• subspecialefunktion i rygkirurgi siden 1995
• særlig kompetence indenfor mikrokirurgisk rygkirurgi
• Fra 2003: fuldtidspraktiserende speciallæge i neurokirurgi ved RygCenter Mølholm, Privathospitalet Mølholm A/S. Beskæftiget udelukkende med diagnostisering og behandling af degenerative og neoplastiske lidelser i rygsøjlen
• 1990 til 2003: ansat ved neurokirurgisk afdeling Odense Universitetshospital. Under denne ansættelse hovedsageligt beskæftiget med rygkirurgiske problemstillinger vedrørende behandling af degenerative og neoplastiske lidelser i rygsøjlen samt behandling af rygfrakturer. Har desuden haft særlige interesse- og ansvarsområder indenfor neurotraumatologi og neurointensiv terapi

Uddannelse

• 1993: speciallæge i neurokirurgi
• 1988 - 1990: ansat i kursusstilling ved Hvidovre Hospital, Københavns Kommune
• 1986 - 1988: ansat ved neurokirurgisk afdeling Århus Kommunehospital
• 1983 - 1986: ansat ved Odense Universitetshospital på afdelingerne neurokirurgi, medicinsk gastroenterologi samt plastikkirurgi.
• 1982 - 1983: aftjening af værnepligt ved Lægekorpset ved Flyvestation Ålborg og Karup.
  Efter hjemsendelse rådighedskontrakt med forsvaret frem til 1996.
• 1982: lægevidenskabelig eksamen Odense Universitet.

Medlemskab af videnskabelige selskaber

• North American Spine Society, NASS
• Dansk Neurokirurgisk selskab
• Dansk Neurologisk selskab
• Dansk Rygkirurgisk selskab
• Dansk selskab for intensiv terapi
• AO Spine

Specielle interesseområder

Minimal invasive mikrokirurgisk operationsmetoder og procedurer i forbindelse med behandling af degenerative og neoplastiske lidelser i rygsøjlen.

Aktiv deltagelse i internationale kongresser, konferencer og kurser

2020, Februar. ISASS20, international society for advancement of spine surgery. 20th.Annual conference. Puerto Rico, USA.

2019, November, Cervical Spine Research Society, instructional course and 47.th annual meeting. New York, USA.

