Senior Consultant PD Dr. med. Tamás Fekete
Position and faculty
Senior Consultant Spine Surgery, Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery
Specialty
Conservative focus
Infiltration of the lumbar spine
Surgical focus
Lumbar disc herniation / disc hernia lumbar spine
Narrowed lumbar nerve channel / spinal canal (stenosis)
Instability of the spinal column / arthrosis
Vertebral fracture in osteoporosis
Spinal cord tumor / cysts / tumors of the spinal cord sheaths
Curvature of the spinal column (scoliosis)
Languages
German
English
Hungarian
Contact
Medical specialisation
Neurosurgery
Special Spinal Surgery
Certificates of proficiency
2022 – Strahlenschutz in der Neurochirurgie (SGNC)
2021 – Wirbelsäulenchirurgie (SGNC und SO)
2019 – Interventionelle Schmerztherapie (SSIPM)
Curriculum
2016
Senior Consultant Spine Surgery, Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery, Schulthess Klinik
2012
Consultant Spine Surgery, Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery, Schulthess Klinik
2009
Consultant Spine Surgery, Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery, Schulthess Klinik
2007
Resident Spine Surgery, Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery, Schulthess Klinik
2006
Visiting Fellow Spine, Spine Surgery, Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery, Schulthess Klinik
Education and training
2022
Venia legendi in Neurochirurgie, Semmelweis Universität
2022
Certificate of Advanced Studies in Medical Leadership Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät und Medizinische Fakultät der Universität Zürich UZH
2016–2020
PhD in Clinical Neurosciences, Semmelweis Universität
2006
Facharzt - Gehirn- und Nervenchirurgie (Neurochirurgie) Budapest
2002–2003
National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery, London, UK
1999–2006
Assistenzarzt National Institute für Neurochirurgie, Budapest
1993–1999
Medizinische Fakultät, Semmelweis Universität, Budapest
Scientific activities
Scientific reviewer
European Spine Journal – Advisory Board Member, Reviewer
Clinical Neuroscience – International Advisory Board Member
The Spine Journal – Reviewer
World Neurosurgery – Reviewer
Memberships
ESJ – Reviewer, Member of Advisory Board of the European Spine Journal
EUROSPINE – Mitglied Education Committee
SRS – Scoliosis Research Society
ISSLS – International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine
SGS – Swiss Society of Spinal Surge
SGNC – Swiss Neurosurgical Society
SSIPM – Swiss Society for Interventional Pain Management
AO – AO Spine
NASS – North American Spine Society
Awards and honours
2019
Best Podium Presentation Award 2019 Eurospine Annual Meeting, Helsinki, Finnland – Spinopelvic Alignment after Short Segment Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (TLIF) – Is Correction Possible and Worthwile? M. Loibl, F. Massen, TF Fekete, D. Haschtmann, F. Kleinstück, D. Jeszenszky, F. Porchet, AF Mannion
2018/2019
MAX AEBI Award for Clinical Sciences 2018/2019: 8. The impact and value of uni- and multimodal intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring (IONM) on neurological complications during spine surgery: a prospective study of 2728 patients. – Sutter M, Eggspuehler A, Jeszenszky D, Kleinstueck F, Fekete TF, Haschtmann D, Porchet F, Dvorak J. (2019) Eur Spine J. 28(3):599-610.
2018
MICCAI Best Paper Award: Automated grading of Modic Changes using CNNs – Improving the Performance with Mixup – D Damopoulos, D Haschtmann, TF Fekete, G Zheng
2017
EUROSPINE Best Full Paper Award: A candid appraisal of the relative success of surgery in over 4’500 patients with degenerative disorders of the lumbar spine, hip or knee – AF Mannion, F Impellizzeri, M Leunig, D Jeszenszky , HJ Becker, D Haschtmann, S Preiss, TF Fekete
2016
Society for Back Pain Research (SBPR) UK, Local Organiser Award (2016) for paper presented to SBPR 2016 Preston, UK
Quantification of the Increased Risk of Complications During Surgery for Degenerative Spinal Disorders In Patients With Prior Spine Surgery – P Zehnder, TF Fekete, E Aghayev, FS Kleinstuck, H-J Becker, T Pigott, P Banczerowski, AF Mannion
2013
Society for Back Pain Research (SBPR) UK, BackCare Award 2013: The influence of comorbidity on the risks and benefits of spine surgery for degenerative lumbar disorders – AF Mannion, TF Fekete, U Mutter, F Porchet, F Kleinstueck, D Jeszenszky
Grants and stipends
2017 Universität Zürich CABMM (Center for Applied Biotechnology and Molecular Medicine) – Grant: in collaboration with ETH Zürich - ”Pseudarthrosis or successful spinal fusion - do predictive serum biomarkers exist?” – K Würtz, D. Haschtmann, T Fekete
2015 – 2017 Swiss National Science Foundation: Grant: Development of A Fully Automatic Lumbar Intervertebral Disc (IVD) MRI Segmentation Method and Its Applications in Spinal Diagnostic and Intervention Studies Guoyan Zheng1, Daniel Haschtmann2, Cheng Chen1, and Tamás Fekete2
1 - Institute for Surgical Technology and Biomechanics, University of Bern, Switzerland
2 - Spine Surgery, Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery, Schulthess Klinik, Zurich, Switzerland
2015 Mäxi Foundation – Grant: Short vs. Long Fusion for Degenerative Lumbar Kyphoscoliosis: Addressing Proximal Junction Failure in the Osteoporotic Spine. Multibody modeling - Prof. S Ferguson, D Haschtmann, TF Fekete