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Welcome Message

To Our Distinguished Colleagues and Valued Partners,

It is our great pleasure to welcome you to the 2nd MENA Spine Congress, taking place on January 23–24, 2026, at the Ritz-Carlton, Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), UAE.
Following the remarkable success of the MSC edition in 2025, this year’s congress has been thoughtfully elevated to offer an even more impactful and enriching experience. We are proud to convene leading spine surgeons, researchers, and innovators from across the region and beyond, united by a shared commitment to advancing spine care.

The 2026 program features a robust scientific agenda, including state-of-the-art keynote presentations, interactive panel discussions, and immersive hands-on workshops. These sessions are designed to provide practical insights and training in the latest surgical techniques and clinical practices, enabling attendees to translate knowledge into improved patient outcomes.

Complementing the scientific program, our vibrant medical exhibition will showcase cutting-edge technologies, novel devices, and innovative solutions shaping the future of spine care. It is a unique opportunity to engage with industry leaders and discover transformative tools that can elevate your practice.

We invite you to join us in Dubai for an inspiring congress that fosters collaboration, promotes excellence, and drives meaningful progress in the field of spine surgery. We look forward to welcoming you to what promises to be an unforgettable event.

Sincerely,

Dr1

Sameh Abolfotouh
Conference Chairman

About MSC 2026

MENA Spine Congress 2026 is the second edition of this distinguished event, evolving as a natural extension of the successful MSC 2025.
Building on this foundation, MSC 2026 aims to elevate the experience by introducing more interactive sessions, expanding the exhibition area, and incorporating the latest research findings into the program.

Organizing & Scientific Committee

Dr. Sameh Abolfotouh (Committee Chair)
Consultant Spine Sergeon
AO Spine MENA Education Officer
Pan Arab Spine Society Chairman

(UAE)

United arab emirates
Dr. Omar Alnori
Consultant Orthopedic and Spine surgery at HMC Chairman AO Spine GCC.
 

(Qatar)

Qatar
Dr. Faisal Konbaz
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre.
 

(KSA)

Saudi
Dr. Waleed Awwad​
Professor of Orthopedic spine and scoliosis surgeon.

(KSA)

Saudi
Dr. Nayef Bin Dajim​
Chairman, Department of Spine Surgery at King Fahad Specialist Hospital.

(KSA)

Saudi
Dr. Muzahem Taha​
Assistant Prof. at College of Medicine Orthopedic & Spine Surgery Department.

(Iraq)

Iraq
Dr. Ghazwan Hasan
Orthopedic Spine Surgeon, Royal Private Hospital.

(Iraq)

Iraq

Advisory board members

Dr. Dan Riew
Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Chief Cervical Spine Surgery and co-director of spine Fellowship at Columbia University.

(USA)

United states of america
Dr. Jeffrey Wang
Professor of Orthopedic Surgery (Clinical Scholar) & Co-Director of the USC Spine Center.

(USA)

United states of america
Dr. Richard Bransford
Professor of Orthopedics at the University of Washington.

(USA)

United states of america
Dr. Mohit Bhandari
Distinguished University Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery at McMaster University.

(Canada)

Canada
Dr Oscar L Alves
Head of Neurosurgery, Hospital Lusíadas Porto...
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(Portugal)
Portugal
Dr. Tony Tannoury
Founding president of Society for Progress & Innovations for the Near East; Founding President of S.P.I.N.E Founding President of Workerscompcare Group

(USA)

United states of america
Dr. Youssry El Hawary
Head of Orthopaedic Department Kasr El Ainy School of Medicine.

(Egypt)

Egypt

Faculty speakers

Dr. Dan Riew
Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Chief Cervical ....
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(USA)
United states of america
Dr. Jeffrey Wang
Professor of Orthopedic Surgery (Clinical Scholar) & Co-Director of the USC Spine Center.

(USA)

United states of america
Dr Patrick Hsieh
He is the Edwin M. Todd/Trent H. Wells, Jr. Professor of...
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(USA)
United states of america
Dr. Richard Bransford
Professor of Orthopedics at the University of Washington...
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(USA)

United states of america
Dr. Ali Baaj
Incoming Professor of Neurosurgery | Vice-Chair for International...
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(USA)

United states of america
Dr. Jens Chapman
MD, Spine Surgeon at Swedish Medical Center, Orthopedic.....
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(USA)
United states of america
Dr Don Moore
Orthopaedic spine surgeon with the University of Missouri, Columbia.
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(USA)

United states of america
Dr. Mohit Bhandari
Distinguished University Professor and Chair....
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(Canada)

Canada
Dr. Klaus Schnake
Orthopedic spine surgeon; head of an interdisciplinary spine...
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(Germany)

Germany
Dr. Luke Kim
Professor at Spine Center, Department of Neurosurgery...
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(South Korea)

South korea
Dr Oscar L Alves
Head of Neurosurgery, Hospital Lusíadas Porto...
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(Portugal)
Portugal
Dr. Ayush Sharma
Pioneered minimally invasive oblique approach to...
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(India)

India
Dr. Christian Morgenstern
Orthopedic and Endoscopic Engineer, Greater Barcelona....
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(Spain)

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Dr. Youssry El Hawary
Head of Orthopaedic Department Kasr El Ainy School of Medicine, Cairo U

(Egypt)

Egypt
Dr. Tony Tannoury
MD, Department of Orthopedics...
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(USA)

United states of america
Dr. Omar Alnori
Consultant Orthopedic and Spine surgery at HMC Chairman AO Spine GCC

(Qatar)

Qatar
Dr. Faisal Konbaz
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre | KFSHRC MD

(KSA)

Saudi
Dr. Waleed Awwad​
Professor of Orthopedic spine and scoliosis surgeon

(KSA)

Saudi
Dr. Nayef Bin Dajim​
Chairman, Department of Spine Surgery at King Fahad Specialist Hospital Dammam.

(KSA)

Saudi
Dr. Muzahem Taha​
Assistant Prof. at College of Medicine Orthopedic...
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(Iraq)

Iraq
Dr. Ghazwan Hasan
Orthopedic Spine Surgeon, Royal Private Hospital...
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(Iraq)

Iraq
Dr. Juan Emmerich
Chairperson AO Spine International Neurosurgeon & Spine Surgeon

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Dr. Saleh Baeesa
Professor of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosciences..
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(KSA)

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Dr. Fahad Alhelal
Section head Spine surgery at KAMC-RD Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs (MNG-HA)

(KSA)

Saudi
Dr. Sultan Aldebeyan
Adult Spine Surgeon | Paediatric Complex Spine and Deformity Surgeon (Scoliosis)

(KSA)

Saudi
Dr. Sami Aleissa 
Consultant adult & pediatric Spine Surgeon...
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(KSA)

Saudi
Dr Abdulaziz Almutair
Consultant Orthopedic Spine Surgeon, Kuwait..
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(Kuwait)

Kuwait
Dr Abdul Razzaq Al-Obaid
Chairman Orthopedic and Spine Surgery at Wara hospital Kuwait

(Kuwait)

Kuwait
Dr. Joseph El Khalil  
Orthopedic spine surgeon and Chief medical officer of the Lebanese Hospital university

(Lebanon)

Lebanon
Dr. Mohamed Alasha
Chief of Neurosurgery, Assistant Professor, Consultant...
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(UAE)

United arab emirates
Dr. Charbel D. Moussallem
M.D., FEBOT, FACS Head of Department of Orthopedics....
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(UAE)

United arab emirates
Dr. Wael Al-Samak
Board of Orthopedics, Diploma in spine surgery, Orthopedic....
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(UAE)

United arab emirates
Dr. Imad Hashim 
Consultant Neurosurgeon and spine surgeon at the...
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(UAE)

United arab emirates
Dr. Yoshihisa Kotani
President, SMISS AP Vice President Chief, Spine Center, Department of..
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(Japan)
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Dr. Yu LIANG
MD, Professor *Chief of Spine Division,Rui Jin Hospital...
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(China)
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Dr Arvind Kulkarni
He is one of the pioneers of Minimally Invasive Spinal surgery.....
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(India)

India
Dr Rizwan Akram
Fellow of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan and Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons Glasgow.

