Frank, Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. Andreas

Degenerative diseases of the spine

• Disc herniation
• Narrowing of the spinal canal (spinal stenosis)
• Narrowing of nerve channels (foraminal stenosis)
• ADR surgery of the neck
• Cervical myelopathy (chronic pressure lesion of he spinal cord)

Removal of tumours in the spinal canal and spinal cord

Decompression in peripheral nerve entrapment syndromes

• Carpal Tunnel
• Sulcus Ulnaris
• Loge de Guyon
• Tarsal Tunnel

Neuromodulation

• Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) in case of untreatable pain
• Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) in therapy resistant depression
• Deep brain stimulation (DBS) in Parkinson's disease and tremor

Assistant Professor Dr med Andreas M Frank was born in 1955. After high school graduation in Traunstein in 1974 he went on to study physics and then medicine at Ludwig Maximilian’s University in Munich. In 1982 he completed his medical studies at Düsseldorf University.

From 1982 to 2006 he practised as a neurosurgeon in the Neurosurgery Department of Munich Technical University under Prof. Dr. A. E. Trappe. He was granted his Neurosurgery Specialisation in 1989.

He gained the venia legendi for neurosurgery at Munich Technical University in 2004, allowing him to teach his specialization at University level and also was awarded the title of Assistant Professor at the same university in 2004.

From 2006 to June 2008 he practised as a neurosurgeon at the Alphaklinik, Munich, focusing on minimally invasive treatments for back pain.

In July 2008 he opened his own practice in Munich with Patient Consultation Days in London, Amsterdam and Málaga to better serve the increasing number of international patients seeking his knowledge, experience and skill as a neurosurgeon.