A sudden onset of neurological incidence might indicate a neurological emergency. Therefore we strongly recommend visiting the emergency room of the nearest hospital.
Phone number: 144
Only in a hospital the neccessary diagnostics – especially concerning imaging – are available.
Do not lose time, because: „Time is brain!“
Another recommendation: Always take a list with yourself with essential medical information:
- Previous diseases
- Medication
- Allergies
It helps saving time!
Apexmed is a “Wahlarzt-Ordination” (private practice) for neurology in Salzburg.
Being a private practice means that we do not have direct contracts with health insurance companies. Accordingly, you are asked to pay your medical fees directly to us and then submit our bill to your health insurance for refunding.
Please note that a general health insurance usually does not refund 100% of the private practice fees.
Private specialists want to dedicate more time to their patients than most physicians are able to. Thus, their extra services are slightly more expensive.
Due to the high level of complexity, a precise medical history is of fundamental importance in neurology. As part of a doctor’s appointment at APEXMED, 1 hour is therefore scheduled for the ‘processing’ of the respective topic; this time is almost always needed, and is sometimes even exceeded.
Depending on the issue, various components are used during the consultation, or a follow-up appointment may sometimes be necessary. The goal is always to clarify the issue as precisely and time-efficiently as possible. In addition to a precise medical history, the basic building blocks of the consultation usually include a neurological examination, my medical assessment of these findings, and a documenting medical report.
Billing is carried out fairly according to the time spent. Additional diagnostics are billed separately.
The APEXMED team consists of the individuals pictured here. Since the end of 2022, it has been reinforced by Ms. Carina Schwaiger (center).
Carina Schwaiger
Secretary & Doctor’s Assistant
Reception, support, correspondence and accounting
Conny Ottino
Certified health nurse (DGKS)
Care and EEG assistance
| 1994-2001 | Studied human medicine at the Free University and Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany Experience abroad in South Africa, USA and England 05/2002 Doctorate in Medicine (Dr. med.): “Telomerase activity in malignant and benign renal tumors”. |
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| 2001 – 2006 | MD/PhD program in Würzburg, Germany Postgraduate studies in biology and obtaining the license to practice medicine 2003 – 2006 Research work in a neurobiology laboratory 03/2007 Doctorate in Biology (Dr. rer. nat.): “Neuronal plasticity in the mouse hippocampus: the role of neurotrophins and cytokines”. |
| 2007-2013 | Training as a specialist in neurology 2007 – 2010 Resident in Neurology at the University Hospitals in Würzburg and Erlangen, both Germany 2010 – 2011 Resident in the teaching practice for neurology with Dr. Bernd Pommer in Zell am See, Austria 2011 – 2012 Resident in Neurology at the Christian Doppler Clinic in Salzburg and Internal Medicine in Hallein, both Austria. 04/2013 Specialist in neurology |
| 2013 – 2018 | Specialist in Neurology at the Christian Doppler Clinic, Salzburg Optimization of the diagnostic area: Electroencephalography (EEG), electroneurography (ENG) and electromyography (EMG). Doppler-/Duplexsonography |
| from 2015 | Ordination “APEXMED” |
| Monday – Thursday | 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. |
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Alternative dates are possible.
Telephone agreement necessary. (Telephone hours Mon – Fri from 09 – 13 h)
A sudden onset of neurological incidence might indicate a neurological emergency. Therefore, we strongly recommend visiting the emergency room of the nearest hospital immediately.
Consider us as your advisor regarding your personal health with special attention to psychological and social interactions.
“Advisor” means: Your health and well-being is as much our goal as it is yours
and – as it is your body – you have to take the active role in implementing treatment and therapy.
To do so, it always helps to have information on the main functions of your body.
We would be happy to inform you personally on relevant topics and can recommend adequate literature.
Furthermore, during the first 10 years, I offered complimentary information sessions on various topics in neurology. Owing to the unavailability of affordable premises and a recent decline in visitor numbers, these will temporarily no longer be held.
However, you can already gain initial insights from home by watching our informational videos on various symptoms and diagnoses in our MEDIA section or on my dedicated YouTube channel.
Who doesn’t know: MO-vember is a compound word from “Moustache” and “November”.
The campaign comes from Australia, is very successful worldwide and aims to draw attention to the topic of “health care” by growing a mustache in November. When it was founded in Adelaide in 1999, the specific goal was to encourage older men to take precautionary measures to prevent prostate cancer.
Personally, I’ve been growing a Mustache every November since 2012, but the topics vary every year. This makes it more engaging, and women also show greater participation in the initiative – as, from experience, ‘growing a beard’ is typically more challenging for them.
There is also an explanatory video … each with a suitable “Movember lecture” … and the voluntary opportunity to donate to a good cause.