Prof. Dr. Abdulfattah Saoud

Education Committee / Web Site Manage

Professor of Orthopaedic and Spine Surgery Ain Shams University Egypt

PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name: Abdelfattah Mohammed Fathy Saoud

Date & Place of Birth 12– 03-1967, Cairo, Egypt

Tel. Number: +202 402-5982 Mobile: +201 22188086
Clinic : 02 2913992
E mail : saoudam@hotmail.com
Website : www.egyptspine.com
Address: 13 Mohammed Talaat Salem Street, First district,
Nasr City, Cairo

Nationality Egyptian

Marital Status: Married with one child

EDUCATION: Primary School – Doha, Qatar
Preparatory School – Cairo, Egypt
High School – Doha, Qatar

Languages: Arabic and English (fluent: written and spoken)

QUALIFICATIONS:
December 1990 M.B.Bch. College of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Distinction
(Honors)
November 1994 M.Sc., Orthopedic Surgery, Ain Shams University, Very Good
Dissertation on Fractures of the Pelvic Ring
April 1999 MD, PhD, Orthopedic Surgery, College of Medicine, Ain Shams
University
M.D,Ph.D. Thesis on Surgical Treatment of Pelvic Ring Fractures

 

MEMBERSHIP OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SOCIETIES
Apr 1992 to date Member of Egyptian Orthopedic Association
1994 – 2003 Associate Member of SICOT (La Societe International de Chirurgie
Orthopedique et de Traumatologie
Feb 2003 to date Full Member of SICOT
Jan 2005-2009  Elected member of the World Spine  Society
May 2008    Founding Executive Committee member , World Spinal Column Society
February 2009  Elected secretary, World Spinal Column Society
October 2009  Elected member of the North American Spine society
May 2010 –March 2013   Treasurer, World Spinal Column Society

March 2013-May 2014   Vice president, President elect,World Spinal Column Society
May 2014 till date   President, World Spinal Column Society

March 2007 till date: founding member, Institutional Review Board (Ethical committee), faculty of medicine, Ain Shams university

November 2013 till date: Director, Office of International Scientific Relations, Ain Shams University faculty of Medicine

 

POSITIONS AND CLINICAL EXPERIENCES HOME

June 2009 till date   Professor, Orthopedic and Spine Surgery, Ain Shams University
July 2004 to June 2009 Associate Professor, Orthopedic and spine Surgery, Ain Shams University
Jan 2004 to August 2006 Director of Orthopedic Surgery unit, Sheikh Zayed Hospital, 6th  October City (200 beds)
Jan 2000 to Jan 2011  Consultant, Orthopedic and Spine Surgery, Red Crescent Trauma and Orthopedic Center (400 beds), Cairo, Egypt
Mar 2000 to Aug 2012 Consultant, Orthopedic and spine surgery, Nasser Institute
for Surgeries and Research (600 beds), Cairo, Egypt
July 2004 – Jan 2005 Visiting Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Faculty of
Medicine, Misr University for Science and Technology
Feb 2003 – July 2004 Visiting Lecturer of Orthopedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Misr
University for Science and Technology
1999 to date Consultant, Orthopedic and Spine Surgery, Demerdash Teaching
Hospital, Cairo, Egypt
Consultant, Orthopedic and Spine Surgery, Ain Shams University
Specialized Hospital .
July 1999 –July 2004 Lecturer / Assistant Professor, Orthopedic Surgery, Ain Shams
University hospitals
1995 – June 1999 Assistant Lecturer, Orthopedic Surgery and Senior Registrar, Ain
Shams University
Mar 1992 – Oct 1995 Resident, Orthopedic Surgery, Ain Shams University Hospitals
Mar 1991- Mar 1992 Internship, Ain Shams University Hospitals

 

CLINICAL TRAINING HOME AND ABROAD
Jan – Mar 1993 Clinical training in the Department of Spine Surgery, Petie-Salpetrier
Hospital, Paris, France
May and July 1997 Clinical training on the physical rehabilitation of Orthopedic patients, limb salvage operations, artificial limbs application and Biomechanics,
University of Munster, Germany
Feb 1997 Clinical training on T.H.R. especially KENT Hip and on Total Knee
Replacement (T.K.R.) especially on MAIDSTONE Knee and on STOSSEL
Ankle replacement with the inventor of these devices, Mr. Cliff Stossel in
Maidstone General Hospital, United Kingdom.
Feb 1997 Short course of training on T.H.R,T.K.R, Nuffield Orthopedic Center, U.K.
Mar – May 1997 Clinical training on the Management of Pelvic Ring Fractures and Total Hip Replacement (T.H.R.), Florence Nightingale Hospital, Düsseldorf,
Germany
July 1999 Hands-on course on Arthroscopic Knee Surgery in the University of Essen
Germany
Nov 2003 Cadaveic course of Cleveland Clinic Foundation on different exposures
and fixation techniques of cervical, thoracic and lumbosacral spine
held in conjunction with Aegean Spine Review Course, Aege University,
Izmir, Turkey
June 2005 Advanced shoulder live surgery course directed by Dr. Lafosse, Annecy,
France
March 2007 Training on the duties and function of Institutional Research Committees
(Research ethics committees) run by University of Maryland , USA

 

 

CONFERENCES , INTERNATIONAL COURSES & INTERNATIONAL POSITIONS HELD
 

November 1993 – 2007 International Congresses of Orthopedics and Traumatology of Egyptian Orthopedic Association (EOA)

September 1996 International Course on Total Knee Replacement, (under Supervision of Prof. Whiteside and Prof. Polyzoids, USA), Aim Shams University.

