Fellow Dr. med. Mateo Tomas Farina Nunez
Position and faculty
Fellow Spine Surgery
Specialty
Conservative focus
Infiltration of the lumbar spine
Surgical focus
Lumbar disc herniation / Herniated disc
Narrowed nerve canal / spinal canal (stenosis)
Instability of the spine / osteoarthritis
Spinal fracture in patients with osteoporosis
Tumours of the spinal cord / cysts / tumours of the spinal nerve sheath
Languages
German
English
Spanish
Contact
Medical specialisation
Neurosurgery
Certificates of proficiency
2024 - Radiation Protection in Neurosurgery
Curriculum
since 01/2026
Fellow Spine Surgery, Schulthess Klinik
06/2024 - 12/2025
Resident Spine Surgery, Schulthess Klinik
10/2023 - 05/2024
Resident Institute of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Zurich
09/2016 - 06/2023
Resident Department of Neurosurgery, University of Freiburg (Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany)
08/2015 - 09/2016
Research associate in the Department of Experimental Epilepsy Research, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Freiburg (Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany)
Education and training
2024
EuroSpine Diploma
2024
EuroSpine Basic Course Diploma
2016 - 2023
Further training as a specialist in neurosurgery, University of Freiburg (Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany)
2015 - 2016
Doctoral thesis: “Structural and Cellular Characterisation of Focal Cortical Dysplasia” under supervisor Prof. Carola Haas, Department for Experimental Epilepsy Research, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Freiburg (Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany)
2009 - 2015
Degree in Human Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine of Austral University, Buenos Aires (Argentina), with stays abroad in Sweden and Switzerland
2003 - 2008
International Baccalaureate Diploma, Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Memberships
European Association of Neurosurgical Societies EANS
German Society of Neurosurgery DGNC