Board of Advisors
Dr. med. Jost Thissen
Co-Founder of MedVici Health · Member of the Medical Excellence Board of Advisors
Physician · Specialist in neurosurgery · Schön Klinik Düsseldorf · Procelsio Clinic Essen · Co-founder of MedVici Health
Dr. med. Jost Thissen advises MedVici Health as a member of the Medical Excellence Board of Advisors, contributing long-standing expertise and an established international network. The choice of physician and clinic always rests with the patient.
Profile summary and areas of expertise
Jost Thissen is a specialist in neurosurgery with a focus on spine surgery. Jost Thissen is Lead Physician at the Spine Centre Rhein-Ruhr of Schön Klinik Düsseldorf and has also operated at Procelsio Clinic in Essen since 2022. Jost Thissen's areas of work include endoscopic spine surgery and neuromodulation. Jost Thissen is a co-founder of MedVici Health.
- Spine surgery
- Endoscopic spine surgery
- Neuromodulation (spinal cord stimulation)
Clinical work and institutions
Procelsio Clinic Essen (opens the institution's website)
- since 2022Specialist in neurosurgery
Schön Klinik Düsseldorf (MedVici profile of the institution)
Wirbelsäulenzentrum Rhein-Ruhr
- since 2018Lead Physician
Praxis GRADUS Düsseldorf (opens the institution's website)
- since 2023Neurosurgical consultations
St. Vinzenz-Krankenhaus Düsseldorf
- 2016–2018Senior consultant, spine surgery
Klinikum Duisburg
- 2014–2016Consultant
- 2009–2014Resident
Universitätsklinikum Bochum-Langendreer
- currentResident
Memberships
- Deutsche Wirbelsäulengesellschaft (DWG) — Member
Publications, talks and media
Documented contributions directly related to Dr. med. Jost Thissen, grouped by type and listed newest first within each type. Every title links to the original source.
Doctoral thesis (1)
- Einfluss des partialen Volumen-Effekts auf die Positronenemissionstomographie bei Alzheimer-Demenz (original source, opens in a new window)
Dissertation, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Deutsche Nationalbibliothek)
Scientific publications (5)
- Cervical epidural abscess due to implantation of a spinal cord stimulation lead (original source, opens in a new window)
Clinical Case Reports (PubMed 35662778)
- Efficacy of a new video-based training model in spinal surgery (original source, opens in a new window)
Surgical Neurology International (PubMed 24575316)
- Skull base approaches in neurosurgery (original source, opens in a new window)
Head & Neck Oncology (PubMed 20602753)
Contact via MedVici
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Disclosure: Jost Thissen is a co-founder of MedVici Health. Jost Thissen works at Procelsio Clinic in Essen, which is listed on MedVici Health as a reference profile, and at Schön Klinik Düsseldorf, which has a clinic profile on the platform.
Dr. med. Jost Thissen is a co-founder of MedVici Health. This role is separate from any medical practice.
Members of the Board of Advisors are contractually affiliated with MedVici Health. MedVici Health does not refer patients to specific physicians; patients choose their physician and clinic themselves.
Professional details based on information provided by the person and publicly available sources, as of 05.10.2026.