2018, Sept., gæsteforelæser på ISMISS, Internatioal Society for minimal interaction in spinal surgery, 36.th Course for percutaneous endoscopic spinal surgery, Homburg-Saar, Germany
2018, Sept., NASS, North American spine Society, Annual meeting, Los Angeles
2018, Juni, gæstespeaker på Karl Storz Master spine camp, Berlin
2017, Nov-Dec CSRS, Cervical spine research society, 45.th annual meeting, Florida
2017, Okt. NASS, North Amercian Spine Society, Annual meeting, Orlando, Florida
2017, Juli, North American Spine society, NASS, Summer Spine Meeting, San Diego.
2017, Januar, NASS, annual meeting, Chicago.
2016, December, CSRS, Cervical spine research society, Instructional course and Annual meeting, Toronto
2016, Oktober NASS, North America soine society, Annual meeting, Boston.
2016, September, udvikling af endoskopisk udstyr Spinetip, virksomhedskonference, Karl Storz, Tyskland
2016, September, virksomhedsbesøg Karl Zeiss, Tyskland,
2016, Maj Cervical spine research society, Minimal invasive cervical surgery, St Louis, USA.
2015, 3.-5. dec, Cervical spine research society, Annual meeting, San Diego, Californien.
2015, 4.-6. nov., SMISS, Global forum, Minimal invasive spine, Las Vegas, USA.
2015, 14.-17. okt., 30.th Annual meeting, North America spine society, Chicago, USA.
2015, 5.-7. okt., Percutaneus endoscopic surgery of the lumbar and thoracic spine, STORZ, Tubingen, Tyskland.
2015, Maj, North American spine society, Chicago, USA.
2015, Maj, Congresso Nationale, Societa vertebrale, Roma, IT.
2015, April, Advanced instructional course cervical surgery . St Louis, Missouri, USA.
2014, December, 42. Annual meeting, Cervical Spine Research Society, Orlando, Fl., USA.
2014, November, Annual meeting. Pre-course, NASS, San Fransisco, Cal, USA.
2014, Oktober, DEXA-scanning, Hologic, Bruxelles
2014, September, Endoscopic techniques lumbar spine hands-on, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado, USA
2014, Juli,. Summer Spine Meeting, NASS. Amelia Island, Fl, USA
2014, Maj, Spinal injection, North American spine Society, Chicago, ILL.
2014, Marts, Minimal invasive surgery, NASS, St Louis University, Missouri, USA
2014, Februar, Cervical spine decompressions and stabilization techniques, CSRS, St Louis University, Missouri, USA.
2013, December. Los Angeles, USA. Cervical Spine Research Society. Instructional course and annual meeting.
2013, Oktober. North America Spine Society, New Orleans, USA, Annual meeting.
2013, August. Florida, USA, Summermeeting.
2013, September. Meppen, Tyskland. Endoscopic course.
2013, April. Frankfurt, Endoscopic Course, Spine,
2013, Februar. Salt Lake City, USA, North America Spine Society, Wintermeeting.
2012, December. Cervical Spine Research Society, Annual meeting.
2012, Oktober. North America Spine Society, Dallas, USA, 27. Annual meeting.
2012, Juni. Medtronic Endoscopic course.
2012, Februar. North America Spine Society, Wintermeeting.
2011, December. Scottsdale, USA, Cervical Spine Research Society, 39.th annual meeting & instructional course.
2011, November. Chicago, USA , North America Spine Society, 26.th annual meeting.
2011, September. Køln, Tyskland.
2011, Juni. Munchen. AO-Spine.
2011, Juni. Luzern. Schweiz. AO-Spine.
2011, Maj. Chicago, USA, North America Spine Society Annual meeting.
2011, Marts. St. Louis, USA, CSRS.
2011, Januar. St. Louis, USA, Cercival Spine Research Society.
2010, December. North Carolina, USA, Cervical Spine Research Society, Instructional course.
2010, December. North Carolina , USA, Cervical Spine Research Society, 38.th annual meeting.
2010, Oktober, Orlando, Florida, North American spine society, NASS, 25. annual meeting.
2010, September. Munchen, Ludwig- Maximilians Universitet & Ortopedic Clinic Munich-Harlaching. Spinal microsurgery, Anterior approches to the thoracic and lumbar spine.
2010, Februar. Ludwig-Maximilians Universitet & Ortopedic Clinic Munich-Harlaching.Spinal microsurgery, Anterior approaches to the craniocervical junction and cervical spine.
2009, november, San Fransisco, North American spine society, NASS, 24. annual meeting.
2009, april, Puerto Rico, North American spine society, NASS Spring break
2009, marts, Munchen, spinal microsurgery 11, posterior approches to the lumbar spine.
2008, oktober, Toronto, Canada, North American spine society, NASS, 23. annual meeting.
2008, oktober, Munchen, spinal microsurgery 10, posterior approches to the cervical spine and craniocervical junction.
2008, maj, Geneve, Schweiz, spine week.
2008, februar, Munchen, Spinal Microsurgery 9, principles of spinal microsurgery.
2008, oktober: North America Spine Society, 23. annual meeting, Toronto, Canada.
2008, maj: SpineWeek, Geneve, Schweiz.
2008, januar: Cervical Spine Research Society, minimal invasive surgery, hands-on-course, Missouri.
2007, december: University of Cornell, New York, minimal invasive surgery.
2007, oktober: North American Spine Society, 22. annual meeting.
2007, oktober: München, Spinal Microsurgery 8, "Anterior Approaches to the Craniocervical Junction and Cervical Spine" will take place at the Institute of Anatomy, Ludwig-Maximilians-University and the Orthocenter Munich.
2007, maj: München, " AO SPINE New Concepts in Spine surgery and Navigation". Murnau/Feldkirchen.
2006, marts: "Spinal Microsurgery 5. anterior approaches to the Craniocervical junction and upper cervical spine, hands on course". München.
2006, marts: Forårsmøde NASS, San Diego, USA.
2005, december: Kongres San Diego, Californien, USA, Cervical Spine Research Society.
2005, oktober: Kongres, North American Spine Society, Philadelphia. Congress.
2005, september: Eurospine, Barcelona. Europæisk kongres for rygkirurger.
2005, april: Seminar, Florida. Forskning og behandling af lænderyglidelser.
2004, december: Kongres, North American Spine Society, Boston.
2004, oktober: Kongres, North American Spine Society, Chicago. Årlig kongres for primært amerikanske rygkirurger.
2004, august: Texas Back Institute, Texas. http://www.texasback.com Udført rygoperationer i samarbejde med amerikanske kolleger.
2004, august: Oklahoma Spine Hospital http://www.oklahomaspine.com Udført rygoperationer i samarbejde med amerikanske kolleger.
2002, Euroneuro (Tyskland).
2000, EuroNeuro (Belgien).
1998, EuroNeuro ( Belgien).
2001, WFNS (Australia) med præsentation af columnaproblem.
1997, WFNS (Holland).
1993, WFNS (Mexico).

