Faculty
Organizing & Scientific Committee
Dr. Sameh Abolfotouh (Committee Chair)
Consultant Spine Sergeon
AO Spine MENA Education Officer
Pan Arab Spine Society Chairman
AO Spine MENA Education Officer
Pan Arab Spine Society Chairman
(UAE)
Dr. Omar Alnori
Consultant Orthopedic and Spine surgery at HMC Chairman AO Spine GCC.
(Qatar)
Dr. Faisal Konbaz
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre.
(KSA)
Dr. Waleed Awwad
Professor of Orthopedic spine and scoliosis surgeon.
(KSA)
Dr. Nayef Bin Dajim
Chairman, Department of Spine Surgery at King Fahad Specialist Hospital.
(KSA)
Dr. Muzahem Taha
Assistant Prof. at College of Medicine Orthopedic & Spine Surgery Department.
(Iraq)
Dr. Ghazwan Hasan
Orthopedic Spine Surgeon, Royal Private Hospital.
(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)
Dr. Jeffrey Wang
Professor of Orthopedic Surgery (Clinical Scholar) & Co-Director of the USC Spine Center.
(USA)
Dr. Richard Bransford
Professor of Orthopedics at the University of Washington.
(USA)
Dr. Mohit Bhandari
Distinguished University Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery at McMaster University.
(Canada)
Dr Oscar L Alves
Head of Neurosurgery, Hospital Lusíadas Porto...
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(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)
Dr. Youssry El Hawary
Head of Orthopaedic Department Kasr El Ainy School of Medicine.
(Egypt)
Faculty speakers
Dr. Dan Riew
Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Chief Cervical ....
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(USA) Dr. Jeffrey Wang
Professor of Orthopedic Surgery (Clinical Scholar) & Co-Director of the USC Spine Center.
(USA)
Dr Patrick Hsieh
He is the Edwin M. Todd/Trent H. Wells, Jr. Professor of...
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(USA) Dr. Richard Bransford
Professor of Orthopedics at the University of Washington...
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(USA)
Dr. Ali Baaj
Incoming Professor of Neurosurgery | Vice-Chair for International...
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(USA)
Dr. Jens Chapman
MD, Spine Surgeon at Swedish Medical Center, Orthopedic.....
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(USA) Dr Don Moore
Orthopaedic spine surgeon with the University of Missouri, Columbia.
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(USA)
Dr. Mohit Bhandari
Distinguished University Professor and Chair....
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(Canada)
Dr. Klaus Schnake
Orthopedic spine surgeon; head of an interdisciplinary spine...
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(Germany)
Dr. Luke Kim
Professor at Spine Center, Department of Neurosurgery...
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(South Korea)
Dr Oscar L Alves
Head of Neurosurgery, Hospital Lusíadas Porto...
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(Portugal) Dr. Ayush Sharma
Pioneered minimally invasive oblique approach to...
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(India)
Dr. Christian Morgenstern
Orthopedic and Endoscopic Engineer, Greater Barcelona....
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(Spain)
Dr. Youssry El Hawary
Head of Orthopaedic Department Kasr El Ainy School of Medicine, Cairo U
(Egypt)
Dr. Tony Tannoury
MD, Department of Orthopedics...
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(USA)
Dr. Omar Alnori
Consultant Orthopedic and Spine surgery at HMC Chairman AO Spine GCC
(Qatar)
Dr. Faisal Konbaz
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre | KFSHRC MD
(KSA)
Dr. Waleed Awwad
Professor of Orthopedic spine and scoliosis surgeon
(KSA)
Dr. Nayef Bin Dajim
Chairman, Department of Spine Surgery at King Fahad Specialist Hospital Dammam.
(KSA)
Dr. Muzahem Taha
Assistant Prof. at College of Medicine Orthopedic...
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(Iraq)
Dr. Ghazwan Hasan
Orthopedic Spine Surgeon, Royal Private Hospital...
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(Iraq)
Dr. Juan Emmerich
Chairperson AO Spine International Neurosurgeon & Spine Surgeon
(Argentina)
Dr. Saleh Baeesa
Professor of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosciences..
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(KSA)
Dr. Fahad Alhelal
Section head Spine surgery at KAMC-RD Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs (MNG-HA)
(KSA)
Dr. Sultan Aldebeyan
Adult Spine Surgeon | Paediatric Complex Spine and Deformity Surgeon (Scoliosis)
(KSA)
Dr. Sami Aleissa
Consultant adult & pediatric Spine Surgeon...
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(KSA)
Dr Abdulaziz Almutair
Consultant Orthopedic Spine Surgeon, Kuwait..
