending physician at the Department of Neurosurgery at Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, since 2017. She specializes in neuromodulation for the treatment of pain disorders.
Janine-Ai Schlaeppi…
Dr. Janine-Ai Schlaeppi is a specialist in neurosurgery and has been an attending physician at the Department of Neurosurgery at Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, since 2017. She specializes in neuromodulation for the treatment of pain disorders.
Janine-Ai Schlaeppi completed her medical studies at the University of Bern and gained valuable international experience during research stays in Japan and the USA. She devoted her doctoral thesis to research on neural stem cells.
In 2009, Janine-Ai Schlaeppi began her specialist training at the Department of Neurosurgery at the Inselspital under Prof. Andreas Raabe. She gained additional qualifications in emergency medicine and general surgery before deepening her specialization at the Department of Neurosurgery of the Aarau Cantonal Hospital under Prof. Javier Fandino. Since 2015, she has been back at the Inselspital working in the field of pain disorders.
Languages: German, French, English, Spanish, Japanese
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Specialities
- Neuromodulation
- Intrathecal pain pumps for pain and spasticity management
- Spinal cord stimulation
- Dorsal root ganglion stimulation
- Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery
- Epilepsy surgery
Memberships
- INS – International Neuromodulation Society (Member)
- SGNC – Swiss Society of Neurosurgery (Member)
- SSIPM – Swiss Society for Interventional Pain Managemment (Member)
Professional experience
Attending Physician, Department of Neurosurgery, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital (Prof. Andreas Raabe)
Deputy Attending Physician, Department of Neurosurgery, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital (Prof. Andreas Raabe)
Resident, Department of Neurosurgery, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital (Prof. Andreas Raabe)
Resident, Department of Neurosurgery, Aarau Cantonal Hospital (Prof. Javier Fandino)
Resident, General Surgery, Spitalzentrum Biel (Prof. Urban Laffer)
Resident, Interdisciplinary Emergency Department, Hirslanden Hospital Bern (Dr. Cyrill Morger)
Resident, Department of Neurosurgery, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital (Prof. Andreas Raabe)
Education
Master in Translational Medicine and Biomedical Entrepreneurship
SSIPM (Swiss Society for Interventional Pain Management) certificate of competence
Specialist in neurosurgery
EANS exam (written part)
Basic surgical exam
State examination, doctorate: “Effects of Creatine Treatment on Neuronal Phenotype and Neurotoxicity in Cultured Fetal Spinal Cord” under the direction of Prof. Hans Rudolf Widmer, research laboratory of the Neurosurgical University Clinic, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital
Medical studies at the University of Bern with stays abroad in Japan and the USA