Location information
Hospital address
Hospital General de Catalunya Carrer Balcells 12 Baix 2 Barcelona 08024 Barcelona Cataluña 08024 Spain
Hospital type
Private
Hospital description
Regional
Description
Peruvian-german neurosurgeon trained in Barcelona with a fellowship in Global Neurosurgery. (Weill Cornell) and a pHD dissertation in Neurosurgery and Public Health "Current Spine Trauma Management in Tanzania". Spent 14 months in Tanzania collaborating with two hospitals. Overall, performed urgery in +500 patients in East Africa. Interested in Trauma Surgery, Pediatric Surgery, Spine Surgery and Neurosurgical Initiatives in low-income countries.
Member information
Name
Andreas Leidinger
Member type
Individual independent practitioner
Specialty
Neurosurgeon
Subspecialties
- Neurosurgeon with paediatric interest
Languages spoken
- Catalan
- German
- English
- Spanish
- French
- Swahili
Social profiles
Current and past partnerships
Has current partners or past partnership experience in these countries
- Ethiopia
- United Republic of Tanzania
Weill-Cornell Brain and Spine Center. NY, USA
I developed a Global Neurosurgery Fellowship under the tutelage of Prof. Dr. Roger Hartl.
I spent 8 months working at the Muhimbili Orthopaedic Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
NED Foundation
I travelled to the NED Institute, hospital based in Stonetown, Zanzibar for 4 surgical missions.
Posteriorly I developed a sustainable model for neurosurgical collaboration there during 4 months.
Clavel Foundation
I lead a 10-day neurosurgical camp to the Adama Children Hospital, Ethiopia.
Conditions treated
- Hydrocephalus
- Spinal dysraphism
- Trauma
- Craniofacial
- Spine
- Peripheral Nerve
Equipment used
- Angiography
