Dr. med. Helena Milavec
Dr. med. Helena Milavec
Spine
Dr Helena Milavec, born in 1983, is a specialist in orthopaedics and traumatology of the musculoskeletal system (FMH) with a specialisation in spinal surgery. Together with Prof. Dr Werner, she is responsible for spinal and pelvic surgery as well as interventional pain therapy of the spine at the etzelclinic. Dr Milavec studied medicine at the Medical University of Vienna with stays at the ETH Zurich (Pharm. Sciences), in Mexico, at the Inselspital Bern and at the University Hospital Zurich. She graduated in Vienna in 2011. She obtained her doctorate in the field of brain research at the Faculty of Medicine in Bern. She completed her training as a junior doctor in Switzerland in the fields of general surgery, neurosurgery, orthopaedics and traumatology. She then worked as a senior physician at the University Emergency Centre and the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology at the Inselspital in Bern, specialising in spinal surgery. This was followed by periods at the National University Hospital in Singapore with a focus on spinal tumours and research and at the Instituto Clavel in Barcelona with access to robot-assisted, minimally invasive and endoscopic techniques. She spent most of her time as a senior physician at Inselspital and Kantonsspital Aarau, where she was responsible for spinal cancer, among other things.
In addition to her clinical work as a doctor, Dr Milavec has been involved in research and teaching since 2009. She leads various studies on the spine, gives international lectures and teaches students at the Faculty of Medicine in Bern.
