Specialist at Neuropraxis Münsingen AG
Spinal Surgery
Interventional pain therapy SSIPM
Manual medicine
Neuropraxis Münsingen AG
Krankenhausweg 18
3110 Münsingen
Association of Swiss Assistant and Senior Physicians VSAO
Swiss Society for Neurosurgery SGNC
Swiss Society for Interventional Pain Management SSIPM
International Society for Neuromodulation INS
Swiss Pain Society SPS
Specialist at Neuropraxis Münsingen AG
Senior Consultant, Department of Neurosurgery, Inselspital Bern
(Prof. A. Raabe)
Senior Consultant for pain therapy, Biel Hospital Centre
(Dr D. Kwiatkowski)
Deputy Senior Physician, Department of Neurosurgery, Inselspital Bern
(Prof. A. Raabe)
Assistant doctor, Department of Neurosurgery, Inselspital Bern
(Prof. A. Raabe)
Assistant doctor, Department of Neurosurgery, Cantonal Hospital Aarau
(Prof. J. Fandino)
Assistant doctor surgery, Biel Hospital Centre
(Prof.U. Laffer)
Assistant doctor in emergency medicine, Hirslanden Bern
(Dr H. Steinhauer, Dr C. Morger)
Assistant doctor Department of Neurosurgery and the Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Inselspital Bern
(Prof A. Raabe, Prof J. Takala)
Research in the Neurosurgical Research Laboratory for Neurosciences and Experimental Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery and Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Inselspital Bern
(Prof. HR Widmer, Prof. S. Jakob, Prof. J. Fandino)
Ducray A, Schlaeppi JA, Schlattner U, Qualls RL, Dreher E, Andres R, Seiler RW, Wallimann T and Widmer HR (2005).
Differentiation promoting effects of creatine treatment on GABAergic cells in cultures of rat and human spinal cord.
NECTAR Ann. Meeting, Amsterdam, NL.
Ducray A, Schlaeppi JA, Andres R, Huber A, Qualls R, Wallimann T, Schlattner U, Seiler RW and Widmer HR (2005).
GABAergic phenotype is promoted by creatine neurons in human and rat spinal cord cultures.
Day of Clinical Research, Univ. Bern.
Ducray A, Andres RH, Schlaeppi JA, Huber AW, Seiler RW, Wallimann T, Schlattner U and Widmer HR (2006).
Expression of creatine kinases in human fetal spinal cord.
Ann. Meeting, USGEB, Geneva, Switzerland.
Ducray AD, Schlaeppi JA, Qualls R, et al.
Creatine treatment promotes differentiation of GABA-ergic neuronal precursors in cultured fetal rat spinal cord. J Neurosci
Res 2007;85:1863-75.
Marbacher S, Sherif C, Neuschmelting V, Schlaeppi JA, Takala J, Jakob S, Fandino J.
Extra-intracranial blood shunt mimicking aneurysm rupture: Intracranial-pressure-controlled rabbit subarachnoid hemorrhage model.
Journal of Neuroscience Methods (2010).
Marbacher S, Sherif C, Neuschmelting V, Schlaeppi JA, Takala J, Jakob S, Fandino J.
Preliminary results of an ICP-controlled subarachnoid hemorrhage rabbit model for the study of delayed cerebral vasospasm.
Acta Neurochir Suppl (2011).
Marbacher S, Erhardt S, Schlaeppi JA, Coluccia D, Remonda L, Fandino J and Sherif C.
Complex bilobular, bisaccular and broad-neck microsurgical aneurysm formation in the rabbit bifurcation model for the study of upcoming endovascular techniques.
American Journal of Neuroradiology (February 2011)
Marbacher S, Schlaeppi JA, Fung C, Hüsler J, Beck J, Raabe A.
Do statins reduce the risk of intracranial aneurysm development: A case-control study.
Journal of Neurosurgery (2012)
Kienzler J, Marbacher S, Remonda L, Soleman J, Schlaeppi JA, Leupold U, Fandino J.
Outcome after In-Hospital Rebleeding of Rupture of Intracranial Aneurysms
J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg. (2016)
Soleman J, Leiggener C, Schlaeppi JA, Kienzler J, Fathi AR, Fandino J.
The Extended Subfrontal and Fronto-Orbito-Zygomatic Approach in Skull Base Meningioma Surgery: Clinical, Radiologic, and Cosmetic Outcome
J Craniofac Surg. (2016)
Nowacki A, Debove I, Rossi F, Schlaeppi JA, Petermann K, Wiest R, Schüpbach M, Pollo C.
