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 L.  ALVES

<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,...

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 L.  ALVES

<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,...

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
Ali Baaj

<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...

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
Christian Morgenstern

<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...

Spain
Abhay Nene

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='6365'>ABHAY NENE

Senior Consultant Spine Surgery at Lilavati and Candy hospital.

India
Markus Loibl

<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...

Germany
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
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
Manabu Ito

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='6435'>MANABU ITO

Director, National Hospital Organization Hokkaido Medical Center, Sapporo, Japan Chairperson of AOSpine International Education Committee

Japan
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
ABDULRAZZAQ  AL-OBAID

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='5365'>ABDULRAZZAQ 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
Sultan Aldebeyan

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

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

Saudi Arabia
SALAHADDEEN Khalifah

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='6138'>SALAHADDEEN KHALIFAH

Orthopedic Spine Scoliosis Surgery Consultant

Saudi Arabia
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
Rami Salameh

<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...

United Arab Emirates
Mohamed Al Hantoobi

<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...

United Arab Emirates
Khaled Aneiba

<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,...

United Kingdom
Gopal Krishna

<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....

India
Sherief Elsayed

<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...

United Kingdom
Marcus Head

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='6492'>MARCUS HEAD

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

United Kingdom
Abdelkader Hamad

<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...

United Arab Emirates
Mohamed El-Sharkawi

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='5425'>MOHAMED EL-SHARKAWI

Professor of Orthopedics, Assiut University.

Egypt
Mohamed Armouti

<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...

Jordan
Joseph El Khalil

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='6547'>JOSEPH EL KHALIL

Orthopedic spine surgeon and Chief medical officer of the Lebanese Hospital university

Lebanon
Mohamed Alasha

<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,...

United Arab Emirates
Sami Aleissa

<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...

Saudi Arabia
Tarek Sunna

<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....

Qatar
Ahmed Al Jahwari

<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...

Oman
Waleed Hekal

<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...

United Arab Emirates
Imad Hashim

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='5373'>IMAD HASHIM

Consultant Neurosurgeon and spine surgeon at the Medical International Specialist Centre

United Arab Emirates
Sultan AlKalbani

<TRP-POST-CONTAINERDATA-TRP-POST-ID='5395'>SULTAN ALKALBANI

BSH | MD Sultan Qaboos University | Oman medical speciality board | Spine fellowship - UK | Eurospine...

Oman
Sandesh Lakkol

<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...

United Arab Emirates
Nicandro Figueiredo

<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...

Brazil
Wael Al-Samak

<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.

United Arab Emirates
Rudolf Bertagnoli

<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...

Austria

AO SYC Members

Angélica Arce Stanković

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

Mexico
Kaushik Simha Haravu Ramprasad

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

India
Doria Crișmaruc

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

Romania
Irina Turtureanu

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

Romania
Maria-Mădălina Ancuța

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

Romania
Youssef Ahdi Sawiris

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

Egypt
Helmi Abdalbari

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

United Arab Emirates
Mohamed Elhassan

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

United Arab Emirates
Bandar Alzahrani

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

Saudi Arabia
Aurelis Caridad

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

Dominican Republic
Yazan Wardeh

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

United Arab Emirates
Khaled Elsousi

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

United Arab Emirates
Hava-Nur Celik

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

Germany
Shuhei Iwata

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

United States
Mohamed Emara

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

United Arab Emirates
Layan Albraik

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

Saudi Arabia
Mehdi Meddeb

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

Tunisia
Matei Ioan Baltac

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

Romania
Sara Jafleh

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

United Arab Emirates