Persian-speaking Neurosurgeons

Persian-speaking neurosurgeons in Germany. Almost nobody arrives here first. People are sent here by another doctor: a family doctor, an orthopaedist or a neurologist, usually with imaging already done. Neurosurgery (Neurochirurgie) covers the spine, the brain and the peripheral nerves, and despite what the name suggests, the great majority of its outpatient consultations are about the spine rather than the brain. The typical patient here walks in with back pain and a scan in hand. How you got here shapes what happens in the room: this appointment is first of all a decision conversation, not a treatment session.

In an emergency, or if there is a risk to life, call 112. Outside surgery hours the medical on-call service answers on 116 117, and it can also help you find an appointment. This page is only a directory and is not an emergency service.

What the Verified badge does and does not say

Verified says one thing only: a real person stands behind this profile and manages it themselves. YabInfy does not check anyone's certificates, licences, experience or competence, and the badge is not for sale. The specialist title in this field (Facharzt für Neurochirurgie) is awarded by the state medical association (Landesärztekammer), which also holds the register of licensed doctors, so if this matters to you, ask plainly for the specialist title and check it there.

Who sends you here

There is almost always a station before this one. A general practitioner, an orthopaedist or a neurologist (Neurologe) has decided the question is now whether an operation would help, and sends that question along with you. So what you carry matters more than the referral slip: the referring doctor's letter (Arztbrief) and the imaging. Without the letter the appointment starts from zero and the decision slips a round, so ask the referring practice for it.

Many of these consultations happen in a hospital outpatient clinic rather than a private practice, since the field is concentrated in clinics, so the nearest option may not be in your own town. The cities that have someone are listed at the bottom of this page, and travelling for a consultation is normal in this field.

Where this field ends and orthopaedics or neurology begins

The three overlap, which is why people book at the wrong station. An orthopaedist deals with bones, joints and muscles, and takes most back pain down the non-surgical route. A neurologist diagnoses nervous-system disorders and treats them without surgery, and nerve and muscle testing usually comes from that side. A neurosurgeon answers one question: whether an operation on the spine, the brain or a nerve would leave you better off, and if so, performs it.

The rule of thumb: if no doctor has yet said the word operation, the earlier station is probably the right one. The other fields sit in the Specialty filter above the results.

Conservative treatment comes first

For the spine the German system has a clear order: before a planned operation, non-surgical treatment should have been tried and documented. Physiotherapy, movement and pain management, under Allied health, are part of that route, and insurers and clinics do ask how much was done and for how long.

The consequence is that a consultation in this field often ends with a recommendation not to operate, or not yet. That is not a wasted appointment: it is the answer you came for, and a good one. If you get it, ask for it in writing, and ask what would have to change for the question to be reopened, because the next station needs that note. Decisions about your treatment are between you and your doctor; this page takes no view.

A second opinion, and why asking is routine

For certain planned procedures, people with statutory insurance have a legal right to an independent second opinion (Zweitmeinungsverfahren), and the doctor recommending the procedure is obliged to explain that right in good time and to hand over your documents and images. Which procedures are on the list is decided by the Federal Joint Committee (Gemeinsamer Bundesausschuss) and changes over time, so ask your insurer, or the doctor directly, whether the operation you have been offered is one of them.

Quite apart from that list, you can always ask a second practice or clinic what they think. Spine surgery is exactly the situation where people want a second opinion, and asking for one is ordinary, expected behaviour: nobody reads it as distrust. Two caveats: the second opinion does not come from the person who would operate, and an emergency is a different situation.

What to bring

Readers of this page get this part wrong more often than anything else.

• Bring the images themselves, not only the written report. The surgeon needs the files, on a disc or as a link to the imaging centre's archive; a report on its own is not enough, because the MRI or CT scan has to be looked at.
• Every previous report, in date order, including the old ones and anything you brought from another country.
• Your medication list with active ingredients and doses, plus the date of any injection or pain treatment.
• A note of which treatments have already been tried, and for how long. This is your most useful piece of paper. The answer to "operate or not" often turns on that history, and "I did physiotherapy" and "twice a week for three months" are two completely different statements.

What to ask at the appointment

• What the operation is meant to change, and what it will not change.
• What recovery looks like week by week, and from when you could work, drive and lift again.
• How many of this procedure you do in a year, and how many the centre does.
• Who operates: you personally or a colleague, and when I will know.
• What happens if it does not work, and what the next step would be.
• What happens if we do nothing, and what waiting would cost.
• YabInfy checks none of this, so ask for it yourself, and ask to see the document where it matters.

Why a shared language matters here

This appointment is a decision conversation, and its language is different from a treatment appointment: probability, alternatives, and what "better" would mean for you. A decision you did not fully follow is not a decision you made. There is a second side to it: in the same appointment you have to describe where the pain travels, what makes it worse and what settles it. Locating pain in the body is done with words, and most people only have those words in their first language.

Choosing from this list

Reviews in this field can tell you about things a patient genuinely saw: how long the wait was, whether the options and risks were laid out clearly, whether questions were answered patiently, whether anyone was reachable afterwards. A patient's review is not a verdict on surgical skill or on the outcome of an operation, and should not be read as one. Contact details sit behind "Show contact details" on each profile and reach the practice or clinic directly.

On privacy: YabInfy never shows who opened this page or whose contact details were revealed, and no doctor sees any of that. A review you write, on the other hand, is public, under a name you choose. If being recognised in a small community matters to you, weigh that before you write.

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