Faculty

Director. Orthopaedic Spine Service at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center. Assistant Clinical Professor, Departments of Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery, UCSF

Spine Consultant at Al Jalila Children’s Specialty Hospital, Fellowship in Pediatric Orthopaedics at the IWK Health Centre in Halifax, Canada, and Clinical fellowship at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in Manchester, UK

is a renowned Global Leadership Expert and architect of LEAD21, the world’s most effective leadership and transformation system. He has trained over 28,000 leaders in 30+ countries, guiding organizations with a combined responsibility of €508 billion.

Nikola Jevtić is the founder of Scolio Center in Novi Sad and a physiotherapist and kinesiotherapy specialist with extensive experience in the treatment of scoliosis and spinal deformities. Dr. Jevtić holds a Master’s degrees in Physical Education and Physiotherapy, he has dedicated his career to non-surgical spinal rehabilitation, helping both children and adults improve their posture and quality of life. Dr Jevtić is also a member of several prestigious international professional associations, including SOSORT (Society on Scoliosis Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Treatment), IRSSD(International Research Society of Spinal Deformities), and EuroSpine.

He is the Head of Spine Center, Masaryk Hospital in Usti nad Labem
Dpt. of Neurosurgery, J. E. Purkyně University and Masaryk Hospital, Usti nad Labem
Dpt. of Neurosurgery, Faculty Hospital in Pilsen, Charles University in Prague.
Board member of CSRS-E and Corporate Sponsoring Officer.
Board member of the Czech Spine Surgery Society.

He is one of the pioneers of Minimally Invasive Spinal surgery and Artificial Disc replacement in India. His special interests are Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery, Deformity Correction, Artificial Disc Replacement, etc.
He is the Chief of Mumbai Spine Scoliosis & Disc Replacement Centre, Mumbai. He is a consultant spine surgeon at major hospitals –Breach Candy, Bombay, HN Reliance & Saifee Hospitals in Mumbai.

MD, PhD Associate Professor of Clinical Orthopedic Surgery Las Palmas Spain.
Past President of Association of Iberian and Latin American Spine(SILACO) Past President of the Spanish Spine Society. CO-Chairman of deformity Committee of the North American Spine Society. Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) Board of directors 2016-2018.

He is an innovative complex spine neurosurgeon at Imperial College Healthcare Trust, London, where he serves as the lead surgeon for both neuro and orthopedic spine. As an honorary clinical senior lecturer (associate professor) at Imperial College London, he leads a cutting-edge neural stem cell research lab. Renowned for his expertise in cervical spine surgery, Mr. Ibrahim is a leader in minimally invasive spine techniques, specializing in robotic surgery and spinal navigation. He is also a national proctor in the UK for spinal endoscopy.

She is a Neurosurgeon, who is specialized in spine care. She has a long list of scientific publications and invited guest lectures. She is actively involved in spinal teaching, supervises multiple PhD trajectories, and is involved in spine training programs of the EANS, CSRS and EuroSpine. She is the past president of CSRS Europe and member of the board of Eurospine. She and her research team have received several research prizes, including the Mario Boni Award in 2010 and 2019, EuroSpine research grant in 2012 and 2024, the International Society for the Study of Lumbar Spine (ISSLS) prize in 2013, the North American Spine Society (NASS) grant in 2014, the EuroSpine award in 2014, and the CSRS Best Paper Award in 2018.

MD, Professor
*Chief of Spine Division，Rui Jin Hospital
Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
*Director of SMISS-AP
*Reginal Trustee of AO Foundation

President, SMISS AP Vice President
Chief, Spine Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Wakakusa Daiichi Hospital

Australian-trained Adult and Paediatric Neurosurgeon. He completed a prestigious AO fellowship in Complex Spine Surgery at the Toronto Western Hospital in Canada. Having extensive surgical expertise in cranial, spinal and peripheral nerve surgery, he regularly provides presentations and training to other Surgeons nationally and internationally.

