About me

After studying medicine at the Universities of Bonn and Innsbruck, I completed my specialist training in general surgery at Kemperhof Academic Teaching Hospital in Koblenz. My training included extensive work in vascular, plastic, trauma, pediatric, and visceral surgery.

After qualifying as a specialist in general surgery, I went on to complete further training in trauma surgery and orthopedics at University Hospital Cologne, where I subsequently served as a senior physician responsible for spine surgery. I then spent four years as managing senior physician in the Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery at Remigius Hospital in Leverkusen-Opladen.

My additional training in specialized orthopedic surgery qualifies me to perform even the most complex and demanding procedures.

Since 2010, I have served as head physician of the Department of Surgical and Nonsurgical Spine Treatment at Sana Dreifaltigkeits Hospital Cologne, where I specialize in treating spinal deformities such as scoliosis and kyphosis, as well as all other conditions affecting the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine. For more than 20 years, another major focus of my work has been artificial disk replacement in the cervical and lumbar spine.

I treat scoliosis in children and adolescents using the full range of established approaches, from bracing to a variety of surgical techniques. These include conventional surgical correction with fusion and, increasingly since 2012, dynamic scoliosis correction techniques such as ApiFix, with very good results in many patients.

Sana Dreifaltigkeits Hospital Cologne has been a well-established part of the city’s healthcare landscape for more than 100 years, with its reach extending far beyond Cologne. By the late 1970s, the hospital had already specialized in orthopedics and trauma surgery. Its dedicated medical rehabilitation center provides both inpatient and outpatient follow-up care.

I have personally performed over 10,000 operations and implemented the posterior dynamic correction system APIFIX as one of the world's first spine surgeons.

Dr Biren Desai (MD) – spine specialist in Cologne

Head Physician for Surgical and Nonsurgical Spine Treatment at Sana Dreifaltigkeits Hospital Cologne:

Specialist in Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery
Specialist in General Surgery
Specialized Orthopaedic Surgery
Manual medicine

Additional qualifications

Master Certificate of the German Spine Society (DWG)
Member of the Scoliosis Research Society (SRS)
Member of the German Spine Society (DWG)
Member of the German Society for Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery (DGOU)
Member of the Professional Association of German Surgery (BDC)
Member of the Association of Senior Orthopedic and Trauma Surgeons (VLOU)

https://www.pga.de

At the PGA Golf Clinic, we have been working closely with our partner, the Cologne Golf Club, for several years. This collaboration includes PGA golf instructors who hold the additional Golf Health Pro qualification.

https://www.koelner-golfclub.de

Additional qualification in “golf medical diagnostics”

The PGA Golf Clinic of Germany

I was one of the first head physicians in Germany to earn the “golf medical diagnostics” qualification and subsequently established the first PGA Golf Clinic of Germany at Sana Dreifaltigkeits Hospital Cologne.

A specialist team at the clinic has worked with the nearby Cologne Golf Club (KGC) for more than eight years to offer the innovative “Healthy Golf” treatment program. Our physical therapists are specially trained to tailor treatment to the specific physical demands of golf. They work with both active golfers who need treatment for acute problems and people who do not yet play golf, for whom the sport can form part of their rehabilitation after surgery.

The PGA Golf Clinic at the Cologne Spine Center

The PGA Golf Clinic is the right place for patients looking to return to golf after spinal surgery, joint replacement, or an acute injury. Therapists at the clinic also work with people who have never played golf before, using the sport as an additional form of rehabilitation after surgery.

My team at the PGA Golf Clinic helps both experienced golfers and newcomers enjoy the game for as long as possible and with as little discomfort as possible, regardless of age or physical limitations.

We employ video-based and state-of-the-art 3D golf swing analysis at the Cologne Golf Club, together with golf-specific therapeutic exercise, physical therapy, massage, and other physical treatments. The rehabilitation center also offers medical exercise therapy and endurance training in its therapy pool.

The aim is to help players develop a way of moving that reduces the risk of injury and takes existing physical problems into account. In collaboration with the Cologne Golf Club’s “Golf and Health” team, an individualized, biomechanically optimized movement pattern is developed for each player. Players are supported directly on the course, with plenty of opportunities to practice and play.

Dr Biren Desai (MD)
Head Physician
Golf-Medical-Diagnostics