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(Kuwait)
Dr Abdul Razzaq Al-Obaid
Chairman Orthopedic and Spine Surgery at Wara hospital Kuwait
(Kuwait)
Dr. Joseph El Khalil
Orthopedic spine surgeon and Chief medical officer of the Lebanese Hospital university
(Lebanon)
Dr. Mohamed Alasha
Chief of Neurosurgery, Assistant Professor, Consultant...
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(UAE)
Dr. Charbel D. Moussallem
M.D., FEBOT, FACS Head of Department of Orthopedics....
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(UAE)
Dr. Wael Al-Samak
Board of Orthopedics, Diploma in spine surgery, Orthopedic....
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(UAE)
Dr. Imad Hashim Moussallem
Consultant Neurosurgeon and spine surgeon at the...
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(UAE)
Dr. Yoshihisa Kotani
President, SMISS AP Vice President
Chief, Spine Center, Department of..
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(Japan)
Dr. Yu LIANG
MD, Professor
*Chief of Spine Division，Rui Jin Hospital...
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(China)
Dr Arvind Kulkarni
He is one of the pioneers of Minimally Invasive Spinal surgery.....
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(India)
Dr Rizwan Akram
Fellow of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan and Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons Glasgow.
(Pakistan)
Dr Nicandro Figueiredo
Consultant Spinal Neurosurgeon
MD, MSc, PhD Fellowship in Spine Surgery (USA)..
MD, MSc, PhD Fellowship in Spine Surgery (USA)..
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(Brazil)
Prof Dr Carmen Vleggeert-Lankamp
She is a Neurosurgeon, who is specialized in spine care....
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(Netherlands)
Dr Petr Vachata
He is the Head of Spine Center, Masaryk Hospital in Usti nad Labem....
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(Czech republic)
Mr. Ahmed Ibrahim
He is an innovative complex spine neurosurgeon at Imperial College Healthcare Trust, London
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(Great Britain)
Dr Hani Mhaidli
Associate Professor of Clinical Orthopedic Surgery Las Palmas Spain. Past...
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(Spain)
Dr Mohamed Armouty
Professor of Neurosurgery at Duke University. He is Spine fellowship Co-Director. He completed...
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(Jordan)
Dr Sultan AlKalbani
BSH | MD Sultan Qaboos University | Oman medical speciality board | Spine fellowship - UK | Eurospine Basic and Advanced Diploma.
(Oman)
Dr Khalifa Alghafri
Consultant orthopedic and spine surgeon Visiting consultant at Shifa and Hayat hospitals Muscat, Oman.
(Oman)
Dr Ahmed Shawky
MHBA Head of the department of spinal deformities...
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(Germany)
Dr Waseem Aziz
Consultant Neurosurgeon. Hybrid Cerebrovascular, Skull Base, Spine Neurosurgeon
(UAE)
Dr Nader Hebelah
Staff Physician in the Neurological Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, who specializes in spinal...
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(UAE) Dr Marcus Head
Consultant Spine surgeon working in Mediclinic Parkview Hospital specialising in MIS and endoscopic surgery.
(UK)
Dr Rami Salameh
Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon He is UK-trained Consultant Orthopedic...
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(UAE)
Dr Kaled Faraj
Consultant orthopedic surgeon with great knowledge in his field. He has performed more...
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(UAE)
Dr Michael, Antony Louis Rex
Consultant Orthopaedic Spine surgeon at the American Hospital in Dubai. He completed...
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(UAE) Dr Mohamed Khattab
Professor of Orthopedics and Spine Surgery, Ain Shams University, AO Spine Chairperson Egypt
(Egypt)
Dr Waleed Hekal
He has a special interest in spinal deformities in both children and adults....
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(UAE) Dr Aseem Alhaj
He is a German Board Certified Neuro Surgeon and did his neurosurgical residency....
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(UAE) Dr. Sandesh Lakkol
He has over 18 years of UK experience and is a fellowship-trained Consultant.....
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(UAE) Dr Nikola Jevtić
Nikola Jevtić is the founder of Scolio Center in Novi Sad and a physiotherapist .....
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(Serbia)
Mr Gerald Huesh
is a renowned Global Leadership Expert and architect of LEAD21, the....
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(Germany) Dr Alex Thabane
A writer, methodologist, and Ph.D. Candidate at McMaster University researching the science of creativity.
(Canada)
Dr Mason Alnori
Spine Consultant at Al Jalila Children's Specialty Hospital, ....
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(UAE) AO SYC Members
Deya AlWady
(Jordan)
Angelica Arce Zuñiga
(Mexico)
Sabir Khan Khattak
(Pakistan)
Guna Pratheep
(India)
Kaushik Simha Haravu Ramprasad
(India)
Doria Crismaruc
(Romania)
Irina Turtureanu
(Romania)
Maria Mădălina Ancuța
(Romania)