Privatklinik Siloah

Dr. med. Janine-Ai Schlaeppi

Spinal Surgery

Interventional pain therapy SSIPM

Manual medicine

Languages
DE EN FR ES JA
Areas of specialisation (3)

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Hospital (3)

Neuropraxis Münsingen AG
Krankenhausweg 18
3110 Münsingen

Memberships

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

Work Experience

since 2025

Specialist at Neuropraxis Münsingen AG

since 2017

Senior Consultant, Department of Neurosurgery, Inselspital Bern
(Prof. A. Raabe)

2023 - 2024

Senior Consultant for pain therapy, Biel Hospital Centre
(Dr D. Kwiatkowski)

2016

Deputy Senior Physician, Department of Neurosurgery, Inselspital Bern
(Prof. A. Raabe)

2015

Assistant doctor, Department of Neurosurgery, Inselspital Bern
(Prof. A. Raabe)

2012 - 2014

Assistant doctor, Department of Neurosurgery, Cantonal Hospital Aarau
(Prof. J. Fandino)

2011

Assistant doctor surgery, Biel Hospital Centre
(Prof.U. Laffer)

2010

Assistant doctor in emergency medicine, Hirslanden Bern
(Dr H. Steinhauer, Dr C. Morger)

2009 - 2010

Assistant doctor Department of Neurosurgery and the Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Inselspital Bern
(Prof A. Raabe, Prof J. Takala)

2009

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)

Publications

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

Competences

  • Diagnostic and therapeutic pain treatment of the musculoskeletal system and nerves using X-ray and ultrasound
  • Balloon compression of the trigeminal nerve for trigeminal neuralgia
  • Neuromodulation (spinal cord stimulation, dorsal root ganglion stimulation, peripheral nerve stimulation, vagus nerve stimulation)
  • Manual medicine (diagnostics and treatment)
  • Trigger point treatment
  • Dry needling Top30
  • Microsurgical and minimally invasive spinal surgery
  • Functional interventions for movement disorders and pain 
  • Stereotaxy
  • Navigated and microsurgical operations on the brain

Education

2024 - 2025

Master MAS Manual Medicine (SAMM)

Pain School International

2024

POCUS certificate of competence in interventional pain therapy 

2023

Eurospine Basic Diploma

2022

Certificate of competence in interdisciplinary specialisation in spinal surgery

2019 - 2021

Master in Translational Medicine and Biomedical Entrepreneurship at SITEM Bern (Swiss Institute for Translational and Entrepreneurial Medicine) 

2018

SSIPM certificate of competence

2015

Specialist examination for neurosurgery 

2014

EANS (European Association of Neurosurgical Societies) written specialist examination in Barcelona   

2011

Basic surgery exam

2008

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)

2008

Stay abroad Hand and Plastic Surgery, Miami Hand Centre, Florida, USA, (Roger Khouri MD)

2001 - 2008

Medical studies at the University of Bern 

2006

Exchange year Kyoto University, Keio University and Nippon Medical School Tokyo, Japan

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