November 1996 Basic course of A O, Cairo, Egypt .

November 1997 The Course of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, Cairo, Egypt.

March 1997 The National Meeting of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgeons, Düsseldorf,
Germany.

February-March 2001 The Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopedic
Surgeons, San Francisco, USA .

May 2001 The International Hip Replacement Meeting and Course, Prague, Czech
Republic

January 2002 The International Meeting and Course on Revision Hip and Knee
replacements, Telfs-Buchen, Austria

September 2002 The Fourth Annual Meeting of the Spine Society of Europe (Euro Spine),
Nantes, France

January 2003 The International Meeting and Course of Revision Hip and Knee
replacements, Telfs-Buchen, Austria,

September  2003 The Second SICOT/SIROT Annual International Conference, Cairo, Egypt,

October 2003 The Fifth Annual Meeting of the Spine Society of Europe (Euro Spine),
Prague, Czech Republic,

November 2003 The Aegean Spine Review Symposium, under the supervision of the
Spine Surgery Department of Cleveland Clinic Foundation, USA, Aege
University, Izmir, Turkey

May 2004 Laboratory Faculty member, Cleveland Clinic Spine Institute Hands-on
spine review and cadaveric spine course, Cleveland, Ohio,USA

September 2004 Speaker and paper submitter, SICOT/SIROT International Orthopedic
meeting, Havana, Cuba

 

November 2004   Founder and Director , first international Egyptspine symposium   

organized in conjunction with The Spine Institute of Cleveland Clinic
International , USA  and The World Spine Society , Misr University for Science and Technology , Giza , Egypt.

January-March  2005 Reviewer for papers and abstracts submitted to the Third World Spine Society meeting, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil .

July 2005 Faculty member ,Plenary talk presenter, paper presenter, Third World
Spine Society International meeting, Rio De Ganeiro, Brazil

July 2005 Faculty member, speaker and Laboratory faculty, Cleveland Clinic
Spine Institute Hands-on spine review and cadaveric spine course,
Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

Nov 2005 Laboratory faculty member, Aegean spine hands-on course, Aege
University, Izmir, Turkey

Jan 2006 Chairman, session moderator and speaker, Arab Health Spine meeting,
Dubai, UAE

Jan 2006 Director, Second International Egyptspine Symposium,
Organized in conjunction with the Cleveland clinic spine Institute
And the World Spine Society.
Sheikh Zayed teaching Hospital , Giza , Egypt.

May 2006 Session chairman, paper presenter,,8th International Spine Conference
Of Ain Shams University.

July 2006 Faculty member, speaker, Cleveland Clinic Spine Institute hands-on
spine course, Cleveland, Ohio

July 2006 Visiting Professor in UPMC (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center) in
both Spine and Sports Medicine departments ,Pennsylvania, USA

July 2006 Member of the program Committee of the fourth international World
Spine Society Meeting to be held in Istanbul ,Turkey ,July 2007

July 2006  External assessor for promotion to the job of  Professor of Neurosurgery and Spine surgery, University of Wisconsin –Madison, Wisconsin, USA

October 2006 The annual meeting of the Spine Society of Europe
(EuroSpine),Istanbul,Turkey.

March,2007 Reviewer,Journal of Pediatric Neurology(JPN)

March 2007 Speaker and paper presenter , 9 th International Spine Conference
Of Ain Shams University.

June 2007    External assessor for promotion to the job of Associate professor of Orthopaedic surgery , Universiti Sains Malaysia , Pulau Pinang , Malaysia .

July ,2007 Speaker faculty,Cleveland Clinic Spine review and Hands-On Course,
Cleveland , Ohio,USA

July 2007      Elected Executive Committee member , World Spine Society.

July 2007      Elected Scientific Program Chairman , World Spine Society Fifth   
International meeting due to be held in February 2009, Sydney ,
Australia.

July 2007      Session Chairman and moderator , Cervical and Lumbar trauma session,
World Spine Society Fourth International meeting,Istanbul, Turkey, July
2007.

 July 2007      Session Chairman and moderator, Pain therapy & injections session ,
World Spine Society Fourth International meeting,Istanbul, Turkey, July
2007.
July 2007      Speaker Faculty , Spinal infections symposium , World Spine Society 
Fourth International meeting,Istanbul, Turkey, July 2007.