He has over 18 years of UK experience and is a fellowship-trained Consultant Spine Surgeon specializing in adult and pediatric spinal surgery.
He is trained at top London institutions, including King’s College and Great Ormond Street, he holds UK Board Certification (CCT) in Trauma & Orthopaedics.

He is a German Board Certified Neuro Surgeon and did his neurosurgical residency at Hannover Medical School and at Clemenshospital Münster (Academic Hospital of Münster University). He worked also as a specialist Neurosurgeon in Clemenshospital Münster and then as a consultant Neurological Spine surgeon at the Spine clinic in Helios Seehospital Sahlenburg where he performed complex spinal interventions in the whole spectrum of spinal surgery. Dr. Alhaj was awarded the Master Certificate in Spine Surgery from the German Spine Society (DWG), which is awarded to only around 500 physicians throughout Germany for their experience and quality in spinal surgery. He was also awarded the Spine Diplomas from EUROSPINE and EANS (European Association of Neurosurgical Societies). He is a member of the German Spine Society (DWG), EUROSPINE Society, and EANS (European Association of Neurosurgical Societies). Dr Aeseem’s extensive academic training combined with his surgical expertise and experience is why he’s considered one of the best spine surgeons in Dubai.

He has a special interest in spinal deformities in both children and adults. He has vast experience in pediatric and adult spine surgery, balloon kyphoplasty for insufficiency vertebral fractures, minimally invasive spine surgeries and nerve root blocks. He also has an interest in degenerative lumbar and cervical spine disorders.

Consultant Orthopaedic Spine surgeon at the American Hospital in Dubai. He completed his training and fellowship in the UK and worked as a consultant at the Prestigious Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS foundation trust. His interests in complex spine surgery and scoliosis.
He was AO Spine Education officer for UK and Examiner for the FRCS Orthopedic examination. Qualifications DNB, FRCS Ed.,M.med.Sci (UK), FRCS T&O, CCT-UK.”

He is the Edwin M. Todd/Trent H. Wells, Jr. Professor of Neurosurgery at USC Spine Center and is known internationally for his expertise in spinal oncology, minimally invasive spine surgery, and spinal deformity/revision spine surgeries. He is the current chair of NASS International, and he is also a steering committee member of the AO Degen Knowledge Forum and the Global Spine Congress.”

MHBA Head of the department of spinal deformities Helios Klinikum Erfurt, Germany European Surgical Spine Center of Excellence, AOSpine Center Medical DWG Zentrum der Maximalversorgung Professor of Orthopedics and Trauma, Assiut University, Egypt

MD, Spine Surgeon at Swedish Medical Center, Orthopedic Surgery Specialist in Seattle, WA and has over 40 years of experience in the medical field. Dr. Chapman has extensive experience in Spine Disorders & Surgical Procedures.

Consultant Orthopedic Spine Surgeon, Kuwait. Canadian Board Certified and Fellowship Trained Spine Surgeon Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Past Chairperson of AOSpine Gulf Past Chairperson of AOSpine Middle East Past Program Director of Kuwaiti Board of Orthopaedic Residency Training Program, KUWAIT Current Chairman of Faculty of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kuwait Institute for Medical Specialization, KUWAIT

Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon He is UK-trained Consultant Orthopedic and Spine Surgeon, an active member of the British Scoliosis Society. He graduated from the University of Jordan with MBBS degree in 2005. He completed his residency program and has an Arab Board in Orthopedic Surgery. He completed his membership of the Royal College of Surgeons – Ireland. Dr Rami had his Spine Surgery training at the University of Nottingham, UK and became a Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Consultant orthopedic surgeon with great knowledge in his field. He has performed more than fifteen thousand successful surgeries in Canada, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates, in addition to his participation in many international conferences on orthopedic and spine medicine in many countries. He has a special interest in major and complex spine surgery, prosthetic joint replacement surgery, and in the treatment of a variety of sports injuries. Dr. Khaled specializes in spinal surgery, and his experience includes spinal injuries in adults and children, surgery for spinal tumors, infections, degeneration and retreatment, sports medicine and major bone reconstruction surgeries, as well as the treatment of major traumatic injuries.