(Pakistan)

Pakistan
Dr Nicandro Figueiredo
Consultant Spinal Neurosurgeon
MD, MSc, PhD Fellowship in Spine Surgery (USA)..
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(Brazil)

Brazil
Prof Dr Carmen Vleggeert-Lankamp
She is a Neurosurgeon, who is specialized in spine care....
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(Netherlands)

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Dr Petr Vachata
He is the Head of Spine Center, Masaryk Hospital in Usti nad Labem....
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(Czech republic)

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Mr. Ahmed Ibrahim
He is an innovative complex spine neurosurgeon at Imperial College Healthcare Trust, London
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(Great Britain)

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Dr Hani Mhaidli
Associate Professor of Clinical Orthopedic Surgery Las Palmas Spain. Past...
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(Spain)

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Dr Mohamed Armouty
Professor of Neurosurgery at Duke University. He is Spine fellowship Co-Director. He completed...
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(Jordan)

Jordan
Dr Sultan AlKalbani
BSH | MD Sultan Qaboos University | Oman medical speciality board | Spine fellowship - UK | Eurospine Basic and Advanced Diploma.

(Oman)

Oman
Dr Khalifa Alghafri

Consultant orthopedic and spine surgeon Visiting consultant at Shifa and Hayat hospitals Muscat, Oman.

(Oman)

Oman
Dr Ahmed Shawky
MHBA Head of the department of spinal deformities...
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(Germany)

Germany
Dr Waseem Aziz
Consultant Neurosurgeon. Hybrid Cerebrovascular, Skull Base, Spine Neurosurgeon

(UAE)

United arab emirates
Dr Nader Hebelah
Staff Physician in the Neurological Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, who specializes in spinal...
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(UAE)
United arab emirates
Dr Marcus Head

Consultant Spine surgeon working in Mediclinic Parkview Hospital specialising in MIS and endoscopic surgery.

(UK)

Uk
Dr Rami Salameh
Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon He is UK-trained Consultant Orthopedic...
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(UAE)

United arab emirates
⁠Dr Kaled Faraj
Consultant orthopedic surgeon with great knowledge in his field. He has performed more...
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(UAE)

United arab emirates
Dr Michael, Antony Louis Rex
Consultant Orthopaedic Spine surgeon at the American Hospital in Dubai. He completed...
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(UAE)
United arab emirates
⁠Dr Mohamed Khattab
Professor of Orthopedics and Spine Surgery, Ain Shams University, AO Spine Chairperson Egypt

(Egypt)

Egypt
Dr Waleed Hekal
He has a special interest in spinal deformities in both children and adults....
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(UAE)
United arab emirates
Dr Aseem Alhaj
He is a German Board Certified Neuro Surgeon and did his neurosurgical residency....
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(UAE)
United arab emirates
Dr. Sandesh Lakkol
He has over 18 years of UK experience and is a fellowship-trained Consultant.....
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(UAE)
United arab emirates
Dr Nikola Jevtić
Nikola Jevtić is the founder of Scolio Center in Novi Sad and a physiotherapist .....
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(Serbia)

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Mr Gerald Huesh
is a renowned Global Leadership Expert and architect of LEAD21, the....
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(Germany)
Germany
Dr Alex Thabane
A writer, methodologist, and Ph.D. Candidate at McMaster University researching the science of creativity.

(Canada)

Canada
Dr Mason Alnori
Spine Consultant at Al Jalila Children's Specialty Hospital, ....
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(UAE)
United arab emirates
Dr. Mohamed El-Sharkawi

Professor of Orthopedics, Assiut University.

(Egypt)

Egypt
Dr. Ashraf N. El Naga
Director. Orthopaedic Spine Service at Zuckerberg San Francisco General.....
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(USA)

United states of america

AO SYC Members

Deya AlWady
(Jordan)
Jordan
Angelica Arce Zuñiga

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Sabir Khan Khattak
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Guna Pratheep
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Kaushik Simha Haravu Ramprasad
(India)
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Doria Crismaruc
(Romania)
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Irina Turtureanu
(Romania)
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Maria Mădălina Ancuța
(Romania)
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Congress Program

Registration

Early Bird Registration - Before 15 September 2025

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Attending Surgeons

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Workshops

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Morning Workshops

From 8:00 – 13:00

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Afternoon Workshop

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Morning Workshops

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Accommodation

All rates below are per room, per night, and include breakfast. The check-in and
check-out information is as follows:
Check-in: 15:00, Check-out: 12:00.
We offer the option for free cancellation until January 15, 2026.

Single Room

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Double Room

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