Faculty
Organizing & Scientific Committee
<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)

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='4649'>OMAR ALNORI
Consultant Orthopedic and Spine surgery at HMC Chairman AO Spine GCC.

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='4651'>FAISAL KONBAZ
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre.

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='4653'>WALEED AWWAD
Professor of Orthopedic spine and scoliosis surgeon.

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='5323'>FAHAD ALHELAL
Section head Spine surgery at KAMC-RD Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs (MNG-HA)

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='4655'>NAYEF BIN DAJIM
Chairman, Department of Spine Surgery at King Fahad Specialist Hospital.

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='4657'>MUZAHEM TAHA
Assistant Prof. at College of Medicine Orthopedic & Spine Surgery Department.

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='5321'>GHAZWAN HASAN
Orthopedic Spine Surgeon, Royal Private Hospital.

Advisory board members
<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.

<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...

<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...

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='4665'>RICHARD BRANSFORD
Professor of Orthopedics at the University of Washington.

<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...

<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...

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='5335'>OSCAR L. ALVES
Head of Neurosurgery, Hospital Lusíadas Porto Senior Consultant in Neurosurgery, Centro Hospitalar de Gaia Espinho, Treasurer, CSRS-E. Co-Chairman,...

Faculty speakers
<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.

<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...

<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...

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='4665'>RICHARD BRANSFORD
Professor of Orthopedics at the University of Washington.

<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...

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='5339'>DON MOORE
Orthopaedic spine surgeon with the University of Missouri, Columbia.

<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...

<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...

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='5335'>OSCAR L. ALVES
Head of Neurosurgery, Hospital Lusíadas Porto Senior Consultant in Neurosurgery, Centro Hospitalar de Gaia Espinho, Treasurer, CSRS-E. Co-Chairman,...

<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

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='6421'>ALI BAAJ
Incoming Professor of Neurosurgery | Vice-Chair for International Outreach | Director of Spine Technology, Innovation, and Fellowship Programs...

<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...

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='5343'>JUAN EMMERICH
Chairperson AO Spine International Neurosurgeon & Spine Surgeon

<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;...

<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...

<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...

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='6363'>CHRISTIAN MORGENSTERN
Orthopedic and Endoscopic Engineer, Greater Barcelona Metropolitan area. He is board-certified (German Board, Berlin) and fellowship-trained Orthopedic Spine...

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='6365'>ABHAY NENE
Senior Consultant Spine Surgery at Lilavati and Candy hospital.

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='6612'>MARKUS LOIBL
Prof. Dr. med. Markus Loibl is one of the chiefs of the department of spine surgery at Schulthess...

<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...

<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....

<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

<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...

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='6435'>MANABU ITO
Director, National Hospital Organization Hokkaido Medical Center, Sapporo, Japan Chairperson of AOSpine International Education Committee

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='4649'>OMAR ALNORI
Consultant Orthopedic and Spine surgery at HMC Chairman AO Spine GCC.

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='4651'>FAISAL KONBAZ
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre.

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='4653'>WALEED AWWAD
Professor of Orthopedic spine and scoliosis surgeon.

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='5323'>FAHAD ALHELAL
Section head Spine surgery at KAMC-RD Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs (MNG-HA)

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='4655'>NAYEF BIN DAJIM
Chairman, Department of Spine Surgery at King Fahad Specialist Hospital.

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='4657'>MUZAHEM TAHA
Assistant Prof. at College of Medicine Orthopedic & Spine Surgery Department.

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='5321'>GHAZWAN HASAN
Orthopedic Spine Surgeon, Royal Private Hospital.

<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...

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='5365'>ABDULRAZZAQ AL-OBAID
Chairman Orthopedic and Spine Surgery at Wara hospital Kuwait

<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...

<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...

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='6031'>AHMED ALQATUB
Orthopedic Spine Surgeon at Imam Alhasan Almujtaba teaching hospital

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='6129'>AMER AZIZ
Professor of Orthopaedics and Spine Surgery

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='5361'>SULTAN ALDEBEYAN
Adult Spine Surgeon | Paediatric Complex Spine and Deformity Surgeon (Scoliosis)

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='6138'>SALAHADDEEN KHALIFAH
Orthopedic Spine Scoliosis Surgery Consultant

<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,...

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='5405'>RAMI SALAMEH
Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon He is UK-trained Consultant Orthopedic and Spine Surgeon, an active member of the British Scoliosis...

