Caring for you as we would for ourselves
Renato Gondar
Dr.

Renato Gondar

Neurosurgeon

Neurosurgery Specialist, FMH Member

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  • Career
  • Training
  • Research and publications

Hours

Monday
08:30 - 12:00
13:30 - 17:00
Tuesday
08:30 - 12:00
13:30 - 17:00
Wednesday
08:30 - 12:00
13:30 - 17:00
Thursday
08:30 - 12:00
13:30 - 17:00
Friday
08:30 - 12:00
13:30 - 17:00

Mot du spécialiste

My areas of expertise include complex spinal surgery, microendoscopic surgery, cranial surgery, minimally invasive surgery, and pain management.

Languages spoken

  • French
  • English
  • Portuguese
  • German
  • Spanish

Online

Professional activities

Since 2025
Certified Physician at Hôpital La Tour Hôpital de La Tour
Since 2021
Attending Physician at Clinique Générale-Beaulieu, Hirslanden Genève Colline, and Grangettes; and Consultant Physician at HUG Geneva
2019 - 2020
Senior Resident in Neurosurgery (Prof. K. Schaller) University Hospitals of Geneva, Switzerland
2018 - 2019
Senior Resident in Spinal Surgery (Orthopedic/Neurosurgery) Fribourg Hospital (HFR), Switzerland
2016 - 2018
Neurosurgery Resident Inselspital Bern, Switzerland
2012 - 2016
Neurosurgery Resident University Hospitals of Geneva, Switzerland
2011
Resident in Internal Medicine Curry Cabral Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal
2010
Residency in General Medicine and Surgery Guimarães Hospital, Portugal

Cours pratiques

2009:
Emergency Medicine Course, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon(Santa Maria Hospital), Portugal

 

2015:
SYNS Lumbar Spine Academy (Bern, Switzerland)
Synthes Thoracolumbar Spine Academy (Zuchwil, Switzerland)
EANS Training Course on Trauma and Functional Surgery (Lisbon, Portugal)
Synthes Cervical Spine Academy (Zuchwil, Switzerland)
SYNS Craniotomy Course (Bern, Switzerland)
Midas Rex High-Speed Surgical Drill Course (Tolochenaz, Switzerland)
Craniotomy Course (Geneva, Switzerland)

 

2016:
EANS Hands-On Course (Lyon, France)
SYNS Cervical Spine Academy (Bern, Switzerland)
Postgraduate Course in Spinal Surgery (Lisbon, Portugal)
Sulci, Gyri, Ventricles, and Dissecting Fibers (Braga, Portugal)
Microsurgery Course (Bern, Switzerland)
EANS Training Course on the Spine and Peripheral Nerves (Berlin, Germany)
EANS Advanced Spine Course, Part II (Innsbruck, Austria)

 

2017:
SYNS Advanced Level Spine Academy (Zuchwil, Switzerland)
Cranio-Cervical Junction Workshop (Barcelona, Spain)
Microscopic and Endoscopic Approaches to the Skull Base (Strasbourg, France)
11th Tübingen Course for Neurosurgeons on Microsurgical Approaches – and Live
Surgery (Tübingen, Germany)
EANS Vascular Training Course (Seville, Spain)
EANS Advanced Spine Course, Part I (Munich, Germany)
23rd M.O.R.E. Spine Learning Center, MIS-TLIF (Muttenz, Switzerland)

 

2018:
World Spine 8 Pre-Congress Course (Lisbon, Portugal)
Eurospine Education Week, Modules 1, 2, and 3 (Strasbourg, France)
EANS Tumor Training Course (Dubrovnik, Croatia)

 

2019:
Eurospine Education Week Modules 4 and 5 (Geneva, Switzerland)
AOSpine Advanced Level Specimen Course—Complex Surgical Techniques: What Can
You Learn from Pilots? (Bern, Switzerland)
Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (Braga, Portugal)

 

2020:
XLIF Cadaver Course CPD (Geneva, Switzerland)
X-ALIF Cadaver Course CPD (Geneva, Switzerland) 2021:
Mazor Spine Robotics Cadaver Lab (Bern, Switzerland)
Spine Learning Center, MySpine Medacta (Bern, Switzerland)
Eurospine Advanced Diploma (Geneva, Switzerland)
EANS Advanced Spine Course: Complication Management and Complex Surgery(Geneva, Switzerland)
Spine Academy Spineart: Anterior Approaches (Geneva, Switzerland)

2022:
Riwospine Endoscopic Surgery Hands-On Workshop (Oberkirch, Switzerland)

2023:
10th European Course on Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery (Madrid, Spain)

2025:
Joymax Endoscopic Surgery Hands-On Workshop (Fribourg, Switzerland)

Degrees and qualifications

2024
Doctorate in Science and Medicine University of Fribourg, Switzerland
2023
Swiss Diploma in Medical Assessment (Swiss Insurance Medicine) Switzerland
2019
v Switzerland
2018
Examen Oral de Neurochirurgie FMH Lugano, Switzerland
2017
3rd Place—2017 SGNC Research Award Swiss Society of Neurosurgery
2017
1st Place—2017 GANS Science Award German Academy of Neurosurgery
2017
European Neurosurgery Exam Seville, Spain
2009
Degree in Medicine University of Porto, Portugal

Professional training

2023
Swiss Insurance Medicine Expert Certification Switzerland
2022
Fellowship AO Spine Milan Institut Galeazzi, Pr. P. Berjano Italy
2021
Eurospine Advanced Diploma Strasbourg, France
2019
Eurospine Basic Diploma Strasbourg, France and Geneva, Switzerland
2019
Cantonal Right to Independent Practice Geneva, Switzerland
2016
Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Genève, Suisse
2014
Radiation Safety Certification Lausanne, Switzerland

Research