SpineWelding Team

Jean-Claude started at SpineWelding in November 2020 and is responsible for production and manufacturing of our products, therefore he works closly with our suppliers. Another focus of Jean-Claude is the successful product launch in the US and the availability of all products with a high quality standard.
Before he started working at SpineWelding, he was responsible for the development and industrialisation of a medical device with consumables for Dialysis (home-treatement) in a Startup Company. The product was submitted and sucessfully launched in Europe in 2019.

He is a founder, general manager, and quality manager of several medical devices and consulting companies in the healthcare market. His expertise focuses on spinal as well as fracture treatments, ECG and longterm ECG devices. He has extensive knowledge in the field of quality and risk management as well as international regulatory affairs. His track record included clinical and pre-clinical studies for international medical companies in the EU and the USA and he was in charge of development for medical products for the spinal surgery market. At SpineWelding, Felix focuses on the implantation of the ISO certification and regulatory topics around the SpineWelding products.

Martin is a managing director of a German single family office and  in this function he takes responsibility of all investment activities including direct investments. Before assuming his role at the family office in 2011 he served as a managing director and Head of Equities at Metzler Investment in Frankfurt. Prior to that Martin worked in various management functions in the asset management business of Commerzbank and LGT Group, where he started his career in 1987.

He then served as senior legal partner at MME in Zurich, and worked at a major law firm in the United States. Currently based in Zurich, Switzerland, his preferred areas of practice are corporate and intellectual property law. He is a member of the board of directors of various medium- and large-sized, nationally and globally active companies in the technology, medical, retail, and services sectors.

He specializes in minimally invasive cervical and lumbar reconstructive surgery. He also has expertise in motion preserving procedures and was a principle investigator in FDA trials on cervical disc replacement. Dr. Phillips is a leader in the field and is a founder, board member, and past president of the Society of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery. Dr. Phillips has participated in the development of and pioneered a number of minimally invasive spinal techniques that are now widely used. He regularly teaches and lectures to spine surgeons nationally and internationally on minimally invasive spinal surgery. Before coming to Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush in 2003, Dr. Phillips served as the director of the Spine Center at The University of Chicago. Dr. Phillips is currently a Professor of Orthopedic Surgery and Director of the Division of Spine Surgery at Rush University Medical Center. He has published and lectured extensively, received numerous research awards and grants and frequently directs spinal educational courses for other spine surgeons. Dr. Phillips was recently named one of the top 28 spine surgeons in the country by Orthopedics This Week and is listed in Becker’s Orthopedic Spine and Pain Management as one of the nation’s Top 100 spine surgeons and specialists. A medical graduate from the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Dr. Phillips completed his orthopedic residency at The University of Chicago Medical Center. In addition, he served a spine fellowship at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He is board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. Dr. Frank Phillips was voted among the top 10-15% of Top Doctors in America® by US News & World Report and Castle Connolly. The Top Doctors list is widely regarded as a high-quality reference guide to the medical profession.

His previous engagements included the founding and partnership at the Spine Center Thun in 2003 as well as previous positions in the department for Trauma Surgery at the Hannover Medical School and in the Department for Orthopaedic Surgery at the Inselspital, University of Bern. Dr. Berlemann earned his Medical Degree from RWTH Aachen in 1988 and acquired his habilitation and professorship at the Medical School Hannover in 2002 and 2017 respectively. He has published various articles and case reports in various spine journals.

He previously was on staff at Shriners Hospitals for Children (Philadelphia), as the Medical Director of the spinal cord injury program from 1983 to 2014 and served as the Chief of Staff from 2000 to 2012. He is board-certified in both, orthopaedic surgery and spinal cord injury medicine. Dr. Betz became member of the SRS in 1986, was Education committee chair and started IMAST in 1994. He proposed the initiation of the SRS traveling fellowship in 1990 and had the opportunity to be the senior mentor for the Scoliosis Research Society Traveling Fellows in 2013. In 2005 he served as president of the Scoliosis Research Society. Furthermore he received the A. Estin Comarr Memorial Award for Clinical Service from the American Paraplegia Society in 2003 and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Spinal Injury Association in 2009.

In 1995 he co founded the Harms study group and the Childrens Spine Study Group in 2004 .

Dr. Betz has co edited 15 textbooks in the area of pediatric spinal cord injury and pediatric spine deformity and has contributed to or edited chapters in 43 textbooks, has been senior author or coauthor on over 300 peer-reviewed journal articles, with coinvestigators has received over $16.5M in institutional grant monies, and is named on 12 patents from industry research spanning the past 12 years.

He is married to Betsey Betz, has 4 children Chris, Randal Jr, Aimee and Laurie and now has 13 grandchildren. He enjoys sharing time with the above family and feels blessed with many friends sharing fishing, golf, skiing and Life.