August 2007  Founder , Director, speaker, faculty, First Egyptian Spine hands-on
Course (Egyptspine2007),organized as joint sponsorship event with the
Cleveland Clinic Spine Institute and World Spine Society, Cairo , Egypt.

August  2007  Elected Chairman of Education Committee , World Spine Society

October 2007  Elected member of Institution review board ( IRB) ( Research Ethical
Committee) of Ain Shams university school of medicine

November 2007  Chairman, program committee meeting for World Spine V meeting,
Sydney,Australia

November 2007  Internet based training course on the protection of human research
Subjects by the collaborative IRB training initiative (CITI) program
In collaboration with the university of Maryland ,Maryland , USA

December 2007  Invited speaker , the quarterly meeting of the spine group of the
Egyptian Neuro-surgical Society ( Two talks : _Biomechanics of
Lumbo-sacral spine. _Lumbar pedicle screws: Techniques and
Pitfalls.

December 2007  Visiting consultant orthopaedic surgeon to teach by live surgery ,
the approaches and fixation of complex pelvic ring and Acetabular
fractures , El Sahel teaching hospital , Ministry of Health , Cairo , Egypt

January 2008     The scientific workshop on Medical Research Ethics in Arab Countries
Organized by  : The Arab Society of Medical Research , National
Research Center , Cairo , Egypt. December 30th- January 2nd.
(Official training on the Research Ethics Committees functions lead by trainers qualified from  the University of Maryland , Baltimore , USA.)

January 2008    Invited Plenary speaker on the Biomechanics of lumbo sacral Spine   
and  Lumbo Sacral Implants , The First International Mckenzie®
Musculo Skeletal excercises course in Africa , organized by the
department of Physical medicine of Naser Institute for Research and
Treatment in collaboration with the Egyptian Syndicate for Physical
Medicine , Naser Institute for Research and treatment , Cairo , Egypt. 

January 2008    External examiner for Masters (MSc )degree essay in Orthopaedic
Surgery , Qasr El Aini School of Medicine , Cairo University , Cairo , Egypt.

January 2008  Member of the Academic Committee of the World Spine
Fellowship Program.

March 2008    Secretary general, treasurer, the tenth international spine meeting
of the orthopaedic department of Ain shams University

April 2008       Speaker faculty , 5th International Deformity meeting of the Egyptian Orthopaedic association,

May 2008     The second Spine week ( Euro Spine combined meeting) , Geneva , Switzerland.

May 2008    Combined meeting of the Board of directors and executive committee
members of the World Spine Society , Geneva , Switzerland.

May 2008   Founding member , World Spinal Column Society.

July 2008     Speaker faculty , Cleveland clinic spine institute hands-on course,
Cleveland Clinic , Cleveland , Ohio , USA

July-August 2008   Speaker faculty , the first European Spine Review and hands-on
course , Crete , Greece.

November 2008   Director , Third Egyptspine symposium, . Held in Ain Shams University, in collaboration with Arthroplastydepartment and Spine Institute,  Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland ,Ohio, USA.

November 2008    Speaker faculty, Session VII moderator, the international meeting on spinal tumors, University hospital of Gran Canaria Dr. Negrin , Las Palmas de Gran Canaria , Spain

December 2008   Founding member,board of directors , World spinal column Society

December 2008    Director, Education and Meetings, World Spinal Column Society

December 2008 Till date  Reviewer and scientific referee, Journal of paediatric neurology

December 2008 Till date  Reviewer and scientific referee, Journal of Paediatric Biochemistry

December 2008 Till date  Reviewer and scientific referee, Journal of paediatric neuroradiology

January 2009 till date   Reviewer and scientific referee, Eastern Journal of Medicine

January 2009 till date  Reviewer and scientific referee, Journal of bone and joint surgery, British volume

February 2009      The meeting of board of directors of the World Spinal column
Society, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

February 2009      Elected Secretary, World Spinal Column Society during the meeting
of the board of directors , Las Vegas , Nevada, USA

February 2009      The annual meeting of the American academy of orthopaedic
Surgeons, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

February 2009      The meeting of board of directors of the World Spinal Column Society, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

April 2009     Speaker faculty, the 6th International deformity meeting of the Egyptian Orthopaedic Association, Cairo , Egypt

April 2009  Elected member of the international education Committee, North American Spine Society, NASS

June 2009  Poster presenter,  The 5th International Conference on Children’s Bone Health, Cambridge University, United Kingdom

June 2009  Poster presenter , the Annual Meeting of the British Orthopaedic Research Society, Newcastle university-Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, United Kingdom.

