Our Team
Dr. med. Frieder Cortbus
Neurosurgery Consultant, Specialist pain therapy, Special neurosurgical intensive medicine
Dr. med. Frieder Cortbus specialises in microsurgical operations on degenerative diseases of the spinal column. He has been working in this field for over 20 years and has already performed over 12,000 operations.
He completed his medical studies at the University of Erlangen. He was awarded a Doctorate with a thesis on the intraoperative monitoring of the optic nerve in neurosurgical operations.
From 1989 to 2002 Dr. Cortbus worked at the neurosurgical clinic of the University Clinics of the Saarland. During this period he completed his consultant’s studies and gained an additional qualification in specialist pain therapy and specialist neurosurgical intensive medicine. As Senior Physician he was for many years responsible for the intensive care ward of the neurosurgical clinic and with a specialist outpatient department for hypophyseal and base of skull tumours he looked after outpatient and operative inpatient care.
In 2002 Dr. Cortbus set up his own practice in a branch of the OstseeKlinik in Bad Schwartau.
Dr. med. Klaus Brunswig
Neurosurgery Consultant, Specialist pain therapy, Special neurosurgical intensive medicine
Dr.med. Klaus Brunswig completed his medical studies at the Westfälische –Wilhelms-Universität Münster and in 2006 began his medical work at the Clinic for Neurosurgery at the UKSH Lübeck. Here he successfully completed his specialist training and acquired the additional qualifications "Special Neurosurgical Intensive Medicine" and "Special Pain Therapy".
In addition to extensive spinal surgery, his focus is on microsurgery of peripheral nerves and operative pain therapy including neuromodulation. For many years he was responsible for the special outpatient department “Peripheral Nerves” at the UK SH Lübeck and took care of the outpatient and operative care of patients with nerve compression syndromes, nerve tumors and (painful) nerve damage.
He completed his doctorate on a method of computed tomography for the follow-up care of patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage at the Institute of Neuroradiology.
Since April 2018, Dr. Brunswig is our practice team as an employed doctor; Dr. has been part of our practice team since July 2023. Brunswig as a practicing neurosurgeon in a joint practice with Dr. Cortbus worked in the
Dr. med. Edda Ewert
Doctor
Dr. Ewert worked for many years as a doctor for the German armed forces. She specialises in traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture that she uses in particular in cases of chronic pain.
Alexander Roocks
Medical Technical Radiology Assistant, MTRA
In 2004 Mr. Roocks completed his training as a Medical Technical Radiology Assistant. He first worked in the Segeberger Clinics. Since 2006 Mr. Roocks has been in charge of diagnostic and interventional computer tomography in the OstseeKlinik.
Sabrina Brunswig
Medical Technical Radiology Assistant, MTRA
Ms. Brunswig completed her training as a medical-technical radiology assistant at the Alexander Schmorell Vocational School in Rostock in 2008. Since August 2008 she has been working in the Institute for Neuroradiology and in the Clinic for Radiology at the UKSH Lübeck. There she is responsible for performing imaging examinations using angiography, MRI, CT and X-rays - but also in particular for performing interventional radiological and neuroradiological interventions. Ms. Brunswig has been supporting the Ostseeklinik team in diagnostic and interventional computed tomography since November 2018.
Manuela Böhm
Medical Assistant
Ms Böhm completed her training to be a doctor's assistant at a dermatology practice in 1996. After that she worked for many years at an orthopaedic trauma surgery and a urology practice. Ms Böhm has been in our team since July 2014. Her job covers registration, carrying out electrophysiological examinations, monitoring patients after interventional pain therapy treatment, plus working in the operating room.
Chantal Brennecke
Medical Assistant
Ms. Brennecke has been part of our team since March 2020. In 2017 she successfully completed her training as a medical assistant in a group practice for orthopedics. As an au pair, she was able to gain a lot of experience in beautiful Australia. From 2019 to February 2020 she worked in an orthopedic-surgical practice. Your area of responsibility includes the registration, the performance of electrophysiological examinations, the monitoring of patients after interventional pain therapy measures and the cooperation and assistance in the operating room.
Emily Müller
Medical Assistant
Since 2019, Mrs. Müller has strengthened our team. She successfully completed her training in our neurosurgical practice in 2021.
Her area of responsibility includes general activities in
the practice, registration, carrying out
electrophysiological examinations, monitoring patients after
interventional pain therapy measures, administrative
activities and working and assisting in the operating
theatre.
Svea Fröhlich
Medical Assistant
Ms. Fröhlich completed her training at the heart clinic in Bad Segeberg in January 2014 and worked there for two more years in the heart catheter laboratory. She then worked for five years in an orthopedic trauma surgery practice. Since March 2021, Mrs. Fröhlich has strengthened our team.
Her area of responsibility includes registration, postoperative dressing changes and electrophysiology, as well as assisting in the operating theatre.
Maike Klüver
Foreign language correspondent, business economist
Since October 2021, Mrs. Klüver has strengthened our team in the administrative area.
