Faculty

Organizing & Scientific Committee

Sameh Abolfotouh

SAMEHABOLFOTOUH

Committee Chair

Consultant Spine Sergeon AO Spine MENA Education Officer Pan Arab Spine Society Chairman (UAE)

United Arab Emirates
Omar Alnori

OMARALNORI

Consultant Orthopedic and Spine surgery at HMC Chairman AO Spine GCC.

Qatar
Faisal Konbaz

FAISALKONBAZ

King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre.

Saudi Arabia
Waleed Awwad​

WALEEDAWWAD​

Professor of Orthopedic spine and scoliosis surgeon.

Saudi Arabia
Fahad Alhelal

FAHADALHELAL

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

Saudi Arabia
Nayef Bin Dajim​

NAYEFBIN DAJIM​

Chairman, Department of Spine Surgery at King Fahad Specialist Hospital.

Saudi Arabia
Muzahem Taha​

MUZAHEMTAHA​

Assistant Prof. at College of Medicine Orthopedic & Spine Surgery Department.

Iraq
Ghazwan Hasan

GHAZWANHASAN

Orthopedic Spine Surgeon, Royal Private Hospital.

Iraq

Advisory board members

Jeffrey Wang

JEFFREYWANG

Advisory Board Chair

Professor of Orthopedic Surgery (Clinical Scholar) & Co-Director of the USC Spine Center.

United States
Dan Riew

DANRIEW

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

United States
JENS CHAPMAN

JENSCHAPMAN

MD, Spine Surgeon at Swedish Medical Center, Orthopedic Surgery Specialist in Seattle, WA and has over 40 years...

United States
Richard Bransford

RICHARDBRANSFORD

Professor of Orthopedics at the University of Washington.

United States
TONY TANNOURY

TONYTANNOURY

Founding president of Society for Progress & Innovations for the Near East; Founding President of S.P.I.N.E Founding President...

United States
MOHIT BHANDARI

MOHITBHANDARI

Distinguished University Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery at McMaster University. He holds a Canada Research Chair in...

Canada
OSCAR ALVES

OSCARALVES

Head of Neurosurgery, Hospital Lusíadas Porto Senior Consultant in Neurosurgery, Centro Hospitalar de Gaia Espinho, Treasurer, CSRS-E. Co-Chairman,...

Portugal

Faculty speakers

Jeffrey Wang

JEFFREYWANG

Advisory Board Chair

Professor of Orthopedic Surgery (Clinical Scholar) & Co-Director of the USC Spine Center.

United States
Dan Riew

DANRIEW

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

United States
JENS CHAPMAN

JENSCHAPMAN

MD, Spine Surgeon at Swedish Medical Center, Orthopedic Surgery Specialist in Seattle, WA and has over 40 years...

United States
Richard Bransford

RICHARDBRANSFORD

Professor of Orthopedics at the University of Washington.

United States
TONY TANNOURY

TONYTANNOURY

Founding president of Society for Progress & Innovations for the Near East; Founding President of S.P.I.N.E Founding President...

United States
Don Moore

DONMOORE

Orthopaedic spine surgeon with the University of Missouri, Columbia.

United States
MOHIT BHANDARI

MOHITBHANDARI

Distinguished University Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery at McMaster University. He holds a Canada Research Chair in...

Canada
Patrick Hsieh

PATRICKHSIEH

He is the Edwin M. Todd/Trent H. Wells, Jr. Professor of Neurosurgery at USC Spine Center and is...

United States
OSCAR ALVES

OSCARALVES

Head of Neurosurgery, Hospital Lusíadas Porto Senior Consultant in Neurosurgery, Centro Hospitalar de Gaia Espinho, Treasurer, CSRS-E. Co-Chairman,...

Portugal
Muhammad Abd-El-Barr

MUHAMMADABD-EL-BARR

Professor of Neurosurgery; Vice Chair, International Affairs; Chief, Endoscopic Spine Surgery, Professor of Neurosurgery, Professor in Orthopedic Surgery

United States
Bradley Jacobs

BRADLEYJACOBS

Dr. W. Bradley Jacobs is a spinal surgeon at Vancouver General Hospital/University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada...

