Surgery Clinic

Medita Surgery Clinic offers ambulatory diagnostics and treatment for surgical health problems, and also provides day treatment procedures and day surgery. 

Medita Surgery Clinic has specialists working in the fields of general surgery, plastic surgery, vascular surgery, otorhinolaryngology, maxillofacial surgery, orthopaedics and urology. 

Medita Surgery Clinic’s appointments are provided in Tartu, and in the fields of urology, orthopaedics, general surgery and vascular surgery, also in Tallinn. 

In Tartu, Medita Clinic holds a valid contract with the Estonian Health Insurance Fund for financing medical treatment in the specialities of surgery. In Tallinn and Harju County, Medita Clinic holds a valid contract with the Estonian Health Insurance Fund for financing day treatment surgeries in the speciality of vascular surgery, and ambulatory consultations before and after the surgery. 

Consultations with a general surgeon in Tallinn are chargeable (€60).

Over 900 surgical procedures and operations are performed at Medita Clinic in a year.

General surgeons of Medita Clinic in Tartu includes Dr Silver Merisalu, dr Jaanus Suumann and Dr Terje Arak, the vascular surgeons are Dr Jaak Kals and Dr Andrus Metsa and the plastic surgeons are Dr Mart Eller, Dr Priit Kasenõmm, the face and maxillofacial surgeon is Dr Stephanie Akermann, otorhinolaryngologists Dr Mihkel Plaas, Dr Linda Sõber, Dr Kristel Kivisild, Dr Ene Kivirüüt and Dr Indrek Aus;  Dr Tanel Muul, Dr Mihhail Zarkovski and Dr Jaanus Kahu are the urologists and Dr Kristo Ausmees is the urologist-andrologist in the Medita Clinic in Tartu.

Orthopaedists of Medita Clinic in Tallinn are Dr Karl Pintsaar and Dr Silver Aun, urologist-andrologist is Dr Kristo Ausmees, general surgeon is Dr Jaan Tepp and  vascular surgeons is Dr Piret Kevad.

Dr Silver Merisalu has studied in the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Tartu and completed the general surgery residency in the University of Tartu. Since 2009, he works as the General Surgeon in South Estonian Hospital Ltd and Valga Hospital Ltd. Dr Merisalu is a member of the Tartu Society of Surgeons.

Dr Merisalu’s appointments are on Thursdays.

Dr Terje Arak has studied in the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Tartu.  Principal job of Dr Arak is Physician in the Tartu University Hospital. 

Dr Arak's appointments are on Mondays.

Dr Tepp's appointments are on Wednesdays.
Dr Tepp's appointments are chargeable.

Dr Jaanus Suumann has studied in the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Tartu.  Principal job of Dr Suumann is Physician in the Tartu University Hospital. 

Dr Suumann's appointments are on Wednesdays. 

Dr Jaak Kals has studied in the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Tartu and completed the vascular surgery residency in the University of Tartu. In 2007, Dr Kals defended his PhD in the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Tartu and his research is concerned with the early assessment of the arterial changes, the principal issue in cardiovascular diseases. Principal job of Dr Kals is Physician-Lecturer in the Surgery Clinic of Tartu University Hospital.

Dr Kals’ appointments are on Tuesdays.

Principal job of Dr  Andrus Metsa is Physician-Lecturer in the Tartu University Hospital.

Dr Metsa's appointments are on Fridays.

Dr Piret Kevad has studied in the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Tartu and completed the vascular surgery residency in the University of Tartu.

Dr Kevad appointments are in Tallinn on Mondays.

Dr Mart Eller has studied in the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Tartu.  Principal job of Dr Eller is Physician in the Tartu University Hospital.

Dr Eller's appointments are on Mondays.

Dr Priit Kasenõmm has studied in the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Tartu.  Principal job of Dr Kasenõmm is Physician in the Tartu University Hospital.

Dr Kasenõmm's appointments are on Mondays.

Dr Stephanie Akermann has studied in the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Tartu.  Principal job of Dr Akermann is Physician-Lecturer in the Tartu University Hospital.

Dr Akermann's appointments are on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Principal job of Dr Mihkel Plaas is otorhinolaryngologist in Tartu University Clinic.

Dr Plaas appointments are on Mondays and Tuesdays.

Principal job of Dr Indrek Aus is otorhinolaryngologist in Tartu University Clinic.

Dr Aus appointments are on Mondays.

Principal job of Dr Kristel Kivisild is otorhinolaryngologist in Tartu University Clinic.

Dr Kivisild appointments are on Thursdays.

Principal job of Dr Linda Sõber is otorhinolaryngologist in Tartu University Clinic.

Dr Sõber appointments are on Fridays.

Principal job of  Dr Ene Kivirüüt is otorhinolaryngologist in Medita Clinic Tartu.

Dr Kivirüüt appointments are on Wednesdays.

Principal job of Dr Tanel Muul is Physician-Lecturer  of the Urology and Renal Transplantation Department in the Surgery Clinic of Tartu University Hospital.

Dr Muul’s appointments are on Mondays and Thursdays.

Dr Kristo Ausmees has graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Tartu and in 2014 defended his PhD on “Reproductive function in middle-aged males: Associations with prostate, lifestyle and couple infertility status”. Since 2009, Dr. Ausmees is an Andrologist certified by the European Academy of Andrology, and (co)author of several health-related books.

Dr Ausmees’ appointments are in Tartu on Tuesdays and Thursdays and Talinn on Wednesdays.

Dr Jaanus Kahu has graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Tartu and in 2010 defended his PhD on “Kidney Transplantation: Studies on Donor Risk Factors and Mycophenolate Mofetil”.

Dr Kahu's appointments are on Tuesdays and Fridays.  

Principal job of Dr Mihhail Zarkovski is Physician in the Tartu University Hospital.

Dr Zarkovski's appointments are on Wednesdays.

Principal job of Dr Karl Pintsaar is orthopaedist in Põhja-Eesti Regionaalhaigla.

Dr Pintsaar's appointments are on Mondays. 

Dr Silver Aun has graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Tartu.

Dr Aun's appointments are on Fridays.