PLEASE HELP - I need names of neurosurgeons in Germany

[Atlas Mugged]

Sorry for posting in two forums, but I'm desperate.

I know we have some members in Berlin and other parts of Germany. I desperately need surgery in my neck and I'm looking for neurosurgeons or spinal orthopedic surgeons in Germany. I was in an accident 2 years ago (hit by another, VERY large vehicle, other driver admitted fault, and, of course, there's a lawsuit) and my most recent MRI has revealed massive deterioration in my neck since the MRIs taken directly after the accident. I have 4 herniated discs and one is completely ruptured, pressing on my spinal cord. Because of an avalanche of bullshit, courtesy of the FDA and my damn-them-to-hell No Fault insurance, I cannot get the correct surgery in this country without waiting for it to be approved. Meanwhile, as my primary neurosurgeon specifically states, I'm a tragedy waiting to happen. I need disc replacement in TWO levels (and 3 levels of fusion), which is currently not allowed in the US in the cervical area. Otherwise, it's five levels of fusions - completely irreversible - and a bitch since there's cutting edge surgical techniques available.

Berlin is preferred since we have access to an apartment there and usually go there twice a year. I've not been able to travel at all since the accident. I'm hoping that Ambien will help make the trip bearable.

My humble apologies for intruding on the usual fun!

Thank you.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

1. Bump for health! BTW ........

"My humble apologies for intruding on the usual fun!"

We try to help out each other around here too!!

[Midlodemocrat]

2. Here is the name of one from Marquis Who's Who.

I am still looking for others.

Kestlmeier, Ralph

SOURCE: Who's Who in the World, 22nd Edition, 21st Edition, 20th Edition, 19th
Edition, 18th Edition, 17th Edition, 16th Edition; Who's Who in Finance and
Industry, 33rd Edition, 32nd Edition; Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 8th
Edition, 7th Edition, 6th Edition, 5th Edition; Who's Who in Medicine and
Healthcare, 5th Edition, 4th Edition, 3rd Edition, 2nd Edition; Who's Who in the
World, 15th Edition

LENGTH: 143 words

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * PERSONAL INFORMATION * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Married to Eva Roscher, Dec. 14, 2001; 1 child, Julia Katharina.
GENDER Male
BIRTH-DATE October 13, 1966
BIRTHPLACE Wasserburg, Germany
ADDRESS Office, Milbertshofenerstr 90, 80807, Munich, Germany

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OCCUPATION 3432 - neurosurgeon, researcher; 3850 - sports medicine physician


CAREER Instr. Ctr. Orthop. Sci. Munich/Berne U. Witten/Herdecke, Munich, 199
0-94

POSITIONS HELD with Dept. Neurosurgery, Tech. U., 1996-2004; physician dept.
orthop. surgery, Tech. U., Munich, 1994-1995; physician dept. orthop. surgery,
Kliniken Harthausen, Bad Aibling, Germany, 1994

* * * * * * * * * * * * * EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION * * * * * * * * * * * * *
*

MD, Tech. U. Munich, 1996

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * OTHER INFORMATION * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *


CERTIFICATES Diplomate in medicine

CREATIVE WORKS Contbr. articles to profl. jours.

CIVIC/MILITARY Mem. Red Cross Germany, Johanniter Unfallhilfe

MEMBERSHIPS Mem.: Berufsrverband Deutscher Neurochirurgen, German Soc. Surgery,
B und der Freunde der Technischen Universitat Munchen (Jr. Scientist aw ard
1996)

INTERESTS E-mail: [email protected]

[Midlodemocrat]

3. Here's another one.

Thomalske, R.E. Gunther

SOURCE: Who's Who in the World, 22nd Edition, 21st Edition, 20th Edition, 19th
Edition, 18th Edition, 17th Edition; Who's Who in Finance and Industry, 33rd
Edition, 32nd Edition; Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 8th Edition, 6th
Edition; Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare, 3rd Edition, 2nd Edition, 1st
Edition; Who's Who in the World, 10th Edition, 11th Edition, 12th Edition, 15th
Edition

LENGTH: 232 words

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * PERSONAL INFORMATION * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Son of Paul E.M. and Eleonore O.E. (Pletz) T.; Married to Anne This, July 11,
195 8; children: Christine, Catherine.
GENDER Male
BIRTH-DATE June 8, 1925
BIRTHPLACE Hohkirch, Silesia
ADDRESS Home, Tulpenstr 12, D-63263, Neu-Isenburg, Germany; Office, Aerzte
haus, D-63263, Neu-Isenburg, Germany

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CAREER INFORMATION * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *


OCCUPATION 3433 - neurosurgeon, educator

POSITIONS HELD dir. dept. functional neurosurgery, U. Frankfurt (Fed. Republic
German y) Main Hosp., 1973-90; prof., U. Frankfurt (Fed. Republic Germany) M
ain Hosp., 1972-; lectr. neurosurgery, U. Frankfurt (Fed. Republic Ge rmany)
Main Hosp., 1969-72; head neurosurgeon, U. Frankfurt (Fed. Rep ublic
Germany) Main Hosp., 1964-68; resident neurosurgeon, U. Frankfu rt (Fed.
Republic Germany) Main Hosp., 1958-64; asst. neurosurgeon, P asteur Hosp.,
Colmar, France, 1952-58; asst. surg., U. Hosp., Mainz, Fed. Republic Germany,
1952; asst. in ob-gyn., Town Hosp., Delmenhorst, Fed. R epublic Germany,
1951-52; asst. in gen. surgery, Town Hosp., Delmenhorst, , Fed. Republic
Germany, 1950-51; with, Psychiat. Hosp., Marburg, 1949-50 ; asst. in
Bacteriologic Inst., U. Marburg, 1949

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*

student, U. Berlin, 1943; student, U. Freiburg, Germany, 1943-44; student, U .
Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1944-45; MD, U. Marburg, Fed. Republic Germany, 1 949

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CREATIVE WORKS Author: (with Munzenberg) Leg Pain, 1986, (with Tilscher) Back
and Lo w Back Pain, 1990; editor: Series Pain, VCH, 1986-, Pain Conference,
1984-, Non Pharmacological Treatment of Pain, 1990.

MEMBERSHIPS Mem. Internat. Assn. Study of Pain (v.p. German chpt. 1978-93),
Germa n Pain Soc. (hon.), German Soc. Neurosurgery, French Lang. Soc. Neuro
surgery, German Soc. Neuroradiology, German Soc. Neurology, German EE G Soc.,
French Soc. EEG, Soc. Luso Epagnola Neurocir. (corr.), French Soc.
Neuroradiology (corr.), Swiss Soc. Neurosurgery (corr.).

[Midlodemocrat]

4. And another one.

Ulrich, Peter Thomas

SOURCE: Who's Who in the World, 22nd Edition, 21st Edition, 20th Edition, 19th
Edition, 17th Edition; Who's Who in Finance and Industry, 34th Edition, 33rd
Edition, 32nd Edition; Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 7th Edition, 5th
Edition; Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare, 5th Edition, 4th Edition, 3rd
Edition, 2nd Edition; Who's Who in the World, 14th Edition, 15th Edition

LENGTH: 183 words

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Son of Paul Bernhard and Elisabeth Maria (Schaffrath) U.; Married to Renate
Elisa beth Wagner, Dec. 26, 1974; children: Christian, Daniel, Philipp.
GENDER Male
BIRTH-DATE February 22, 1950
BIRTHPLACE Offenbach, Hessen, Germany
ADDRESS Office, Mcpl Hosp Neurosurg Clinic, Starkenburgring 66, 63069, Offenbac
h, Hessen, Germany

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OCCUPATION 3430 - neurosurgeon

CAREER lectr. Faculty Medicine Johannes-Gutenberg U., Mainz, Germany,
1999-.

POSITIONS HELD dir. neurosurg. clinic, Mcpl. Hosp., Offenbach, Germany, 1994-;
head lab. cerebral circulation neurosurg. dept., Univ. Hosp., Mainz, Germany,
199 0-94; sr. resident neurosurg. dept., Univ. Hosp., Mainz, Germany, 1986-90
; resident psychiat. dept., Univ. Hosp., Mainz, Germany, 1980-81; resident
neurosurg. dept., Univ. Hosp., Mainz, Germany, 1979-86; resident neurol.
dept., Nordwest-Krankenhaus, Frankfurt, 1976-78

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*

degree, Nat. U., Mexico City, 1972; MD, J.W. Goethe U., Frankfurt am Main,
Germany, 1975

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CREATIVE WORKS Contbr. articles to profl. jours.

CIVIC/MILITARY Maj. Med. Corps, German Mil. Svc., 1979.

MEMBERSHIPS Mem. Rotary Internat.

INTERESTS Avocation: sailing

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

[Atlas Mugged]

5. Amazing

Thank you so much, Midlo! This gives us much more footing to work with, since, as we research the names, other viable links are coming up. My SO is doing most of the research since he speaks and reads fluent German, however, he's a technodolt, so I have to hover nearby. It's times like these that makes you realize why we have a sense of humor in the first place.

Once I'm capable of it, I owe you dinner!

[LynneSin]

6. I saw something on 60 minutes about India & Bangkok hospitals

I was actually amazed with these hospitals because they were more like 5-star hotels. The story was about Americans who went overseas to get the surgery they couldn't afford here in America. One woman actually went to this luxury hospital in India to get a new type of hip replacement surgury not yet available in the US.

It's obvious that these hospitals gear mainly towards overseas clients and the cost is amazingly cheap compared to the US. One guy needed Heart Bypass surgery and had no health insurance. He went to this hospital in Bangkok where it was like 75% less expensive and yet the care he received was amazing. The hospital was run by an American and most of the doctors had experience in American medicine whether practice or medical school.

Check CBS website for transcripts on the story. The story was aired the same week as the first Katrina story that 60 minutes did (interview with Nagin).

Good luck