Canada
Juan Emmerich

JUANEMMERICH

Chairperson AO Spine International Neurosurgeon & Spine Surgeon

Argentina
Klaus Schnake

KLAUSSCHNAKE

Orthopedic spine surgeon; head of an interdisciplinary spine team in Erlangen (Bavaria, Germany); scientific focus on osteoporotic fractures;...

Germany
Luke Kim

LUKEKIM

Professor at Spine Center, Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, Deputy Editor of Global Spine Journal College...

South Korea
Mitchell Hansen

MITCHELLHANSEN

Mitchell Hansen is an Australian trained adult and paediatric neurosurgeon.  He is previous past president of the Neurosurgical...

Australia
Omar Alnori

OMARALNORI

Consultant Orthopedic and Spine surgery at HMC Chairman AO Spine GCC.

Qatar
Faisal Konbaz

FAISALKONBAZ

King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre.

Saudi Arabia
Waleed Awwad​

WALEEDAWWAD​

Professor of Orthopedic spine and scoliosis surgeon.

Saudi Arabia
Fahad Alhelal

FAHADALHELAL

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

Saudi Arabia
Nayef Bin Dajim​

NAYEFBIN DAJIM​

Chairman, Department of Spine Surgery at King Fahad Specialist Hospital.

Saudi Arabia
Muzahem Taha​

MUZAHEMTAHA​

Assistant Prof. at College of Medicine Orthopedic & Spine Surgery Department.

Iraq
Ghazwan Hasan

GHAZWANHASAN

Orthopedic Spine Surgeon, Royal Private Hospital.

Iraq
Nikola Jevtić

NIKOLAJEVTIć

Nikola Jevtić is the founder of Scolio Center in Novi Sad and a physiotherapist and kinesiotherapy specialist with...

Serbia
Abdul Razzaq Al-Obaid

ABDULRAZZAQ AL-OBAID

Chairman Orthopedic and Spine Surgery at Wara hospital Kuwait

Kuwait
Abdulaziz Almutair

ABDULAZIZALMUTAIR

Consultant Orthopedic Spine Surgeon, Kuwait. Canadian Board Certified and Fellowship Trained Spine Surgeon Fellow of the Royal College...

Kuwait
Hani Mhaidli

HANIMHAIDLI

Past President of Association of Iberian and Latin American Spine(SILACO) Past President of the Spanish Spine Society. CO-Chairman...

Spain
Ahmed Alqatub

AHMEDALQATUB

Orthopedic Spine Surgeon at Imam Alhasan Almujtaba teaching hospital

Iraq
Amer Aziz

AMERAZIZ

Professor of Orthopaedics and Spine Surgery

Pakistan
Jinyoung Lee

JINYOUNGLEE

Dr. Jinyoung Lee is a Consultant Neurosurgeon at University Hospital Sharjah, UAE, specializing in minimally invasive and endoscopic...

South Korea
Dong-Chan Lee

DONG-CHANLEE

Dr. Dong-Chan Lee is a spine surgeon from South Korea specializing in minimally invasive and endoscopic spine surgery....

South Korea
Sultan Aldebeyan

SULTANALDEBEYAN

Adult Spine Surgeon | Paediatric Complex Spine and Deformity Surgeon (Scoliosis)

Saudi Arabia
SalahAdden Khlaifah

SALAHADDENKHLAIFAH

Orthopedic Spine & Scoliosis Surgery Consultant

Saudi Arabia
Junseok Bae

JUNSEOKBAE

Endoscopic spine surgery, Spine deformity surgery, MIS spine surgery, MIS fusion (OLIF, DLIF, XLIF), Dynamic stabilization

South Korea
Cheol-Wung Park

CHEOL-WUNGPARK

Cheol-Wung Park, M.D., Ph.D., is the Founder and Director of Daejeon Woori Spine Hospital in the Republic of...

South Korea
Ahmed Shawky

AHMEDSHAWKY

MHBA Head of the department of spinal deformities Helios Klinikum Erfurt, Germany European Surgical Spine Center of Excellence,...

Germany

AO SYC Members

No speakers found.