July 2009    Speaker faculty , Cleveland Clinic Spine Institute hands-on course, Cleveland Clinic , Cleveland , Ohio , USA

August-September 2009 : Podium presenter , XIV World Congress of Neurological Surgery of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies, Boston, USA

October 2009  Elected member of North American Spine Society

November 2009   Speaker faculty & lab faculty , Cervical Spine review course and hands-On workshop, University of Thessalia, Thessaloniki, Greece

December 2009 Speaker faculty, The first Qatar Health International Conference,Doha, Qatar

March 2010 till date, Reviewer, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, British volume (Reviewed 6 papers for the jounal since this date)

May 2010   Chairman, Scientific Program Committee, the fifth International meeting of the World spinal column Society WSV, Santorini, Greece

May 2010  speaker, 4 sessions moderator, the fifth International meeting of the World spinal column Society WSV, Santorini, Greece

May 2010  Director, speaker faculty, World Spine 2010 hands-on cadaveric spine course, Greece

May 2010  invited faculty, the international meeting of Pan Arab orthopaedic Association, Casablanca, Morocco

May 2010  Treasurer elect, World spinal column Society

July 2010  Speaker faculty , Cleveland Clinic Spine Institute hands-on course, Cleveland Clinic , Cleveland , Ohio , USA

August 2010 Speaker faculty member, The Third Aegean spine hands-on course, Dukoz Aylul university, Izmir, Turkey

November 2010 : speaker and session chairman, the annual meetng of the Egyptian Orthopaedic association

April 2011    Invited plenary speaker and session chairman, international meeting on spinal stenosis, lecce, Italy

May 2011  European congress on osteoporosis and osteoarthritis, Valencia, Spain

May 2011   Faculty, workshop on editing international publications organized by Lilly pharmaceutical, Istanbul, turkey

July 2011  Speaker faculty , Cleveland Clinic Spine Institute hands-on course, Cleveland Clinic , Cleveland , Ohio , USA

November 2011 : speaker and session chairman, the annual meeting of the Egyptian Orthopaedic association

February 2012      The annual meeting of the American academy of orthopaedic
Surgeons, San Francisco, California, USA

May 2012   The meeting of European Calcified Tissues Society, Stockholm, Sweden

July 2012  Speaker faculty , Cleveland Clinic Spine Institute hands-on course, Cleveland Clinic , Cleveland , Ohio , USA

November 2012 : speaker and session chairman, the annual meeting of the Egyptian Orthopaedic association

February-March 2013  Speaker faculty, the 13th annual international meeting of the Brazilian Spine Society, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

July 2013  Speaker faculty , Cleveland Clinic Spine Institute hands-on course, Cleveland Clinic , Cleveland , Ohio , USA

January 2014  Speaker faculty, 2nd International Cervical Spine review course and hands-On workshop, University of Thessalia, Thessaloniki, Greece

April 2014   Speaker Faculty, International Hands On course of Pelvis and Acetabulum, Cairo, Egypt

May 2014  Scientific program director, World Spine 6, Montego Bay , Jamaica

May 2014   Speaker Faculty, Cleveland Spine review Jamaica

 

PUBLICATIONS

1• Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion in Spondylolytic Spondylolisthesis – Pan Arab Journal of Orthopedic Trauma, Vol. (4) / No. (1) January 2000-29

2• Tranexamic Acid (Cyclokapron) reduces perioperative blood loss in patients
undergoing total hip Arthroplasy. Egyptian Journal of Intensive Care, Vol. 5, No. 2,
September 2000

3• Posterior wall Acetabular Fractures – clinical outcome of Surgical treatment, Egyptian Orthopedic Journal, Vol. 36, Nol. 1, January 2001

4• The management of congenital pseudoarthrosis of tibia by segment transfer using
Ilizarov external fixator device, Elazhar Faculty of Medicine for Girls Scientific Journal,
May 2003.

5• Patellar Denervation in Non-Patellar Resurfacing Total Knee Arthoplasty, Pan Arab
Journal of Orthopedic Trauma, January 2004. Presented orally in Havana, September
2004,International meeting of SICOT.

6• Results of the Use of Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) Cages in Anterior Cervical Interbody Fusion, Egyptian Journal of Neurosurgery, Vol. 18, No. 2, July 2003,Presented orally in
Rio De Ganeiro,July 2005,third International meeting of World Spine Society.

7• Managment of Thoracolumbar Junction Fractures with Accompanying Neurological Injury through Posterior and Posterolateral Approaches, Egyptian Journal of Neurosurgery, Vol. 18, No. 2, July 2003.

8• The Use of Tricalcic Phosphate and Phosphocalcic Hydroxylapatite Biphasic Ceramic mixed with Bone Marrow Aspirate versus Iliac Crest Autograft in Instrumented Posterolateral Inter-transverse Fusion of Lumbo-Sacral Spine, Egyptian Journal of Neurosurgery, Col. 18, No. 2, July 2003, Presented orally in Rio De Ganeiro,July 2005,third International meeting of World Spine Society.

