INSIGHTSPINE UK LIMITED - Key Persons
Bettina's story illustrates that despite a fit and healthy lifestyle, and years of non-surgical treatment, major surgery is sometimes inevitable. But even more so, it illustrates how effective fusion surgery can be…
Bettina is a civil engineer, but her passion is sport and fitness. For over 20 years she has been teaching yoga, pilates, cycling and HIIT classes and is a master instructor for yoga and pilates.
Exactly three weeks before the day Keith was due to get married, he ruptured a disc in his back. Keith tells his story of how he got back to health just in time for his wedding…
Job Titles:
- Director
- Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
After graduating in Germany in 1995, G. Michael Hess trained in trauma surgery in St.Moritz, Switzerland and at the Spine Center at Orthopaedische Klinik Muenchen-Harlaching. He completed a fellowship in spinal surgery and interventional radiology at the University Hospital in Quebec City, Canada and was appointed Lead of the Back Pain Center at Orthopaedische Klinik Muenchen-Harlaching.
As Director of InsightSpine Mr Hess is offering a comprehensive spinal disc pain service at London Spine Clinic and KIMS Hospital Maidstone. For more than 15 years, Mr Hess' main interest has been in endoscopic procedures where he has broad experience in several techniques and approaches. Mr Hess was co-surgeon of the worldwide first successful full-endoscopic nucleus replacement surgery in 2009 and is the chief investigator of an international multicentre study for a novel nucleus implant.
Mr Hess has a PhD in Orthopaedics, is the Past President of the German Interventional Spine Society (GIW e.V.), and serves as Master Instructor for Spine Intervention Society (SIS). Mr Hess is an internationally renowned expert in the field of minimally-invasive spine surgery and interventional pain therapy. He is lecturer of more than 200 scientific presentations and is invited worldwide as a guest surgeon.