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='6479'>MOHAMED AL HANTOOBI
Dr Mohamed Alhantoobi, Canadian board certified neurosurgical surgeon based in the UAE and USA fellowship trained in spine...

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='6476'>KHALED ANEIBA
Dr. Khaled Aneiba is a UK-trained Consultant Orthopaedic and Spinal Surgeon at Mediclinic Parkview Hospital, Dubai MBBS, FRCS,...

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='6501'>GOPAL KRISHNA
Dr. Gopal Krishna is a consultant neurosurgeon and spine surgeon working at Medcare Orthopedic and Spine Hospital, Dubai....

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='6502'>SHERIEF ELSAYED
Mr Sherief Elsayed is a UK-trained Consultant Spinal Surgeon (FRCS Tr & Orth) based in Dubai, specialising in...

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='6492'>MARCUS HEAD
Consultant Spine surgeon working in Mediclinic Parkview Hospital specialising in MIS and endoscopic surgery.

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='6516'>ABDELKADER HAMAD
Dr. Abdelkader Hamad Consultant orthopedic spine surgeon in Abu Dhabi, specialising in scoliosis, complex spinal deformity, and advanced...

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='5425'>MOHAMED EL-SHARKAWI
Professor of Orthopedics, Assiut University.

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='6529'>MOHAMED ARMOUTI
Professor of Neurosurgery at Duke University. He is Spine fellowship Co-Director. He completed his residency and spine fellowship...

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='6547'>JOSEPH EL KHALIL
Orthopedic spine surgeon and Chief medical officer of the Lebanese Hospital university

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='6550'>MOHAMED ALASHA
Chief of Neurosurgery, Assistant Professor, Consultant Neurosurgeon (FRCS(SN), MSc, CCST) Tawam- Fellowships open/endoscopic skull base (UK , France,...

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='6559'>SAMI ALEISSA
Consultant adult & pediatric Spine Surgeon, and the chairman of orthopedic and spine services, at King Abdulaziz Medical...

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='6562'>TAREK SUNNA
Dr. Tarek Philip Sunna, MD, FACS, FRCS, is a Consultant Neurosurgeon specializing in complex spinal and neuro-oncological surgery....

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='6544'>AHMED AL JAHWARI
Dr Ahmed Al Jahwari, MD, MBA, FRCSC Senior Consultant and Head of Spine Surgery Medical City for Military...

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='5411'>WALEED HEKAL
He has a special interest in spinal deformities in both children and adults. He has vast experience in...

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='5373'>IMAD HASHIM
Consultant Neurosurgeon and spine surgeon at the Medical International Specialist Centre

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='5395'>SULTAN ALKALBANI
BSH | MD Sultan Qaboos University | Oman medical speciality board | Spine fellowship - UK | Eurospine...

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='5415'>SANDESH LAKKOL
He has over 18 years of UK experience and is a fellowship-trained Consultant Spine Surgeon specializing in adult...

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='5383'>NICANDRO FIGUEIREDO
Consultant Spinal Neurosurgeon MD, MSc, PhD Fellowship in Spine Surgery (USA), Post doctorate in Spinal Neurosurgery (USA), Adjunct...

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='6605'>WAEL AL-SAMAK
Board of Orthopedics, Diploma in spine surgery, Orthopedic spine consultant, Head of Orthopedic Department Fujairah hospital.

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='6619'>RUDOLF BERTAGNOLI
Prof. Dr. Bertagnoli is Spine Surgeon and Founder of European Center for Spine Arthroplasty (ECSA) the first spine...

AO SYC Members
<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='4683'>ANGéLICA ARCE STANKOVIć

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='6432'>KAUSHIK SIMHA HARAVU RAMPRASAD

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='6426'>DORIA CRIșMARUC

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='6429'>IRINA TURTUREANU

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='6438'>MARIA-MăDăLINA ANCUțA

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='6442'>YOUSSEF AHDI SAWIRIS

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='6457'>HELMI ABDALBARI

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='6523'>MOHAMED ELHASSAN

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='6456'>BANDAR ALZAHRANI

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='6455'>AURELIS CARIDAD

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='6460'>YAZAN WARDEH

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='6458'>KHALED ELSOUSI

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='6505'>HAVA-NUR CELIK

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='6462'>SHUHEI IWATA

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='6474'>MOHAMED EMARA

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='6520'>LAYAN ALBRAIK

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='6593'>MEHDI MEDDEB

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='6597'>MATEI IOAN BALTAC

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='6615'>SARA JAFLEH
