Congress Overview
Congress Program
Building on the 2008, 2009,2010 and 2011 annual meetings success and in order to be as comprehensive as possible, the course organizers and scientific committee and Boston University put together this year a unique congress joining three different but related specialties: spine surgery for both orthopedic and Neurological surgeons, Pain Management and general orthopedic courses.
Three different courses for the three different specialties will run for three full days. There will be a number of combined talks for the three specialties addressing common interest as well as separate talks for specialty specific topics.
During this course, pioneers and authorities in the respective specialties will offer the latest updates and hands-on cadaver and saw bone lab for spinal surgery, Pain Management techniques and Orthopedic Surgery. Practicing and academic physicians, surgeons and researchers as well as their trainees are very much encouraged to participate and present their scientific work.
Congress Objectives
This course seeks to enhance the knowledge and skills of the practicing physicians in all regions of the spine surgery, Pain management and orthopedic surgery specifically the cutting edge techniques in a relaxed atmosphere. This course also will help fostering one to one relationships among world scientist in all three specialties providing, a key element for continuing medical education and an opportunity for collaborative work across the Mediterranean sea, gulf region and throughout the world.
Course Tuition: Nominal tuition in order to provide a world class learning experience to all attendees and faculties.
This is a CME activity: 15 credits will be offered by the Boston University CME office
This course complies with the AdvaMed Code of Ethics effective January 1, 2004.
Additional information about the Code of Ethics may be found at www.advamed.org/publicdocs/coe.html..
The provider of this course reserves the right to cancel or reschedule the program prior to the course.
This course program is subject to change at any time.
The course chairmen reserve the right to deny entry to those who may alter the course objectives.
Course Chairmen
Tony Tannoury, MD
Founder & President, S.P.I.N.E.
President: 2011 Annual meeting
Boston University School of Medicine
(Boston, MA, USA)
Raja Chaftari, MD
Co-founder Secretary, S.P.I.N.E.
President: 2011 Annual meeting
Lebanese University School of Medicine
(Beirut, Lebanon)
Hassan Serhan, Ph.D.
Co-Founder & Treasurer, S.P.I.N.E.
Conference Chair: Bioskills Workshop
(Andover, MA, USA)
2011 Scientific Committee
Harry L. Shufflebarger, MD
Conference Chair: Spine Program
Miami Children’s Hospital
University of Miami School of Medicine
(Miami, FL, USA)
Bassam Masri, MD
Conference Chair: Orthopedic Program
University of British Columbia
(Vancouver, BC, Canada)
Samer S. Hasan, MD, PhD
Conference Co-Chair: Orthopedic Program
Cincinnati Sports Medicine & Orthopedic Center
(Cincinnati, OH, USA)
Richard Rauck, MD
Conference Chair: Pain Program
Wake Forest University
(Winston-Salem, NC, USA)
Salim Hayek, MD
Conference Co-Chair: Pain Program
Case Western Reserve University
(Cleveland, OH, USA)
Abdel Kader Mehio, MD
Conference Co-Chair: Pain Program
Boston University
(Boston, MA, USA)
Gülseren Derya Akyüz, MD
Conference Co-Chair: Rehabilitation Program
Marmara University School of Medicine
(Istanbul, Turkey)
Hammam Akbik, MD, FIPP
Conference Co-Chair: Bioskills Workshop
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine (Cincinnati, OH, USA)
Delegates of Partner Societies
Gulserene Akyuz – Mediterranean Forum of Physical and Rehab Medicine
Emile Abou Habib – Lebanese Neurosurgical Society
Hicham Abi Zeid – Lebanese Pain Society (SLTD)
Neemat Adib – Syrian Pain Management Society
Omar Awija – Syrian Orthopedic Society
Patrick Hitchon – WALN
Kamal Ibrahim – Scoliosis Research Society
Mohammed Maziad – Spine Arthroplasty Society (Middle East Chapter)
Jalal Najjar – Syrian Neurosurgery Society
Harry Schufflebarger – Scoliosis Research Society