Mika Niemelä

MD, PhD, Professor and Chairman of Neurosurgery
Specialist in Neurosurgery

Language skills:

Finnish, Swedish, English, German

Hospital:

Meilahti Bridge Hospital, Haartmaninkatu 4, Helsinki

Customer service and bookings

09 4748 2705 Online booking

Welcome to my appointment

You can book an appointment by phone or via online booking.

Please note that part of the appointment time is used before and after the actual time with the patient. I study patient's medical history before meeting with the patient and make necessary arrangements and documentation after the appointment.

Instructions for finding my appointment room at Meilahti Bridge Hospital
Meilahti Bridge Hospital: address Haartmaninkatu 4, Helsinki.
Enter through the glass main doors of Meilahti Bridge Hospital and turn right. Take the elevator or stairs on the right to the next floor level, which you will see immediately from the main doors. Once you are upstairs, continue forward, passing the pharmacy on your left, until you reach the information desk. From the information desk, continue left towards the sign for "Siltasairaalan poliklinikat (S3.1–3.5)". The door opens by waving your hand in front of the gray door sensor on the left side of the door. Continue straight ahead and turn right after a row of chairs. Wait outside room number 20 for your appointment. The room no 20 is approximately 300 meters from the lobby. If this is your first visit, please allow at least 30 minutes to reach the reception.

My special expertise

My key areas of expertise are brain tumors and cerebrovascular diseases as well as diagnostics and surgical treatment of cervical and lumbar disorders.

Services

Key areas of clinical interests and expertise

Vascular, skull base and brain tumors, spine
Neurosurgical experience since 1988: over 6000 operations

Education

2016              Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Helsinki
2006              Associate Professor in Neurosurgery, University of Helsinki
2000             PhD, University of Helsinki
1997              Board certified neurosurgeon, University of Helsinki
1989              MD, University of Helsinki

Work experience

2015-              Head of Neurosurgery, HUS Helsinki University Hospital, Töölö Hospital
2014-              Director of Neurosurgery, Orton Ltd (former HYKSin private hospital)
2001-2002    Visiting Professor/​Research Fellow, Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women’s
and Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

Memberships / academic and professional activities  

Finnish Medical Association
Finnish Neurosurgical Society (Treasurer 1995-1997, President 2004-2007)
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, International Associate 2001-, Fellow 2015-
European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS) (Training Committee 2008-11, Vascular Committee 2012-21)
Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) 2013-
AANS/​CNS Cerebro­vascular Section Executive Committee 2013-2021
World Academy of Neurological Surgery, invited active member 2015-

16 supervised PhD theses

Publications and book chapters

Over 300 publications
Link to publications: PubMed

Appointment prices

30 min. 200,40 €
60 min. 370,40 €

Kela

These services are not Kela reimbursable