Approved by Diagnose.me Medical Advisory Board on 03 Dec 2015
Consultant, Orthopaedic Spinal Surgeon, The London Spine Clinic, London (United Kingdom)
Spinal surgeon • Internationally renowned expert on minimal-invasive spine surgery and interventional pain therapy who has lectured worldwide. Medical director at EuroPainClinics, European chairman of the Spine Intervention Society, Master Instructor for the Spine Intervention Society in the US and Europe.
"Mr Hess has provided me with expert advice and he has helped me understand my spinal condition and which direction I should be heading. I much appreciated his expert knowledge as a world class surgeon and therefore to provide assurance to me of my health situation. Many thanks John"
(39 reviews)I am board certified for orthopedic surgery and pain therapy. My medical education includes the University of Dusseldorf, St. Moritz, Switzerland, the Spine Center at the Orthopädische Klinik München-Harlaching, and the University Hospital in Quebec City, Canada.
I am experienced with performing a variety of injection procedures in the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine. For more than 10 years my main interest are endoscopic procedures, where I have broad experience in several techniques and approaches. I have been a lecturer of more than 100 scientific presentations and performed surgeries worldwide as a guest surgeon.
I am also the Master Instructor for the Spine Intervention Society (SIS, formerly ISIS) in the US and Europe since 2003. I was the co-organizer of the European SIS workshops in Amsterdam, Netherlands. From 2006 to 2015, I served as the president of the German Interventional Spine Society (GIW e.V.) and am a member of the German Spine Society (DWG e.V.). Furthermore, I am a member of the British Pain Society’s (BPS) Interventional Pain Medicine Research Group and serve as a reviewer for the spine section of “Pain Medicine”.
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We are very satisfied with specialists answer and especially the form in which he answered. Everything was understandable and clear and most importantly he answered directly to the point and provided a direct solution.
Thank you very much for this opportunity. The doctor quickly explained my other treatment options and was happily answered my other questions.
Georg Michael Hess, MD, PhD has published 25+ publications:
English, Deutsch, plus 22 languages with medical translation