Sascha Zink is a board-certified specialist in neurosurgery and Chief Physician of the Department of Neurosurgery at Knappschaft Kliniken Bottrop. His medical focus is on the diagnosis and surgical treatment of disorders of the brain, spine, and peripheral nervous system. He therefore represents neurosurgical care that combines surgical precision with a structured clinical approach.
Sascha Zink completed his medical training after studying human medicine at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf. He then worked for many years at Evangelisches Klinikum Niederrhein, where he advanced from resident physician through positions as senior physician to leadership roles within neurosurgery. This continuous professional career has shaped his experience in treating complex neurosurgical conditions.
Sascha Zink’s medical expertise includes both classic neurosurgical procedures and specialized techniques. According to the hospital profile, he holds certifications in interventional radiology and radiation protection, as well as a special certificate from the German Society for Neurosurgery in specialized oncological neurosurgery. In addition, he holds a special certificate in endoscopic spine surgery, underscoring his experience in the treatment of tumors of the nervous system and minimally invasive procedures of the spine.

Sascha Zink
Specialist in Cranial & Brain Neurosurgery, Peripheral Nerve Surgery, and Spine Surgery in Bottrop
Osterfelder Straße 15746242 Bottrop
www.knappschaft-kliniken.de

Focuses
- Treatment of cerebrovascular diseases
- Management of traumatic brain injuries
- Treatment of brain tumors
- Disorders of the cerebrospinal fluid system
- Skull base surgical procedures, including pituitary surgery
- Microsurgical procedures throughout the entire spine: cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine
- Cervical spine disc replacement
- Interventional pain management procedures
- Endoscopic spinal surgery
- Peripheral nerve surgery
- Conservative treatment approaches
Medical spectrum
Diseases
- Acromegaly
- Angioma
- Arteriovenous malformation
- Astrocytoma
- Brain injury
- Brain tumor
- Cauda equina syndrome
- Cavernoma
- Cerebral aneurysm
- Cerebral arteriovenous malformation
- Cerebral hemorrhage
- Cerebral metastases
- Cerebral vascular disorder
- Cervical spinal disk herniation
- Childhood nerve cancer
- Diseases and injuries of the thoracic vertebrae
- Dystonia
- Flat Back Syndrome (post-op)
- Glioblastoma
- Glioma
- Hydrocephalus
- hyperprolactinemia
- hypopituitarism
- Intervertebral disc degeneration
- ISG syndrome
- Kyphosis
- Low Grade Glioma
- Lumbar spinal pain
- Meningeoma
- Meralgia paraesthetica
- Nerve cancer
- Neurofibromatosis
- Neurovascular disorders
- Oligodendroglioma
- Osteochondrosis
- Paralyses
- Pituitary adenoma
- Postnucleotomy syndrome
- Posttraumatic kyphosis
- Spinal canal disorders
- Spinal canal stenosis
- Spinal conditions
- Spinal cord injury
- Spinal cord tumor
- Spinal disk herniation
- Spinal distortion
- Spinal fracture
- Spinal instability
- Spinal tumor
- Spondylitis
- Spondylodiscitis
- Spondylolisthesis
- Spondylopathy
- Spondylosis
- Subarachnoid hemorrhage
- Supinator syndrome
- Tethered cord syndrome
- Thoracic outlet syndrome
- Trigeminal neuralgia
- Tumor of the base of the skull
- Whiplash injury
Therapies
- (Brachial) Plexus surgery
- Back pain treatment
- Brain surgery
- Cerebral aneurysm surgery
- Cerebral tumor surgery
- Electrophysiology
- Epilepsy surgery
- Facet infiltration
- Intervertebral disk surgery
- Intervertebral disk surgery to the cervical spinal column
- Kyphoplasty
- Minimal invasive (intervertebral) disk surgery
- Nerve reconstruction
- Neuromodulator
- Neuronavigation
- Neurosurgical pain treatment
- Percutaneous spinal surgery
- Spinal correction
- Spinal stabilization
- Spine stabilization surgery using cage
- Spondylodesis
- Stereotaxis
- Surgery to the base of the skull
- TLIF (transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion)
- Vertebroplasty
Diagnostics
- 1.5 T MRI
- 3 T MRI
- CT - Computed tomography
- Digital subtraction angiography (DSA)
- Functional X-ray imaging
- Intraoperative angiography
- Intraoperative neuromonitoring
- Intraoperative tumor fluorescence
- Intraoperative ultrasound
- Myelographie (myelogram)
Directions
Plus Code: 9F38GW74+P8
Knappschaft Kliniken Bottrop GmbH
Osterfelder Straße 157
46242 Bottrop
Webseite: www.knappschaft-kliniken.de
Call now: +49 2041 5669003
Landline at local rates