Consultant Neurological and Spine Surgeon / Chief of Neurosurgery. An active member of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) in the USA and the North American Spine Society.

Staff Physician in the Neurological Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, who specializes in spinal surgery with a focus on adult degenerative disease and spinal tumor surgery. Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Hebela was an Associate Partner at Brielle Orthopedics, Brick, New Jersey, US and New Jersey Spine and Orthopedic, Millburn, New Jersey, US. Previously, he served as Staff Spine Surgeon at the Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center, where he oversaw the Spine Surgery Program for southeastern Pennsylvania and Delaware, encompassing four local Veterans Affairs hospitals.

Professor of Neurosurgery at Duke University. He is Spine fellowship Co-Director. He completed his residency and spine fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School. He specializes in minimally-invasive spine surgery, including endoscopic and awake spine surgery.

Consultant Spinal Neurosurgeon
MD, MSc, PhD Fellowship in Spine Surgery (USA), Post doctorate in Spinal Neurosurgery (USA), Adjunct Professor in the Mohammed Bin Rashed University (MBRU) and in the
Gulf Medical University (GMU) – UAE

Consultant Neurosurgeon and spine surgeon at the Medical International Specialist Centre

Board of Orthopedics, Diploma in spine surgery, Orthopedic spine consultant, Head of Orthopedic Department Fujairah hospital.

M.D., FEBOT, FACS Head of Department of Orthopedics and Neurosurgery at Mediclinic Abu Dhabi Adjunct Professor of Orthopedics at the Khalifa University Abu Dhabi UAE Associate Professor of Orthopedics at the Lebanese University

Chief of Neurosurgery, Assistant Professor, Consultant Neurosurgeon (FRCS(SN), MSc, CCST) Tawam- Fellowships open/endoscopic skull base (UK , France, Canada) Neuroncology (Canada). Chair Skull Base Fellowship Arab Board

Consultant adult & pediatric Spine Surgeon, and the chairman of orthopedic and spine services, at King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh. His main practice involves different aspects of complex spine pathologies. Dr. AlEissa the founding president of Saudi Spine Society and has led the Orthopedic Scientific Council in the SCFHS. He is also a Co-founder of SPINE20 and the current SPINE20 speaker. Dr. AlEissa was awarded King Abdulaziz Medal of Excellence by the order of King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz.

Incoming Professor of Neurosurgery | Vice-Chair for International Outreach | Director of Spine Technology, Innovation, and Fellowship Programs | Northwestern Medicine

Professor of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosciences, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and Editor in Chief, Journal of Spine Practice

Assistant Prof. at College of Medicine Orthopedic & Spine Surgery Department, Diploma in spine surgery at SanDiego USA , Member at American society for subspecialty spine surgery (SMISS,NASS), AOSPINE ME education Advisor, AOSPINE Iraq council chairman

Orthopedic Spine Surgeon, Royal Private Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq, Arab Board, Orthopedics AOSpine Fellowship, Germany, Switzerland, AOTrauma Fellowship, Germany European Arthroplasty Fellowship, Germany, Eurospine Diploma, France AOSpine Chairperson Iraq Chapter, AOSpine Regional Faculty AOSpine Mentorship, USA

Orthopedic and Endoscopic Engineer, Greater Barcelona Metropolitan area. He is board-certified (German Board, Berlin) and fellowship-trained Orthopedic Spine Surgeon specialized in Endoscopic and minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, particularly in outpatient Spine surgery.

