Speakers From

Professor.Michael Morgan

Professor of Neurosurgery at Macquarie University Sydney.

Vice President of Macquarie University.

Director of Health and Medical Development in Australia.  

Professor Morgan trained in Sydney and Mayo Clinic.  

He was appointed the first full Professor in Neurosurgery at the University of Sydney in 1998,

Dean of Medicine at Macquarie University in 2006.

 

Prof. Morgan has a strong academic commitment to medical education and curriculum development. He has served on the Board of Neurosurgery for the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia and Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS), is currently an examiner in neurosurgery for the RACS and was appointed Inaugural Dean of Medicine at the Australian School of Advanced Medicine at Macquarie University for the purpose of establishing medical research and postgraduate education in surgery.  The medical school  is entirely postgraduate with a current enrollment of 60 PhD students and 4 Masters students (in neurosurgery). 

He has operated on more than 700 brain and spine arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) and more than 2,000 aneurysms. He guided the Macquarie University in the establishment of the first University owned and run Hospital in Australia.  He is internationally recognized for leadership in the field of AVM management.

He was elected to the American Academy of Neurological Surgery in 1999 and has an Honorary PhD in Neurosurgery awarded by University Kebangsaan Malaysia (National University of Malaysia), the first PhD to a non-Malaysian in the field of Medicine. 

He undertook post-fellowship training in neurovascular surgery at the Mayo Clinic from 1986 to 1989, including clinical and laboratory research work. His laboratory research in AVMs commenced at the University of Sydney in 1985 and continued through a Fellowship at the Mayo Clinic under the mentorship of Dr. Sundt Jr, who was a leading neurovascular surgeon and researcher.  This work focused on the effects of AVMs on cerebral blood flow and cerebral ischaemia and led to his receiving a MD.  Prof. Morgan’s research since this time has incorporated animal research, with an arteriovenous fistula model looking at various aspects of the physiology including hippocampal brain slice preparations for studies of the effects of chronic hypoperfusion, as well as other aspects related to cerebral blood flow and learning.  More recently, the collaborative program with Professor Marcus Stoodley has focused on AVM molecular biology and ultrastructure.

Management of neurovascular conditions has been his focus, and his practice is now exclusively neurovascular. The prospectively collected databases on aneurysms and AVMs are the largest such databases in Australia, with over 2000 aneurysm patients and more than 900 patients with AVMs. