Alex Alfieri

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Alex Alfieri (* 1971 ) is an Italian neurosurgeon and university professor .

Life

Alfieri completed his habilitation at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg . He is a full university professor at the Brandenburg Medical School and chief physician at the Neurosurgery Clinic at the Winterthur Cantonal Hospital (Switzerland). Before that, he was chief physician at the clinic for neurosurgery and spinal surgery at the Ruppiner clinics in Neuruppin , managing senior physician at the university clinic and polyclinic of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg in Halle (Saale) , as senior physician at the Inselspital university clinic in Bern and as medical director in neurosurgery at the Central Hospital Bolzano . In 2000 he was awarded the “Premio Enrico Tagliapietra” by the Società Italiana di Neurochirurgia for a thesis on dens fractures of the cervical spine.

Alfieri has published papers on neuroanatomy , syringomyelia , vascular neurosurgery, and spinal surgery. He is a member of the faculty council of the Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane and on the editorial board of Acta Neurochirurgica.

Alfieri is Deputy Chairman of the examination committee for further training as a specialist in neurosurgery of the Brandenburg State Medical Association for the period 2016–2020 and member of the European Board of Neurological Surgery (formerly joint examination committee of EANS and UEMS).

In 2019 he became a professor at the Faculty of Health Sciences in Potsdam. Since 2019 he has also been working at the Glatt Medical Center.

Publications

  • as co-author: History of the nervus intermedius of Wrisberg. In: Annals of Anatomy - Anatomischer Anzeiger . 2010, PMID 20427169
  • The intermedius nerve. Südwestdeutscher Verlag für Hochschulschriften, 2012, ISBN 978-3-8381-1071-4 .
  • as co-author: The relationship between nervus intermedius anatomy, ultrastructure, electrophysiology, and clinical function. Usefulness in cerebellopontine microsurgery. In: Acta Neurochirurgica . 156, No. 2, 2014, pp. 403-408. doi: 10.1007 / s00701-013-1952-1
  • as co-author: Glue-enhanced excimer laser-assisted nonocclusive anastomosis: a laboratory investigation. In: European Surgical Research . 46, 2011, pp. 32-37. doi: 10.1159 / 000321699
  • as co-author: Psychosocial and neurocognitive performance after spontaneous nonaneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage related to the APOE-epsilon4 genotype: a prospective 5-year follow-up study. In: J Neurosurg . 109, No. 6, 2008, pp. 1019-1026. doi: 10.3171 / JNS.2008.109.12.1019 , PMID 19035714
  • with J. Prell, C. Strauss, J. Rachinger, C. Scheller, K. Herfurth and S. Rampp: The intermedius nerve as a confounding variable for monitoring of the free-running electromyogram. In: Clin Neurophysiol. January 20, 2015. doi: 10.1016 / j.clinph.2014.11.028 . PMID 25655939 .
  • with R. Gazzeri, M. Galarza, C. Fiore and G. Callovini: Use of tissue-glue-coated collagen sponge (TachoSil) to repair minor cerebral dural venous sinus lacerations: technical note. In: Neurosurgery. Suppl 2, March 11, 2015, pp. 32-36; discussion 36. doi: 10.1227 / NEW.0000000000000614 . PMID 25584959
  • with D. Hoza, A. Vlasák, D. Hořínek and M. Sameš: DTI-MRI biomarkers in the search for normal pressure hydrocephalus aetiology: a review. In: Neurosurgical Review . 38 (2), April 2015, pp. 239-244; discussion 244. doi: 10.1007 / s10143-014-0584-0 . PMID 25345377
  • with F. Puzzilli, R. Gazzeri, M. Galarza, M. Neroni, K. Panagiotopoulos, A. Bolognini and G. Callovini: Interspinous spacer decompression (X-STOP) for lumbar spinal stenosis and degenerative disk disease: a multicenter study with a minimum 3-year follow-up. In: Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 124, September 2014, pp. 166-174. doi: 10.1016 / j.clineuro.2014.07.004 . Epub 2014 Jul 14. PMID 25064150
  • with R. Gazzeri and M. Galarza: Controversies about interspinous process devices in the treatment of degenerative lumbar spine diseases: past, present, and future. In: Biomed Res Int. 2014, p. 975052. doi: 10.1155 / 2014/975052 . Epub 2014 Apr 13th Review. PMID 24822224 ; PMC 4005216 (free full text).
  • with C. Strauss: Anterior skull base traumas and their management. In: J Neurol Surg B Skull Base. 74 (3), June 2013, pp. 185-186. doi: 10.1055 / s-0033-1338261 . Epub 2013 Mar 19. PMID 24436910 ; PMC 3709935 (free full text).
  • with P. Tacik, M. Krasnianski and D. Dressler: Brissaud-Sicard syndrome caused by a diffuse brainstem glioma. A rare differential diagnosis of hemifacial spasm. In: Acta Neurochir. (Vienna). 156 (2), February 2014, pp. 429-430. doi: 10.1007 / s00701-013-1984-6 . Epub 2014 Jan 3rd PMID 24384991
  • with S. Rampp, C. Strauss, J. Fleischhammer, J. Rachinger, C. Scheller and J. Prell: The relationship between nervus intermedius anatomy, ultrastructure, electrophysiology, and clinical function. Usefulness in cerebellopontine microsurgery. In: Acta Neurochir. (Vienna). 156 (2), February 2014, pp. 403-408. doi: 10.1007 / s00701-013-1952-1 . Epub 2013 Nov 28. PMID 24287684
  • Comments on: Let'X-STOP with any "distraction" from the true problem: scenarios in which minimally invasive surgery is not welcome! In: Neurosurg Rev. 36 (2), April 2013, p. 335. PMID 23593657
  • with Gazzeri R, Galarza M, Callovini G ,: Biosurgical Hemostatic Agents in Neurosurgical Intracranial Procedures. In: Surgical technology international. Volume 30, February 2017, pp. 468-476, PMID 28182825 (review).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Professorships. Retrieved June 11, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Further appointments confirmed. In: News. Brandenburg Medical School, July 24, 2015, accessed on August 3, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Prof. Dr. med. Alex Alfieri becomes chief physician in neurosurgery. In: press release. KSW Kantonsspital Winterthur, November 6, 2017, accessed on November 7, 2017 .
  4. ↑ PREMIO Enrico Tagliapietra 2000. In: Premi. Società Italiana di Neurochirurgia, October 24, 2000, accessed March 25, 2016 .
  5. ^ Faculty Council - Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane. Brandenburg Medical School, accessed on December 12, 2015 .
  6. ^ Editorial Board of Acta Neurochirurgica on springer.com
  7. ↑ Examination boards for continuing education. Retrieved April 11, 2017 .
  8. ^ European Board of Neurological Surgery. In: EANS Online. Retrieved March 23, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Co-opted professors - Faculty of Health Sciences. Retrieved June 10, 2019 (American English).
  10. ↑ News - Neurosurgical reinforcement at the Glatt specialist center. Accessed June 10, 2019 (Swiss Standard German).
personal data
SURNAME Alfieri, Alex
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian neurosurgeon and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 1971