PD Dr. med. Gerasimos Baltsavias

Spezialist für neuro-endovaskuläre Interventionen

Specialist in
Neurosurgery
Languages
German, English, Italian, Greek

Core competencies

  • Cerebral Aneurysms
  • Cerebral arteriovenous Malformations (AVM)
  • Intracranial dural arteriovenous Fistulae (CDAVF)
  • Acute ischemic Stroke – Thrombectomy, thromboaspiration
  • Galenic Arteriovenous Malformations in newborns and children
  • Spinal Arteriovenous  Malformations (SAVM)
  • Spinal dural arteriovenous Fistulae (SDAVF)
  • Stenoses of neck and intracranial Arteries
  • Head-Neck Traumatic arteriovenous Fistulae
  • Head-Face-Neck Hemangiomas, Malformations
  • Vascular Tumors of the brain, skull-base and neck as Meningiomas, Hemangioblastomas, Glomus tumors, Neurinomas, juvenile Angiofibromas i.a.

Professional career

Apr 2018 - to date
Affilitated Doctor to Klinik Hirslanden, Zurich
2016 - 2017
Head Physician and Head of the Interventional Neuroradiology, Dept. of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Zurich (Prof. A. Valavanis)
2009 - 2016
Senior Physician, Interventional Neuroradiology, Institute of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Zurich (Prof. A. Valavanis)
2000 - 2008
Head of Neuro-endovascular Dept. Interbalkan European Medical Center, Greece
2000
Specialist Neurosurgeon, Neurosurgical Dept. Christian Doppler Medical Center, Salzburg, Austria (Prof. B. Richling)

Schools, university & degrees and diplomas

2016
Habilitation - In the field of Interventional Neuroradiology, Medical School, University of Zurich (Supervision of Prof. A. Valavanis)
2011
Doctor of Medicine, University of Zurich, Medical School (Supervision Prof. A. Valavanis)
2007
International Master Course in Neurovascular Diseases "Diplome InterUniversitaire", University Paris-Sud and Mahidol University (Prof. P. Lasjaunias)
2006
Dissertation at the Dept. of Neuroradiology, Hôpital Lariboisière, Paris, France (Prof. JJ. Merland, Supervision Prof. E. Houdart)
2000
Fellowship Interventional Neuroradiology, Neurosurgical Dept. Christian Doppler Medical Center, Salzburg, Austria (Prof. B. Richling)
1999
Fellowship Interventional Neuroradiology, Neuroradiological Dept. Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford University, UK (J. V. Byrne, A. J. Molyneux)
1998
Fellowship Interventional Neuroradiology, Neuroendovascular Surgery Dept., Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, USA (Prof. A. Berenstein)
1997 - 1998
Fellowship Interventional Neuroradiology, Neurosurgical Dept. "AKH", Vienna University Austria (Prof. W. Koos, Supervision: Prof. B. Richling)
1997
License of Medical Specialty, title of Neurosurgery, Greece
1990
Graduation University of Ioannina, Medical School, Greece

Practices at

Memberships and partnerships

  • FMH – Foederatio Medicorum Helveticorum
  • Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Neuroradiologie
  • World Federation of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology
  • American Congress of Neurological Surgeons
  • European Association of Neurosurgical Societies
  • Hellenic Neurosurgical Society
  • Aerztegesellschaft des Kantons Zürich

Publications & videos

Events & lectures