Medical Team

Dr. Bertagnoli performs all the surgery on foreign patients. The patients are never passed off to an underling for surgery. This is why patients come from all over the world to have surgery with him. Your surgery will not be done by a colleague or trainee. However, his medical staff assists him in the preparation and care of his foreign patients. 

His Chief of Medical Operations and protege is Prof. Dr. Nicollai El Hindy

Prof. Dr. Nicolai El Hindy is a German board-certified neurosurgeon with over 15 years of experience as a consultant and more than 20 years in neurosurgical clinical practice. He is internationally recognized for advanced spine surgery, with extensive experience in complex reconstructive and motion-preserving procedures. Having performed more than 1,200 robotic-assisted spine surgeries, he combines cutting-edge navigation technology with deep expertise in complex open and minimally invasive spinal techniques. His surgical spectrum

includes advanced deformity correction, complex revision surgery, single-position spine surgery, full-endoscopic spine surgery, motion-preserving disc arthroplasty (cervical and lumbar), as well as precision-guided instrumentation in both degenerative and structural pathologies. Beyond his spine practice, Prof. Dr. El Hindy brings substantial cranial neurosurgical expertise gained during his tenure at University Hospital Essen — one of Germany's largest neurosurgical centers and as former Director of the Department of Neurosurgery at St. Marien-Hospital Lünen. His cranial work encompasses trauma surgery, brain tumour surgery, microsurgical treatment of vascular anomalies including aneurysm clipping, cavernoma and AVM resection, endoscopic intracranial techniques, and transsphenoidal pituitary surgery utilizing minimally invasive techniques and modern cutting-edge navigationtechnologies. His academic research has focused on the molecular subclassification of malignant brain tumours, including glioblastoma biology, Dll4-Notch signalling, and prognostic biomarkers in brain metastases, with over 40 PubMed-indexed publications.

Professor Dr. El Hindy serves as national and international training faculty for robotic spine surgery, leading surgeon certification programmes and advanced hands-on training courses worldwide. He is an invited international speaker and faculty member at global spine and neurosurgical congresses. He is Professor (apl.) & Faculty Lecturer for Neurosurgery at the University of Duisburg-Essen – Medical faculty. With more than 40 peer-reviewed PubMed-indexed publications, he combines academic authority with high-volume surgical expertise across the full spectrum of neurosurgery.

CURRENT POSITIONS

 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

EDUCATION & ACADEMIC CAREER

INDUSTRY ROLES & INTERNATIONAL TRAINING FACULTY

Due to the closure of 800 hospitals (out of 2,000) in Germany Prof. Dr. Bertagnoli has moved his practice to Dubai, where surgeries are done at the ultra modern Clemenceau Medical Center (CMC).  CMC works in concert with the very prestigious Johns Hopkins University Hospital in the United States.