Prof. Dr. med. Ralf A. Kockro
Mitglied im zertifizierten Neuro-Onkologischen Zentrum Hirslanden (DKG), Mitglied im zertifizierten HSM-Zentrum für komplexe Behandlung von Hirnschlägen, Mitglied eines zertifizierten Tumor-Zentrums
- Specialist in
- Neurosurgery
- Languages
- German, English, French
Contact
Center for Microneurosurgery
+41 44 387 21 31
Core competencies
- Minimally-invasive and endoscope-assisted microsurgical techniques
- Surgery for tumors of the brain and spinal cord with intra-operative imaging (MRI, CT, ultrasound, tissue fluorescence), electrophysiology (electric current radar) and 3D navigation
- Neurovascular surgery including aneurysms and vascular malformations utilizing intraoperative angiography and ICG fluorescence
- Microvascular decompression of cranial nerves
- Endoscope-assisted transnasal surgery of the pituitary gland and skull base
- Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flow diversion procedures for the treatment of hydrocephalus, including shunt operations and endoscopic third ventriculostomy
- Endoscopic surgery for cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flow diversion for the treatment of hydrocephalus and for resection of ventricular tumors
- VP-Shunt implantation with endoscopic abdominal catheter placement
- Surgery for traumatic brain and skull injury, individualized skull reconstructions
- Minimally-invasive Microsurgery for lumbar and cervical disc herniations
- Minimally-invasive microsurgical stability-preserving decompression of the spinal canal
- Planning of complex operations in a Virtual Reality simulation environment
Professional career
- 2015 - to date
- Director of the Center for Micro-Neurosurgery
Hirslanden Hospital, Zurich - 2015 - to date
- Visiting Consultant neurosurgeon,
Triemli City Hospital, Zurich - 2012 - 2014
- Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery, Klinik Hirslanden, Switzerland
- 2009 - 2012
- Consultant Neurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Zürich, Switzerland
- 2008 - 2009
- Associate Consultant Neurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery, Mainz, Germany
- 2007
- Associate Consultant Neurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery, The Royal London Hospital, London, UK
- 2006
- Resident Neurosurgeon, Departement of Neurosurgery, Mainz, Germany
German Medical Specialist Board Certification for Neurosurgery - 1999 - 2005
- Resident Neurosurgeon, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore
- 1997 - 1998
- Research Fellow, Virtual Reality Imaging Laboratory, National University of Singapore
- 1995 - 1996
- Junior resident, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Heidelberg, Germany
Schools, university & degrees and diplomas
- 2020
- Professorship of Neurosurgery
University Hospital Mainz, Germany - 2010
- Associate Professorship (Venia, legendi, Habilitation)
University Hospital Mainz, Germany - 2007
- German Specialst Board certification for Neurosurgery
- 1999
- Dissertation – doctoral thesis
University of Heidelberg, Germany - 1987 - 1994
- Medical School
University of Heidelberg, Germany
Further information
Academic Activities
Scientific reviewer of the journals: Neurosurgery, World Neurosurgery, Neurosurgical Review, Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, Central European Neurosurgery
Member of the Editorial Board of ISRN Endoscopy
Senior Lecturer at the University of Zurich
Senior Lecturer at the University of Mainz, Germany
Development of Virtual Reality technology for patient specific neurosurgical planning and simulation
Scientific reviewer of the journals: Neurosurgery, World Neurosurgery, Neurosurgical Review, Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, Central European Neurosurgery
Member of the Editorial Board of ISRN Endoscopy
Senior Lecturer at the University of Zurich
Senior Lecturer at the University of Mainz, Germany
Development of Virtual Reality technology for patient specific neurosurgical planning and simulation