Dr. med. Gianmarco Colombo
Specialist physician
Spinal surgery and pain therapy
Introduction
Dr Gianmarco Colombo is a physician specialising in spinal surgery and pain therapy, with FMH titles in general surgery and in orthopaedics and traumatology. He treats conditions of the spine and provides pain therapy.
After studying medicine at the University of Zurich, he trained in several Swiss hospitals, including Unispital Zürich, Kantonsspital Winterthur, Spital Oberengadin Samedan and Ospedale Civico in Lugano. In 2005 he worked in surgery at the Hôpital Albert Schweitzer in Haiti.
He deepened his spinal surgery training as a senior physician in orthopaedics at Uniklinik Balgrist in Zurich (2010–2014) and, from 2014 to 2023, as an accredited physician at the Centro Colonna Vertebrale of Clinica Ars Medica in Gravesano. His training also includes pain therapy (SSIPM), manual medicine (SAMM) and sports medicine.
He is currently an associate physician at the Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale (EOC), at the Istituto di Neuroscienze Cliniche della Svizzera Italiana, based at the Civico site of the Ospedale Regionale di Lugano.
Training and experience
- FMH specialist title in Orthopaedics and Traumatology (2012)
- FMH specialist title in General Surgery (2006)
- Associate physician, Istituto di Neuroscienze Cliniche della Svizzera Italiana, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale (EOC), Ospedale Regionale di Lugano, Civico site
- Accredited physician, Centro Colonna Vertebrale, Clinica Ars Medica, Gravesano (2014–2023)
- Senior physician, Orthopaedics, spine surgery, Uniklinik Balgrist, Zurich (2010–2014)
- Senior physician, Surgery: Ospedale Civico di Lugano (2008–2010), Spital Linth Uznach (2006–2008), Spital Oberengadin Samedan (2006)
- Surgery, Hôpital Albert Schweitzer, Haiti (2005)
- Resident physician in surgery, orthopaedics and traumatology: Unispital Zürich, Kantonsspital Winterthur, Spital Oberengadin Samedan (1999–2005)
- Training in pain therapy, SSIPM (2017)
- Training in manual medicine, SAMM (2016)
- Training in sports medicine (2010–2011)
- Advanced training in general surgery and traumatology (2010)
- Degree in Medicine, University of Zurich (1992–1999)