Targeting the posterior subthalamic area for essential tremor: proposal for MRI-based anatomical landmarks
J Neurosurg. (2018)
Nowacki A, Galati S, Ai-Schlaeppi J, Bassetti C, Kaelin A, Pollo C.
Pedunculopontine nucleus: An integrative view with implications on Deep Brain Stimulation
Neurobiol Dis. (2019)
J.A. Schlaeppi, L. Andereggen, A. Nowacki, C. Pollo
Stereotactic posterior midline approach under direct microscopic view for biopsy of medulla oblongata tumors: Technical considerations
Acta Neurochirurgica (2020)
Amer Jaradat, M.D; Andreas Nowacki, M.D; Jens Fichtner; Janine-Ai Schlaeppi; Claudio Pollo
Stereotactic biopsies of brainstem lesions: which approach?
Acta Neurochirur (Wien) 2021
M. Lenard Lachenmayer, Melina Mürset, Nicolas Antih, Ines Debove, Julia Muellner , Maëlys Bompart, Janine-Ai Schlaeppi, Andreas Nowacki, Hana You, Joan P. Michelis, Alain Dransart, Claudio Pollo, Guenther Deuschl and Paul Krack
Subthalamic and pallidal deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease—meta-analysis of outcomes
NPJ Parkinson’s Disease 2021
Jaradat A, Nowacki A, Montalbetti M, Debove I, Petermann K, Schlaeppi JA, Lachenmayer, Tinkhauser G, Krack P, Nguyen K, Pollo C.
Probabilistic Subthalamic Nucleus Stimulation Sweet Spot Integration Into a Commercial Deep Brain Stimulation Programming Software Can Predict Effective Stimulation Parameters
Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface (2022
J.A. Schlaeppi, L.D. Affentranger, D. Bervini, W. Z’Graggen, C. Pollo
Electric Stimulation for Cerebral Vasospasm After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A systematic review
Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface 2022
J.A. Schlaeppi, H. Niebergall, F. Bremerich, A. Raabe
Rückenmarkstimulation bei «Virgin Back»
Swiss medical forum 2022
Andreas Nowacki, David Zhang, Sabry Barlatey, Janine-Ai Schlaeppi, Jan Rosner, Marcel Arnold, Claudio Pollo
Deep Brain Stimulation of the Central Lateral and Ventral Posterior Thalamus for Central Poststroke Pain Syndrome: Preliminary Experience
Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface 2022
J.A. Schlaeppi, R. Schreen, R. Mija, A. Nowacki, C. Pollo, K. Seidel
Intraoperative Motor Evoked Responses to Double-Train Paradigm Stimulation for Guiding Lead Placement and Postoperative Programming in Spinal Cord Stimulation for Pain
Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface 2023
Ines Debove, Katrin Petermann, Andreas Nowacki, Thuy-Anh Khoa Nguyen, Gerd Tinkhauser, Joan Philipp Michelis, Julia Muellner, Deborah Amstutz, Panagiotis Bargiotas, Jens Fichtner, Janine Ai Schlaeppi, Paul Krack, Michael Schuepbach, Claudio Pollo, and Martin Lenard Lachenmayer
Deep Brain Stimulation: When to Test Directional?
Movement Disorders Clinical Practice 2023
Schlaeppi JA, Schreen R, Seidel K, Pollo C
Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring during spinal cord stimulation surgery: A systematic review
Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface 2023
F. Gazozcu, A. Schütz, R. Schär, JA Schlaeppi
The Impact of Spinal Cord Stimulation on Patients' Ability to Work and Work-related Outcomes
Paper under revisions
Master MAS Manual Medicine (SAMM)
Pain School International
POCUS certificate of competence in interventional pain therapy
Eurospine Basic Diploma
Certificate of competence in interdisciplinary specialisation in spinal surgery
Master in Translational Medicine and Biomedical Entrepreneurship at SITEM Bern (Swiss Institute for Translational and Entrepreneurial Medicine)
SSIPM certificate of competence
Specialist examination for neurosurgery
EANS (European Association of Neurosurgical Societies) written specialist examination in Barcelona
Basic surgery exam
State examination in medicine
Doctorate: ‘Effects of creatine treatment on the neuronal phenotype and neurotoxicity in the cultured foetal spinal cord’ (Prof. H.R. Widmer, Neurosurgical Research Laboratory, University of Bern)
Stay abroad Hand and Plastic Surgery, Miami Hand Centre, Florida, USA, (Roger Khouri MD)
Medical studies at the University of Bern
Exchange year Kyoto University, Keio University and Nippon Medical School Tokyo, Japan