Uddannelse

Afsluttet Ph.D studium v. Loyola University og Chicago, graduate school of medical sciences, Neuroscience program

Medicinsk embedseksamen fra Odense Universitet

2006 Speciallæge i neurokirurgi

Ansættelser

1989-1990 Deltids scholarstipendiat ved Institut for Neurobiology, Aarhus Universitet

1990-1994 Ph.D. stipendium ved Loyola University of Chicago, program of Neuroscience.

1994-1995 Deltids Scholarstipendiat ved Institut for Anatomi og Cytologi (neurobiologisk section) ved Odense Universitet.

1995 Reservelægevikar, organkirurgisk afdeling, Haderslev Sygehus

1996 Reservelæge v. Neurokirurgisk afdeling, Odense Universitetshospital

1996-1998 Turnusansættelse i Frederiksborg Amt

1998-1999 Introduktions reservelæge ved Neurokirurgisk afdeling, OdenseUniversitetshospital

1999 Introduktions reservelæge ved Ortopædkirurgisk afdeling, Sygehus Fyn, Middelfart

2000-2006 Kursusstilling i Neurokirurgi incl. 1 år som 1. reservelæge v. Wessex Neurocenter, neurokirurgisk afdeling, Southampton Uiversity Hospital, UK

2006- nu: Afdelingslæge, Neurokirurgisk afdeling, Odense Universitetshospital - og fra 2008 ligeledes uddannelsesansvarlig speciallæge, samt fra 2009 også forskningsansvarlig speciallæge v. Neurokirurgisk afd U, OUH

2009- nu: Speciallæge/konsulent ved RygCenter Mølholm, Privathospitalet Mølholm, Vejle

Ph.D. dissertation

Integration of fetal neocortical transplants with the damaged host brain.

Offentligt forsvar v. Loyola University of Chicago nov.10th 1994

Officiel modtagelse fra The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Program of Neuroscience, Loyola University of Chicago, mai 13th 1995

Medlemsselskaber

Dansk Neurokirurgisk selskab

Dansk Selskab for Neurovidenskab

WINS - women in neurosurgery

Konferencer

1990 First Erasmus Winterschool in Neuroscience, Leiden, Holland

1990 European Science Foundation: Modern methods in Nueroscience, Budapest

1990 American Society of Neuroscience, St. Louis, USA. Poster presentation

1991 Second Erasmus winterschool in Neuroscience, Aarhus, Denmark

1991 American Society of Neuroscience, New Orleans, USA. Posterpresentation

1992 IVth International symposium on neural transplantation, Washington, USA

1993 American Society of Neuroscience Washington, Posterpresentation

1993 Chicago Chapter Society of Neuroscience, Chicago, USA. Oral presentation

1994 Vth International symposium on Neuronal Transplantation, Paris, France. Poster presentation

1994 Danish Society of Neurology, Experimental neuroscience, Sandbjerg, Denmark

1995 IInd meeting of the American Society for Neural Transplantation, Florida, USA. Oral presentation

1995 Cambridge-Creteil-Odense Meeting, France. Oral presentation

1996 Cambridge-Creteil-Odense Meeting, UK. Oral presentation

1997 Odense-Lund meeting: Sweeden. Oral presentation

1998 International symposium: spinal cord injury and repair II. Denmark. Organizing committee

1999 3rd conference on cerebral oxygenation and metabolism, Germany. Oral presentation

