- Careful clarification of your symptoms using the most modern diagnostics
- Treatment plans based on years of experience in highly specialised work in the field of spinal surgery
Dr Abu Nahleh is a specialist in spinal surgery. He has excellent expertise in treating diseases and injuries of the entire spine, from the head to the pelvis. In addition to consistent use of conservative therapies, emphasis is placed on minimally invasive procedures. Endoscopically supported or microscopically assisted procedures are used on all sections of the spine, provided that the surgical goals can be achieved safely. This leads to faster wound healing, less scarring and enables a quicker return to an active life.
After studying at the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Dr Abu Nahleh focused on spinal surgery right from the start of his orthopaedic training. He completed his further training under PD Dr H. Böhm at the Clinic for Spinal Surgery of the Central Clinic Bad Berka, a maximum care spinal centre certified by the German Spinal Society and EUROSPINE as well as AO-Spine, where he learned the entire spectrum of modern spine surgery. Since being recognised as a specialist in orthopaedics and trauma surgery in 2017, Dr Abu Nahleh worked as a senior physician in spine surgery in Bad Berka until May 2021 and has comprehensive knowledge and skills in the treatment of all diseases and injuries of the spine.
Range of services
- Conservative therapy with medication and interventional pain therapy
- X-ray-supported infiltrations of nerve roots and vertebral joints as well as the sacroiliac joint
- Operations on all sections of the spine including the head-neck and spine-pelvis junctions
- Minimally invasive removal of herniated discs on the cervical spine, thoracic spine or lumbar spine
- Minimally invasive expansion of the spinal cord canal
- Mobility-preserving procedures
- Implantation of intervertebral disc prostheses
- Removal of herniated discs in the cervical spine without fusion or disc prosthesis in selected cases (transosseous cervical decompression)
- Stabilisation of all sections of the spine from the front, back or combined
- Implantation of spinal cord stimulators (for treatment-refractory pain conditions)
- Endoscopic-assisted operations
- Minimally invasive stabilisation of vertebral fractures
- Treatment of osteoporotic vertebral fractures by means of cement injection (vertebroplasty, kyphoplasty)
- Correction of misalignments (kyphosis, scoliosis)
- Stabilisation of fractures in the area of the posterior pelvic ring
- Minimally invasive relief of spinal abscesses
- Surgical treatment of spinal tumours
Studies
- 10/2002 – 09/2004 International Business Administration, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
- 10/2004 – 10/2010 Human Medicine, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
- 26 September 2006 First section of the medical examination, “very good” (1.5)
- 8 December 2010 Second section of the medical examination, “very good” (1.0) and medical examination, overall grade “very good” (1.16)
- 13 December 2010 Received licence to practice medicine
Clinical career
- 01.01.2011 – 30.09.2011 Assistant physician, Clinic for Spinal Surgery and Paraplegics, Central Clinic Bad Berka, Chief Physician PD Dr med. H. Böhm
- 01.10.2011 – 31.03.2012 Assistant physician, Centre for Anaesthesia, Intensive Care Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Central Clinic Bad Berka, Chief Physician Prof. Dr med. W. Karzai and chief physician PD Dr med. T. Schreiber
- 01.04.2012 – 30.09.2012 Assistant physician Central Emergency Room, Central Clinic Bad Berka, Chief Physician Prof. Dr med. N. Presselt
- 01.10.2012 – 28.02.2014 Assistant Physician, Clinic for Spinal Surgery and Paraplegics, Central Clinic Bad Berka, Chief Physician PD Dr med. H. Böhm
- 01.03.2014 – 31.12.2014 Assistant physician, Clinic for Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Central Clinic Bad Berka, Chief Physician Dr med. M. Erler
- 01.01.2015 – 31.05.2016 Assistant physician, Clinic for Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Central Clinic Bad Berka, Chief Physician Prof. Dr med. O. Kilian
- 01.06.2016 – 31.05.2017 Assistant physician, Clinic for Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Robert Koch Hospital Apolda, Chief Physician Dr med. D. Seifert
- 01.06.2017 – 31.07.2017 Assistant Physician, Clinic for Spinal Surgery and Paraplegics, Central Clinic Bad Berka, Chief Physician PD Dr med. H. Böhm
- 13.07.2017 Specialist certification in orthopaedics and trauma surgery
- 01.08.2017 – 30.04.2021 Senior Physician, Clinic for Spinal Surgery, Central Clinic Bad Berka, Chief Physician PD Dr med. H. Böhm (until 12/2018) and Prof. Dr med. M. Shousha, PhD (ab 01/2019)
- since 01.05.2021 Senior Physician Spinal Surgery ATOS Clinic Stuttgart
Publications/lectures
Membership of professional societies/additional qualifications
- 06.-07.08.2011 ATLS Provider Course, Munich
- 07-16.03.2013 Compact course in emergency medicine, Weimar
- 24.08.2015 Expertise in radiation protection X-ray diagnostics of the entire skeleton (update 05/2020)
- Member of the German Society for Spinal Surgery (DWG) since 2013
- Since 2020 member of AOSpine (working group for osteosynthesis issues)