9• Early clinical results of Lumbar Microendoscopic discectomy (MED) : World Spine
Journal WSJ.2006;1(3):166-176- Poster presentation, World Spine Society Fourth International meeting,Istanbul, Turkey, July 2007

_10. Assessment of Instability Following Cervical Laminectomy for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy and its Effect on the Clinical Outcome : World Spine Journal WSJ.2007;2(1) : 22-26. Poster presentation, World Spine Society Fourth International meeting,Istanbul, Turkey, July 2007

11-The Use of Warmed Versus Warmed Buffered Lidocaine as a Local anaesthetic in Knee Arthroscopy : The Egyptian Journal of Intensive Care EJIC ( The official Journal of The Egyptian Society of Intensive Care & Traumatology , Volume 12 , No-1 March 2007.

12–Proximal Raw Carpectomy for Treatment of Stage III Ulna Neutral Variant of Kienbock disease: Egyptian Orthopedic Journal , October 2007

Poster presentation, the international meeting of SICOT, Gotenberg, Sweden, 2010

13- Training Spine Surgeons: A Noble Mission and a Great Joy :Review of a World Spine Society Course in Cairo, Egypt : World Spine Journal WSJ.  Volume 2, issue 4 , October , 2007

14- Reliability of MRI Based Grading of Lumbar Nerve Root Compromise Using Low Field MRI Open Devices: Does it correlate With Intra-operative Findings.
World Spine Journal  WSJ 2008;3(2):76-85
Poster presentation, the international meeting of SICOT, Gotenberg, Sweden, 2010

15- Relation of the Development of Adjacent Segment Degeneration after Two Levels Posterolateral Fusion for Degenerative Lumbar Instability with Preoperative Facet Tropism and Sagittal Alignment at full fusion: World Spinal Column journal WSCJ, Volume 1, Number 1, Page(s) 026-036, 2010

Podium presentation, The international meeting of the World Federation of neurosurgical Societies, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, September 2009

Poster presentation, the international meeting of SICOT, Gotenberg, Sweden, 2010

16- Fibular Graft Versus Segment Transfer in Treatment of Acquired Intercalary Bone Defect using ilizarov External fixator , Egyptian Orthopaedic Journal , Vol. 43,No. 2, October 2008.

Best paper Award,the annual International meeting of the Egyptian Orthopaedic Association

Oral presentation, the international meeting of SICOT, Gotenberg, Sweden, 2010

17- Arthrodiastasis in Treatment of Legg-Calve`-Perthes `Disease : The Scientific
Journal of Al-Azhar Medical Faculty(Girls) , Vol. 29, No. 2, (May) 2008.

Poster presentation , 5th International Conference on Children’s Bone Health
Cambridge University, Cambridge, United Kingdom, June 2009

Poster presentation, the annual meeting of the British Orthopaedic Research Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, United Kingdom, June 2009.

Oral presentation, the international meeting of SICOT, Pattaya, Thailand , November 2009

18- Short Term Results of High Flexion total knee Arthroplasty : The Scientific
Journal of Al-Azhar Medical Faculty(Girls) , Vol. 30, No. 1, (Jan) 2009
Poster presentation, SICOT International meeting, Pattaya, Thailand,2009.

19- The Internal Fixator: A Novel Technique for
Stabilization of Transforaminal Sacral Fractures
as a Part of Pelvic Ring Disruption.
A Preliminary Report.WSCJ Volume 2, Number 1, Page(s) 027-036, 2011

20-Efficacy of preemptive caudal analgesia in single level lumbar spine decompression and fusion surger, WSCJ 3: 71-79,2012
21- Effect of Perioperative Duloxetine on Postoperative pain relief following Anterior Cervical Microdiscectomy and fusion. A Pilot Study: WSCJ 2013 , Volume 4 , Number 2

 

Presentations :

1-Fractures of the pelvic ring , presentation for partial fulfillment of M. Sc. Degree of Orthopaedic surgery , Ain Shams University , Cairo , Egypt , February , 1994.

2-Management of pelvic ring fractures in Egypt ,  The quarterly National meeting of Orthopaedic and Trauma surgeons , Dusseldorf , Germany , March , 1997.

3-Surgical treatment of pelvic ring fractures , Presentation for partial fulfillment of MD, PhD degree of Orthopaedic surgery , Ain Shams University , Cairo , Egypt , June 1998.

4-Patellar denervation in non-resurfacing total knee replacement , pilot study that is designed for the first time in literature for this purpose by the speaker ,
SICOT/SIROT International Orthopedic meeting, Havana, Cuba , September ,
2004.

5- Introduction : The first international Egyptspine symposium organized
In conjunction with The Spine Institute of Cleveland Clinic
International and World Spine Society , Misr University for Science
And Technology , Giza , Egypt , November 2004.

6- Case presentations : The first international Egyptspine symposium organized
In conjunction with The Spine Institute of Cleveland Clinic
International and World Spine Society , Misr University for Science
And Technology , Giza , Egypt , November 2004

7- How long would you fix a dorsolumbar spinal fracture , the first meeting of
Spine Club of Ain shams University, Cairo , Egypt , February 2005.

8-Plenary speaker on Spine care in Egypt , Third World Spine Society
International   meeting, Rio De Ganeiro, Brazil , July 2005.

9- Results of the Use of Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) Cages in Anterior Cervical Interbody Fusion, third International meeting of World Spine Society, Rio De Ganeiro, Brazil , July 2005.

10- The Use of Tricalcic Phosphate and Phosphocalcic Hydroxylapatite Biphasic Ceramic mixed with Bone Marrow Aspirate versus Iliac Crest Autograft in Instrumented Posterolateral Inter-transverse Fusion of Lumbo-Sacral Spine, third International meeting of World Spine Society, Rio De Ganeiro, Brazil,July 2005.

11- Lumbosacral pelvic fixation techniques : Cleveland Clinic Spine Institute Hands-on spine review and cadaveric spine course, Cleveland, Ohio,USA,
July ,2005

12- Pelvic ring fractures fixation via different approaches : The intensive
Course for postgraduate studies , Ain Shams university department of
Orthopaedic Surgery , October 2005

 

13- Case presentations : Aegean spine hands-on course, Aege
University, Izmir, Turkey , November , 2005.

14- Approaches of the Thoracic and Lumbar spinal surgeries : Arab Health
International Spine meeting, Dubai, United Arab Emirates , January , 2006.

15- Introduction : Second International Egyptspine Symposium, Organized in conjunction with the Cleveland Clinic Spine Institute And the World Spine Society. Sheikh Zayed teaching Hospital , Giza , Egypt, January 2006.

16- Case presentaions : Second International Egyptspine Symposium, Organized in conjunction of the Cleveland clinic spine Institute And the World Spine Society. Sheikh Zayed teaching Hospital , Giza , Egypt, January ,2006.

17- Plenary talk on percutaneous lumbar spine fixation : The workshop of The Second International Egyptspine Symposium, Organized in conjunction    of the Cleveland clinic spine Institute And the World Spine Society.

18- Micro-Endoscopic Lumbar discectomy : 8th International Spine Conference Of The Depatment of orthopaedic and Spine Surgery , Ain Shams University. May , 2006.

19- Lumbosacral pelvic fixation techniques : Cleveland Clinic Spine Institute hands-on spine course, Cleveland, Ohio , July , 2006.

20- Intermediate term results of The Use of Tricalcic Phosphate and Phosphocalcic Hydroxylapatite Biphasic Ceramic mixed with Bone Marrow Aspirate versus Iliac Crest Autograft in Instrumented Posterolateral Inter-transverse Fusion of Lumbo-Sacral Spine , 9th International Spine Conference Of The department of Orthopaedic and Spine Surgery , Ain Shams University , March 2007

21- Intermediate term results of the Use of Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) Cages in Anterior Cervical Interbody Fusion ,  9th International Spine Conference Of The department of Orthopaedic and Spine Surgery , Ain Shams University , March 2007

22-Classification of Scoliosis , 4th International Deformity meeting of the Egyptian Orthopaedic association , April 2007.

23- lumbosacral pelvic fixation techniques : Cleveland Clinic Spine review and Hands-On Course, Cleveland , Ohio ,USA , July 2007.

24- Management guidelines of spinal infections : , Spinal infections symposium , World Spine Society Fourth International meeting,Istanbul, Turkey, July 2007.

25-Introduction : , First Egyptian spine hands-on Course(Egyptspine2007) ,organized as joint sponsorship event with the Cleveland Clinic Spine Institute and World Spine Society, Cairo , Egypt ,August 2007.

26- Lumbosacral pelvic fixation techniques : , First Egyptian spine hands-on
Course (Egyptspine2007),organized as joint sponsorship event with the Cleveland Clinic Spine Institute and World Spine Society, Cairo , Egypt ,August 2007.

27- Case presentaions : , First Egyptian spine hands-on
Course (Egyptspine2007),organized as joint sponsorship event with the Cleveland Clinic Spine Institute and World Spine Society, Cairo , Egypt , August 2007.

28- Complication avoidance and management : First Egyptian Spine hands-on
Course (Egyptspine2007),organized as joint sponsorship event with the Cleveland Clinic Spine Institute and World Spine Society, Cairo , Egypt , August 2007.

29- Lumbosacral and pelvic instrumentation techniques : : First Egyptian Spine hands-on Course (Egyptspine2007),organized as joint sponsorship event with the Cleveland Clinic Spine Institute and World Spine Society, Cairo , Egypt , August 2007.

30- Biomechanics of the lumbosacral spine : The quarterly meeting of the spine group of the Egyptian Neurosurgical Society , December , 2007.

31- Lumbosacral and pelvic instrumentations and their pitfalls : The quarterly meeting of the spine group of the Egyptian Neurosurgical Society , December , 2007

32- The Biomechanics of lumbo sacral Spine  and  Lumbo Sacral Implants :
The First International Mckenzie® Musculo Skeletal excercises course in Africa , organized by the department of Physical medicine of Naser Institute for Research and Treatment in collaboration with the Egyptian Syndicate for Physical Medicine , Naser Institute for Research and Treatment , Cairo ,Egypt , January 2008.

33- Introduction and Plenary talk , the tenth International Spine Conference Of The department of Orthopaedic and Spine Surgery , Ain Shams University, March 2008.

34- Assessment of Instability Following Cervical Laminectomy for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy and its Effect on the Clinical Outcome, the tenth International Spine Conference Of The department of Orthopaedic and Spine Surgery , Ain Shams University, March 2008.

35-Neuro-Muscular Scoliosis . 5th International Deformity meeting of the Egyptian Orthopaedic association,April,2008.

36– Lumbo Sacral Pelvic Fixation Techniques : Cleveland Clinic Spine review and Hands-On Course, Cleveland , Ohio ,USA , July 2008

37-Selection of patients for surgery of spinal fusion , where the low back pain come  From : The first European spine review and cadaver hands-on course , University Of Crete department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology in collaboration with The Cleveland Clinic Spine Institute and the World Spine Society , Crete, Greece July-August 2008

38– Dorsal cervical Fixation and Laminoplasty : The first European spine review and  cadaver hands-on course , University Of Crete department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology in collaboration with The Cleveland Clinic Spine Institute and the World Spine Society , Crete, Greece ,July-August 2008.

39– Perioperative pain treatment : The first European spine review and cadaver hands-on course , University Of Crete department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology in collaboration with The Cleveland Clinic Spine Institute and the World Spine Society , Crete, Greece,July-August 2008.

• Lumbo Sacral Pelvic Fixation Techniques :The first European spine review and cadaver hands-on course , University Of Crete department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology in collaboration with The Cleveland Clinic Spine Institute and the World Spine Society , Crete, Greece,July-August 2008.
• Classification of Spinal tumors :  The international meeting on spinal tumors, University hospital of Gran Canaria Dr. Negrin , Las Palmas de Gran Canaria , Spain,November 2008.
• Indications of Operative treatment of Primary and Metastatic Spinal Tumors :

The international meeting on spinal tumors, University hospital of Gran Canaria Dr. Negrin , Las Palmas de Gran Canaria , Spain
43- Neurofibromatosis Scoliosis :  6th International Deformity meeting of the Egyptian Orthopaedic association,April,2009

44- Lumbo Sacral Pelvic Fixation Techniques : Cleveland Clinic Spine review and Hands-On Course, Cleveland , Ohio ,USA , July 2009

45- Relation of the Development of Adjacent Segment Degeneration after Two Levels Posterolateral Fusion for Degenerative Lumbar Instability with Preoperative Facet Tropism and Sagittal Alignment at full fusion.
Podium presentation, The international meeting of the World Federation of neurosurgical Societies, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, September, 2009

46- Psuedoarthrosis after cervical spine fusion, Cervical hands-on course organized by the Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece, November, 2009

47-Laminectomy and laminoforminotomy,surgical techniques pearls and tricks: Cervical hands-on course organized by the Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece, November, 2009

48– Vertebrectomy and vertebral replacement: surgical techniques pearls and tricks:
Cervical hands-on course organized by the Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece, November, 2009

49-Management of Cervical Spine Trauma: The first Qatar Health International Conference, December 2009, Doha, Qatar

50– Management of Thoraco-Lumbar Spine Trauma: The first Qatar Health International Conference, December 2009, Doha, Qatar

51– Thoracolumbar fractures: the fifth International meeting of the World spinal column Society WSV, May 2010, Santorini, Greece

52- Cervical Spondylotic myelopathy; an over view: the fifth International meeting of the World spinal column Society WSV, May 2010, Santorini, Greece

53- Facts and misunderstandings: Adjacent segment degeneration; a reality or sciencefiction?:the fifth International meeting of the World spinal column Society WSV, May 2010, Santorini, Greece

54- Should we stabilize after decompression& how: Lumbar stenosis:laminectomy, fusion , or instrumentation?: the fifth International meeting of the World spinal column Society WSV, May 2010, Santorini, Greece

55- Blood management in spine surgery: World Spine 2010 hands-on cadaveric course of the World spinal column Society, May 2010, larissa, Greece

56- Lumbo-sacral pelvic fixation: World Spine 2010 hands-on cadaveric course of the World spinal column Society, May 2010, larissa, Greece

57- Relation of the Development of Adjacent Segment Degeneration after Two Levels Posterolateral Fusion for Degenerative Lumbar Instability with Preoperative Facet Tropism and Sagittal Alignment at full fusion. Podium presentation, the fifth International meeting of the World spinal column Society WSV, May 2010, Santorini, Greece

58- Lumbo-sacral pelvic fixation:biomechanical and anatomical considerations: Cleveland Clinic Spine review and Hands-On Course, Cleveland , Ohio ,USA , July 2010

59- Lumbo-sacral pelvic fixation: The Third Aegean spine hands-on course, Dukoz Aylul university, August 2010, Izmir, Turkey