1999 EANS - European neurosurgical conference. Oral presentation

2005 British Neurosurgical conference, UK

2007 Conference on cerebral oxygenation and metabolism. UK

2008 AANS, American neurosurgical conference, Chicago, USA.

2009 WFNS, World neurosurgical conference, Boston, USA.

Publikationer

Abstracts

• 1990 Schulz et al. Cholinergic fiber growth into fascia dentate transplants differ between newborn and adult recipient rats. Soc. Neuroscience. Abstr. 210-3
• 1991 Schulz et al. Intracerebral neocortical transplants cointainmeasurable amounts of neurotransmitters norepinephrine and serotonin. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr 25-9
• Tillotson, Schulz et al. fetal neocortical transplants into focal ischemic lesions in adult rats. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 25-10
• 1992 Schulz et al. Choline acetyltransferase and acetylcholinesterase activities in neocortical grafts placed in newborn or adult rats. IVth International symposium on neural transplantation. 37 P3
• 1993 Schulz et al. Glial response to neocortical injection of the excitotoxin N-Methyl-D-Aspartic acid (NMDA) Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 280.2
• 1994 Schulz et al. C-fos expression in fetal neocortical grafts placed into newborn rats. American society for neural transplantation.
• Schulz et al. Expression of c-fos mRNA and c-fos like pretein within fetal neocortical transplants placed into excitotoxin-induced cortical lesions in adult rats. Vth international symposium on neural transplantation.
• Finsen, Schulz et al. Chemotactic and toxic cytokines in hippocampal injury. IVth international congress of neuroimmunology, J. neuroimmol. Vol.54 p. 1518.
• 1995 Schulz et al. The effect of fetal neocortical transplants on the cerebral cortical plasticity induced by cortical lesions made in newborn rats. VIth International symposium on neural transplantation.
• 1996 Tillotson, Schulz et al. Cortico-efferent plasticity is regulated by myelin associated neurite growth inhibitors in the adult rat. Soc. Neurosci abstr.

Artikler

• 1993 Schulz et al. connectivity of fetal neocortical block transplants in the excitotoxically ablated cortex of adult rats. Exp. Brain Res. (1993) 96: 480-486
• 1994 Schulz et al. Expression of c-fos mRNA and c-fos protein in cortical transplants placed into the excitotoxically ablated cortex of adult rats. Exp. Neurol. (1994) 129:321-329
• 1995 Schulz et al. Fetal neocortical transplants grafted into the cortical lesion cavities made in newbon rats. An analysis of transplant integration with the host brain. Cell transplant. (1995) 7:127-136
• Schulz et al. biochemical and anatomical analysis of cholinergic, noradrenergic and serotonergicv innervation of fetal neocortical transplants in the excitotoxically ablated cortex of adult rats. Restor. Neurol. Neurosci. (1995) 201:69-72
• Tillotson, Schulz et al. Analysis of fetal neocortical transplants iplaced into focal ischemic lesions in adult rats. Neurosci. Lett. (1995) 201:69-72
• 1996 Schulz et al. The effect of fetal neocortical transplants on lesion-induced cerebral cortex plasticity. Cell Transplant. (1996) 5:279-286
• 1998 Schulz et al. Cholinergic innervation of fetal neocortical transplants is increased after neutralization of myelin-associated neurite growth inhibitors. Exp. Neurol. (1998) 149: 309-397
• 1999 Kartje, Schulz et al. Corticostriatal plasticity is restricted by myelin-associated neurite growth inhibitors in the adult rat. Annals of Neurology, (1999) 45:777-786
• 2000 Zeng, Mattesson, Schulz et al. Expression of zinc-positive cells and terminals in fetal neocortical homografts to adult rat depends on lesion type and rearing conditions.Exp. Neurol. (2000) 164:176-183
• Schulz et al. Cerebral microdialysis monitoring: determination of normal and ischemic cerebral metabolism in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. J. Neurosurg. (2000) 93:808-814
• 2004 Skjøth-Rasmussen, Schulz et al. Delayed neurological deficits detected by an ischemic pattern in the extracellular cerebral metabolites in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. J. Neurosurg. (2004) 100:8-15

Uddannelse

2005: Medicinsk embedseksamen fra Syddansk Universitet, Odense.

2013: Speciallæge i neurokirurgi

2014: Ph.D. Sundhedsvidenskab, Klinisk Institut, Syddansk Universitet.

2015: Forskningslektor, Klinisk Institut, Syddansk Universitet.

2018: Fellow/Clinical Instructor, Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford, California, US.

Ansættelser

2005-2006: Turnusansættelse, Odense Universitetshospital og Almen Praksis

2006-2007: Introduktionsreservelæge v/ Neurokirurgisk afd. U, Odense Universitetshospital

2007-2012: Kursusstilling i neurokirurgi v/ Neurokirurgisk afd. U, Odense Universitetshospital

2012-2013: Kursusstilling i neurokirurgi v/ Neurokirurgisk afd., Århus Universitetshospital

2010-2014: Ph.D. Stipendiat, Klinisk Institut, Syddansk Universitet.

2013-2016: Afdelingslæge, Neurokirurgisk afd., Odense Universitetshospital.

2017-2018: Clinical Fellow/Clinical Instructor, Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford, California, US.

2016 - nu: Overlæge, Neurokirurgisk afd., Odense Universitetshospital.

