Prof. Dr. med. Michael Akbar
Specialist in orthopaedics and trauma surgery, special trauma and orthopaedic surgery, spine and scoliosis specialist
Video consultation
You have the possibility to arrange a video consultation with Prof. Dr. Akbar. To make an appointment, please provide your up-to-date medical reports (preferably not older than 3 months) in English or German. Kindly note that this service is subject to a fee and that a prepayment has to be made. Please allow the doctor some time to review your documents, the international office will get back to you as soon as possible.
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- 1993-1999 Study of human medicine at the Free University of Berlin
- 2001-2008 Assistant physician at the Orthopaedic University Hospital Heidelberg Foundation
- 2008 Senior Physician Spine Surgery Section, Center for Orthopaedics, Trauma Surgery and Paraplegiology, Clinic for Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery at the University of Heidelberg
- 2013 Additional training in specialised trauma surgery
- 2016 Additional training in specialised orthopaedic surgery
- 2015-2019 Head of the Spine Surgery Centre at the Clinic for Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery at the University of Heidelberg, head of surgery at the Clinic for Paraplegiology
Focus
| Degenerative spinal diseases (arthrosis, herniated disc, spinal canal stenosis) | Deformities of the spinal column in adults (flat back, degenerative scoliosis, kyphosis) | |
| Deformities of the spinal column in children and adolescents (scoliosis, kyphosis, spondylolisthesis) | Tumours, fractures and infections of the spine | |