Dr. med. Filippo Mandelli

Head Physician, Clinic for Spinal Surgery

German, English, Italian

Spital Zollikerberg
Klinik für Wirbelsäulenchirurgie
Trichtenhauserstrasse 20
8125 Zollikerberg

Specialist in orthopaedic surgery and traumatology of the musculoskeletal system
Specialising in spinal surgery

Since 2025
Head of the Clinic for Spinal Surgery, Zollikerberg Hospital
2025
Interdisciplinary specialisation in spinal surgery (SIWF)
2022 - 2025
Senior Physician Spinal Surgery, University Hospital Basel
2021 - 2022
Spine fellow, GSpine4, Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi I.R.C.C.S., Milan, Italy
2021 - 2021
Senior Physician Spinal Surgery, University Hospital Basel
2020 - 2021
Senior Physician Spinal Surgery, University Children's Hospital Basel
Research fellow, Basel Functional Biomechanics Laboratory
2020
Doctorate in Medicine, University of Italian-speaking Switzerland (USI)
2019
Specialist title in orthopaedic surgery and traumatology of the musculoskeletal system
2019 - 2020
Senior Consultant Orthopaedics and Traumatology, EOC, Ospedale Regionale di Lugano
2018 - 2018
Deputy Senior Physician Spine Surgery, University Children's Hospital Basel
2017 - 2017
Assistant Physician Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University Hospital Basel
2017 - 2017
Assistant Physician Spinal Surgery, University Hospital Basel
2015 - 2017
Assistant Physician Traumatology, University Hospital Zurich
2013 - 2015
Assistant doctor in orthopaedics and traumatology, EOC, Ospedale Regionale di Bellinzona e Valli
2012 - 2013
Assistant Physician Surgery, Clinica Santa Chiara
2011 - 2012
Resident in Plastic Surgery, Istituto Image, Milan, Italy
2011
State examination, University of Milan, Italy
2004 - 2010
Medical studies, Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

Publications

Gait function in patients with cervical spinal stenosis and myelopathy after surgical decompression: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Mandelli F., Zhang Y., Aghlamandi S., Ewald H., Nüesch C., Schären S., Mündermann A., Netzer C., 2024

Medium

Spine Journal

Corner Osteotomy: Correction Techniques for Spinal Deformity

Mandelli F., Petrone S., Berjano P., 2024

Medium

Thieme publishing house

Walking stress-induced changes in gait patterns and muscle activity: patients with lumbar spinal stenosis versus asymptomatic controls

Urbanschitz L., Nüesch C., Schären S., Mandelli F., Mündermann A., Netzer, C., 2024

Medium

Gait & Posture

Page

114, S. 55–61

Counsellor

Spinal surgery: everything you need to know

At Zollikerberg Hospital, the highest precision applies to one of the most central and at the same time most demanding areas of the body - the spine. Spinal surgery here means not only modern, minimally invasive technology, but above all sound expertise, experience and careful, holistic care. This is what Dr Filippo Mandelli, Head of the Spinal Surgery Clinic, and his team stand for. They treat conditions such as herniated discs, spinal canal stenosis, spondylolisthesis, spinal deformities and degenerative changes competently and sensitively and accompany patients on their way to greater stability and quality of life. In this interview, you can find out what is particularly important in these complex interventions - and what modern spinal medicine can achieve today.

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