2015 - nu: Lektor i neurokirurgi, Klinisk Institut, Syddansk Universitet.

2021 - nu: Speciallæge/konsulent ved RygCenter Mølholm, Privathospitalet Mølholm, Vejle.

Medlemsskaber

Dansk Neurokirurgisk Selskab

Dansk Mikrokirurgisk Selskab

Publikationer

Over 40 publikationer i ”peer-reviewed” tidsskifter

Forfatter til kapitler i 2 lærebøger for neurokirurgi

Reviewer for tidsskrifter indenfor neurokirurgi og neuroanæstesiologi.

Orale- og posterpræsentationer

American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, Denver, US, 2011

The 6th International Conference on Biochemical Markers for Brain Damage, Lund, Sweden, 2011

World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies Interim Meeting, Puerto de Galinhas, Brazil, 2012

International Microdialysis Symposium, Berlin, Germany, 2014

Dansk Neurokirurgisk Selskab’s Årsmøde, Danmark 2014 og 2017

6th Translational Research Meeting on Neurological Diseases, Odense, Denmark, 2015,

International Stroke Conference, Los Angeles, US, 2018

Scandinavian Neurosurgical Congress, Stockholm, Sweden, 2019.

Siden 2004, Koordinerende sygeplejerske og operationssygeplejerske, RygCenter Mølholm

2000-2004, Operationssygeplejerske, Privathospitalet Mølholm

1986-2000 Ortopædkirurgisk Afdeling, Århus Amtssygehus. Dels beskæftiget i ambulatorium og dels på operationsafdeling med subspeciale i idrætstraumatologi, håndkirurgi og bækkenkirurgi
1981-1986 Kirurgiske sengeafdelinger på Århus Amtssygehus og Intensiv Afd. N., Århus Kommunehospital

Videreuddannelse

2015, august, aut. DXA-scanner operatør

2011, Syddansk universitet, Masterfag Sundhedsjura. MPQM

Studieture, kongresser og kurser

2019, november, Synthes, Spine ERFA

2018, juni, Berlin Kursus, Endoscopic disc, Karl Storz

2018, marts, Hands-on og ERFA-Møde, Medtronic, Ørestaden.

2017, sept., Region syd, Syddansk sundhedsinnovation, Temadag IBM Watson health

2016, sept., Kursus mikroscopic surgery, Karl Zeiss, Oberkochen, Tyskland

2016, sept., Temadag, Endoscopic disc, Karl Storz, Nurnberg, Tyskland

2016, nov., Spine ERFA, Synthes, Danmark

2015, nov., Synthes spine, ERFA

2014, nov., SASMO kongres.

2014, nov., Synthes spine, ERFA

2014, okt., Hologic, DXA kursus, Bruxelles, Belgien.

2013, nov., Synthes, Spine ERFA

2013, april, Storz. Tübingen, Universitetsklinik, Tyskland. Endoscopic Course, spine.
2013, feb., Retssikkerhed i sundhedsvæsenet. København. Kursus
2012, okt,. Synthes, Spine ERFA
2011, sept., Synthes, Advanced Spine. Kursus
2011, nov., Synthes, Spine ERFA
2010, sept., Synthes, Advanced Spine. Kursus
2010, nov., Synthes, Spine ERFA

2008, aug., Hands-on course, Medtronic, Lausanne, Schweiz
2008, maj, Spine week, Geneve, Schweiz
2007, okt., North American Spine Society, 22. annual meeting.
2007, marts, Schoenklinikken, Ortozentrum, München.
2007, okt., North American Spine Society, 22. annual meeting.
2007, marts Schoenklinikken, Ortozentrum, München.
2006, nov., Tuttlingen, Tyskland, studiebesøg og workshop vedr. udvikling af ny teknologi indenfor rygkirurgi.
2006, marts, NASS (North American Spine Society), Spring Break, San Diego, Californien. Kongres, Back to the Evidence.
2005, nov., Wilhemina Krankenhaus, Schweinfurt, Tyskland. Studietur.
2005, sept., Eurospine, Barcelona. Kongres.
2005, april, NASS, Spring Break, Bal Harbour, Florida. Kongres.
2004, dec., CSRS (Cervikal Spine Research Society), Boston. Kongres.
2004, aug., Texas Back Institute, Texas. www.texasback.com. Studiebesøg.
2004, aug., Oklahoma Spine Hospital, www.oklahomaspine.com. Studiebesøg.
2004, marts, NASS, Spring Break, Boca Raton, Florida. Kongres.