Send your enquiry
Briefly describe your situation using the online form. After your enquiry has arrived, you can send prior reports (medical letters, MRI/CT images, surgical reports) by replying to the confirmation email.
First and Second Opinion
A second opinion — without detours.
You can refer yourself directly, even without a referral from your family doctor. The pathway is clearly structured and designed for an honest assessment — including when this means advising against surgery.
When does a second opinion make sense?
A second opinion is always valuable when a treatment decision has lasting consequences: before a planned operation, in chronic complaints despite therapy, or with a diagnosis you cannot confidently make sense of. The aim is not to criticise an existing recommendation, but to put your decision on a broader, evidence-based foundation.
- A recommended spine operation about which you are uncertain
- A recommendation for fusion — could a less invasive alternative work?
- Persistent back or leg pain despite conservative therapy
- Unclear or conflicting findings on MRI, CT or X-ray
- Previously operated spine with renewed symptoms
- Osteoporotic vertebral fracture — conservative or operative?
- An independent assessment ahead of an insurance decision
How the referral works
Review and reply
Within a few working days I will personally review your documents and come back with an appointment proposal or a follow-up question. Urgent situations are handled promptly.
Consultation
In the personal consultation we go through the imaging, the findings and the clinical examination together. You receive a concrete recommendation — conservative, watchful waiting or surgical — with the respective benefits and risks.
Written report
You receive a clear written report — on request also addressed to your treating physicians. This gives you a documented basis for your decision.
Coverage in Switzerland
A medical second opinion is generally covered by the mandatory Swiss basic health insurance (obligatorische Krankenpflegeversicherung), provided there is a medical indication. Several Swiss insurers explicitly recommend or even require a second opinion for defined elective spine procedures. For self-pay consultations or special situations, we will clarify the conditions transparently in advance.
Please note: The exact conditions depend on your insurance and the specific case. If in doubt, we will clarify before the appointment. If you are insured under a family doctor model or a Telmed plan, the first enquiry must go through your family doctor — see the next section.
Family doctor and Telmed insurance plans
Patients insured under a family doctor model (Hausarztmodell) or a Telmed/Callmed plan cannot self-refer directly — the first point of contact is your family doctor or the telemedical advisory service of your insurer. Without this gatekeeping step, a specialist consultation is generally not (or only partially) covered by basic insurance.
So that you don't have to start from scratch, here is a template you can adapt. Your email program will open with a pre-prepared message that you can edit personally — greeting to your specific family doctor, your concrete situation, your own words. The decision to refer of course remains with your family doctor; the template merely formulates the request and lists my contact details for reference. The email is sent by you from your own email program.
International patients
Enquiries from abroad are welcome. The consultation and written report are available in German, English or French. If travel for an in-person consultation is not feasible, after review of your documents I can offer a preliminary assessment by video consultation — the final assessment, however, always requires a personal examination.
Send your enquiry
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