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Consultant Dr. med. Jani Puhakka

Position and faculty

Consultant Spine Surgery

To the department Spine Surgery

Specialty

Conservative focus

Infiltration of the lumbar spine

Surgical focus

Lumbar disc herniation / disc hernia lumbar spine
Cervical narrowed spinal canal (stenosis)
Instability of the spinal column / arthrosis
Vertebral fracture in osteoporosis
Curvature of the spinal column (scoliosis)

Languages

Finnish

English

German

Swedish

Contact

Spine Surgery
Phone hours
Mo–Th 8:00–17:00
Fr 8:00–16:00
Sa–Su Closed

Certificates of proficiency

2022 - Radiation Protection in Orthopaedic Surgery and Musculoskeletal Traumatology (Swiss Institute for Postgraduate Education and Continuing Professional Development in Medicine, SIWF)

Curriculum

since 09/2021

Junior Consultant Spine Surgery, Schulthess Klinik

09/2020 - 08/2021

Resident Spine Surgery, Schulthess Klinik

08/2019–08/2020

Orthopedic and trauma surgeon Spine Surgery Unit, Helsinki University Hospital

08/2016–07/2019

Resident, Orthopedics and Traumatology, Helsinki University Hospital

11/2015–07/2016

Resident, Orthopedics and Traumatology, Chief of residents, Päijät-Häme Central Hospital

04/2015–11/2015

Resident, Orthopedics and Traumatology, Päijät-Häme Central Hospital

06/2014–05/2015

Resident, Surgery, Päijät-Häme Central Hospital

03/2014–05/2014

Resident, Orthopedics and Traumatology, Helsinki University Hospital

05/2013–02/2014

Resident, Surgery, Päijät-Häme Central Hospital

11/2012–04/2013

General practitioner, Lahti Health Care Center, Lahti City Hospital

05/2012–11/2012

General practitioner, Mediverkko

03/2012–05/2012

General practitioner, Lahti Health Care Center, Lahti City Hospital

Education and training

10/2019

Board Certification - Fellow of the European Board of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (FEBOT)

 

10/2019

Orthopedic and trauma surgeon, University of Helsinki

05/2012–09/2019

Residency, Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of Helsinki

09/2005–02/2012

M.D., University of Helsinki

09/2000–09/2005

M.sc. studies in Computer Science, University on Helsinki