Pioneered minimally invasive oblique approach to lumbar spine (OLIF): First centre to start OLIF surgery in the city of Mumbai and state of Maharashtra, Started the minimally invasive spine surgery (MIS) in 2016 and since then, performed more than 1500 MIS surgeries., Currently, performing above 300 spine procedures per year including complex cervical, MIS surgeries and degenerative spine surgery. Instrumental in developing the MIS spine set up in spine unit with all in-house facilities and equipment to perform MIS and endoscopic spine surgery. Presently, working as unit head of spine and managing a team of 5 doctors which treats more than 300 spine cases per week from all over India. Instrumental in starting evidence based approach to spine in the spine unit. DNB (Diplomate of National Board of Examination) faculty and examiner for teaching and training postgraduate orthopaedic students in clinical and surgical skills. Spine fellowship coordinator and mentor. Spine unit is a recognised fellowship centre by Minimally invasive society of India (MISSAB). Course Convener -Bombay Spine Society Minimally Invasive Spine Course -2022 Course Convener- Basic spine course ,66th Annual conference of India orthopaedic society ,Goa ,2021. Course Convener – First ever Live porcine anterior approach & OLIF Spine workshop for South East Asia. Part of Asia Pacific Spine society + Bombay Spine Society Operative Course 2020 Executive Member, ASSI (Association of Spine surgeons of India) (2021-2023) Executive Member, BSS (Bombay spine society) (2021-2024) North American Spine Society research award 2021 -“Prospective randomized control pilot study to compare the role of injection Cerebrolysin in operated cases of Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy” AO Spine Indian subcontinent Council Delegate (2021- 2024) Organising secretory -SMISS-AP(Society of minimally invasive spine surgery /Asia Pacefic) -2025.

Head of Neurosurgery, Hospital Lusíadas Porto Senior Consultant in Neurosurgery, Centro Hospitalar de Gaia Espinho, Treasurer, CSRS-E. Co-Chairman, International Academy of Spine, Board of Directors, ISASS. Deputy Editor, International Journal of Spine Surgery.

Professor at Spine Center, Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, Deputy Editor of Global Spine Journal College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea Deputy Editor of Neurospine.

Orthopedic spine surgeon; head of an interdisciplinary spine team in Erlangen (Bavaria, Germany); scientific focus on osteoporotic fractures; Chair of the AO Spine Research Commission; President elect of the German Spine Society (DWG).

MD, Department of Orthopedics, Boston Medical Ctr, Boston University Director of Spine & Fellowship programs Founding president of Society for Progress & Innovations for the Near East; Founding President of S.P.I.N.E Founding President of Workerscompcare Group.

Distinguished University Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery at McMaster University. He holds a Canada Research Chair in Surgical Innovation, and has published over 1100 papers in his career. He’s is the recipient of Canada’s highest honor, the Order of Canada and among the highest cited surgeons in the world.

Professor of Orthopedics at the University of Washington with a Clinical Practice at Harborview Medical Center a Practice Solely Devoted to Spine Surgery.

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

Organizing & Scientific Committee

Dr. Sameh Abolfotouh

Dr. Omar Alnori

Dr. Faisal Konbaz

Dr. Waleed Awwad

Dr. Nayef Bin Dajim

Dr. Muzahem Taha

Advisory board members

Dr. Dan Riew

Dr. Jeffrey Wang

Faculty speakers

Dr. Jeffrey Wang

Dr. Omar Alnori

Dr. Faisal Konbaz

Dr. Waleed Awwad

Dr. Nayef Bin Dajim

Dr. Muzahem Taha

Dr. Jeffrey Wang

AO SYC Members

Faculty

Organizing & Scientific Committee

Dr. Sameh Abolfotouh

Dr. Omar Alnori

Dr. Faisal Konbaz

Dr. Waleed Awwad​

Dr. Nayef Bin Dajim​

Dr. Muzahem Taha​

Advisory board members

Dr. Dan Riew

Dr. Jeffrey Wang

Faculty speakers

Dr. Jeffrey Wang

Dr. Omar Alnori

Dr. Faisal Konbaz

Dr. Waleed Awwad​

Dr. Nayef Bin Dajim​

Dr. Muzahem Taha​

Dr. Jeffrey Wang

AO SYC Members

Dr. Waleed Awwad

Dr. Nayef Bin Dajim

Dr. Muzahem Taha

Dr. Waleed Awwad

Dr. Nayef Bin Dajim

Dr. Muzahem Taha