Faculty

Organizing & Scientific Committee

Sameh Abolfotouh

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='4647'>SAMEH ABOLFOTOUH

Committee Chair

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

United Arab Emirates
Omar Alnori

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='4649'>OMAR ALNORI

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

Qatar
Faisal Konbaz

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='4651'>FAISAL KONBAZ

King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre.

Saudi Arabia
Waleed Awwad​

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='4653'>WALEED AWWAD​

Professor of Orthopedic spine and scoliosis surgeon.

Saudi Arabia
Fahad Alhelal

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='5323'>FAHAD ALHELAL

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

Saudi Arabia
Nayef Bin Dajim​

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='4655'>NAYEF BIN DAJIM​

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

Saudi Arabia
Muzahem Taha​

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='4657'>MUZAHEM TAHA​

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

Iraq
Ghazwan Hasan

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='5321'>GHAZWAN HASAN

Orthopedic Spine Surgeon, Royal Private Hospital.

Iraq

Advisory board members

Jeffrey Wang

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='5476'>JEFFREY WANG

Advisory Board Chair

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

United States
Dan Riew

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='4629'>DAN RIEW

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

United States
JENS CHAPMAN

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='5331'>JENS CHAPMAN

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

United States
Richard Bransford

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='4665'>RICHARD BRANSFORD

Professor of Orthopedics at the University of Washington.

United States
TONY TANNOURY

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='5333'>TONY TANNOURY

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

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='5329'>MOHIT BHANDARI

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

Canada
OSCAR ALVES

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='5335'>OSCAR ALVES

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

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='5476'>JEFFREY WANG

Advisory Board Chair

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

United States
Dan Riew

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='4629'>DAN RIEW

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

United States
JENS CHAPMAN

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='5331'>JENS CHAPMAN

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

United States
Richard Bransford

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='4665'>RICHARD BRANSFORD

Professor of Orthopedics at the University of Washington.

United States
TONY TANNOURY

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='5333'>TONY TANNOURY

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

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='5339'>DON MOORE

Orthopaedic spine surgeon with the University of Missouri, Columbia.

United States
MOHIT BHANDARI

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='5329'>MOHIT BHANDARI

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

Canada
Patrick Hsieh

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='5337'>PATRICK HSIEH

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

United States
OSCAR ALVES

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='5335'>OSCAR ALVES

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

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='5547'>MUHAMMAD ABD-EL-BARR

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

United States
Bradley Jacobs

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='5438'>BRADLEY JACOBS

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

Canada
Juan Emmerich

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='5343'>JUAN EMMERICH

Chairperson AO Spine International Neurosurgeon & Spine Surgeon

Argentina
Klaus Schnake

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='5347'>KLAUS SCHNAKE

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

Germany
Luke Kim

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='5349'>LUKE KIM

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

South Korea
Mitchell Hansen

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='5553'>MITCHELL HANSEN

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

Australia
Omar Alnori

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='4649'>OMAR ALNORI

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

Qatar
Faisal Konbaz

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='4651'>FAISAL KONBAZ

King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre.

Saudi Arabia
Waleed Awwad​

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='4653'>WALEED AWWAD​

Professor of Orthopedic spine and scoliosis surgeon.

Saudi Arabia
Fahad Alhelal

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='5323'>FAHAD ALHELAL

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

Saudi Arabia
Nayef Bin Dajim​

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='4655'>NAYEF BIN DAJIM​

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

Saudi Arabia
Muzahem Taha​

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='4657'>MUZAHEM TAHA​

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

Iraq
Ghazwan Hasan

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='5321'>GHAZWAN HASAN

Orthopedic Spine Surgeon, Royal Private Hospital.

Iraq
Nikola Jevtić

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='5417'>NIKOLA JEVTIć

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

Serbia
Abdul Razzaq Al-Obaid

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='5365'>ABDUL RAZZAQ AL-OBAID

Chairman Orthopedic and Spine Surgery at Wara hospital Kuwait

Kuwait
Abdulaziz Almutair

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='5367'>ABDULAZIZ ALMUTAIR

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

Kuwait
Hani Mhaidli

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='5391'>HANI MHAIDLI

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

Spain
Ahmed Alqatub

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='6031'>AHMED ALQATUB

Orthopedic Spine Surgeon at Imam Alhasan Almujtaba teaching hospital

Iraq
Amer Aziz

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='6129'>AMER AZIZ

Professor of Orthopaedics and Spine Surgery

Pakistan
Jinyoung Lee

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='6135'>JINYOUNG LEE

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

South Korea
Dong-Chan Lee

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='6137'>DONG-CHAN LEE

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

South Korea
Sultan Aldebeyan

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='5361'>SULTAN ALDEBEYAN

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

Saudi Arabia
SalahAdden Khlaifah

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='6138'>SALAHADDEN KHLAIFAH

Orthopedic Spine & Scoliosis Surgery Consultant

Saudi Arabia
Junseok Bae

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='6184'>JUNSEOK BAE

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

South Korea
Cheol-Wung Park

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='6297'>CHEOL-WUNG PARK

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

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='6299'>AHMED SHAWKY

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.