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Claudio Pollo, MD
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Professor and Chief Physician, Head of Functional Neurosurgery

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Andreas Nowacki, MD

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Janine-Ai Schlaeppi, MD

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Mandy Müller, MD, PhD

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Pain Board

Time: every Wednesday at 8.15 am.

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Time: once a month.

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