60– Lumbar spinal canal stenosis: the international meeting on spinal stenosis , Lecce, Italy. April 2011

61- Lumbo Sacral Pelvic Fixation Techniques : Cleveland Clinic Spine review and Hands-On Course, Cleveland , Ohio ,USA , July 2011

62- Effect of osteoporosis on spinal surgery decision making.  7th International Deformity meeting of the Egyptian Orthopaedic association, April, 2011

63- Osteoporosis management: the annual meeting of the Egyptian Society of Arthroscopy, May 2011

64-Effect of osteoporosis on spinal surgery decision making.  7th International Deformity meeting of the Egyptian Orthopaedic association, June,2012

65- Osteoporosis management: the annual meeting of the Egyptian Society of Arthroscopy, May 2012

65- Lumbo Sacral Pelvic Fixation Techniques : Cleveland Clinic Spine review and Hands-On Course, Cleveland , Ohio ,USA , July 2012

66- Lumbo Sacral Pelvic Fixation Techniques: , the 13th annual international meeting of the Brazilian Spine Society, Sao Paulo, Brazil, February-March, 2013

67- Adjacent segment disease, does it really exist? The 13th annual international meeting of the Brazilian Spine Society, Sao Paulo, Brazil, February-March, 2013

68- Diagnostic value of lumbar facet joint injections: The 13th annual international meeting of the Brazilian Spine Society, Sao Paulo, Brazil, February-March, 2013

69- Lumbo Sacral Pelvic Fixation Techniques : Cleveland Clinic Spine review and Hands-On Course, Cleveland , Ohio ,USA , July 2013

 

SUPERVISION ON M.D.  THESIS

• M.D,Ph.D Thesis on MicroEndoscopic Lumbar Discectomy – successfully defended
,Ferbaury 2006
– M.D,Ph.D Thesis on surgical management of intra-articular fractures around elbow-Succefully defended, March 2010
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•  M.D,Ph.D thesis on Management of Perths’ disease by joint distraction
Methods, successfully defended , August 2008.
•  M.D,Ph.D Thesis on Hyperflexion Total Knee Arthroplasty, successfully defended
, 2009
•  M.D,Ph.D thesis on comparison between single and double rod correction of Idiopathic Scoliotic Deformities: done,  defended October 2010

MD, PhD thesis on surgical management of pelvic ring fractures defended August 2013 successfully

 

• Supervised 40 M.Sc. essays, 35 of which successfully defended on: (some titles)
o Intramedullary fixation of forearm fractures in children,
o Surgical management of Acetabular fractures
o Osteoid Osteoma
o Spondylolysis and Spondylolisthesis
o Management of Rotational deformities of the lower limbs
o Surgical Management of posterior cruciate ligament injuries
o Artificial Lumbar Disc Prosthesis.
o Avascular necrosis of femoral head in Adults.
o Dynamic stabilization of the lumbar spine.
o The Use of Botulinum Toxin in Spasticity of Cerebral Palsy.
* Management of post-operative orthopaedic wound infections.
* Management of idiopathic scoliosis.
*Management of post spinal fusion adjacent segment degeneration.
* Rheumatoid arthritis effects on the spine.
*Use of cryosurgery in management of orthopaedic tumors.
*Recent trends in management of knee meniscal injuries.
*Dynamic versus static plating of the cervical spine.
*Stem cells in Orthopaedics.
*Lumbo Sacral pelvic fixation techniques.
*Adjacent segment degeneration.

 

• Member of Board of Examiners for M.Sc. essays in Ain Shams University
• Member of Board of Examiners of M.Sc. degree, Ain Shams University
Member of board of examiners of MD,PhD degree, Ain Shams University
External examiner, Faculty of medicine, Qasr El Aini faculty of medicine for MD,PhD, MSc thesis and essay
External examinaer, El Azhar University faculty of medicine, for MD,PhD, MSc thesis and essay

 

International References :

Edward C. Benzel, M.D

Chairman, Cleveland Clinic Spine Institute, USA
Chaiman , Neurosurgery department , Cleveland Clinic , Ohio , USA
Chairman ,World Spine Society

Douglas Orr, M.D

Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon, Cleveland Clinic Spine Institute, USA
Director, West Side Spine program , Lutheran Hospital, Cleveland

Isador Lieberman, M.D

Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon, Texas Back Institute, USA

Gregory Trost ,M.D

Professor Of Neurosurgery,

Neurosurgeon, Cleveland Clinic Spine Institute, USA

Alexander Hadjipavlou ,M.D

Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon, Crete, Greece  
Professor of orthopaedic Surgery , University of Crete, Greece

Mehmet Zileli ,M.D

Professor Of Neurosurgery, Ege University, Izmir , Turkey
President, Turkish Neurosurgical Society

Luiz Pimenta ,M.D

Assitant Professor at University of California San Diego, Dept Neurosurgery.
Chief of Spine Surgery at Santa Rita Hospital, Sao Paaulo Brazil.
Chairman, World Spinal Column Society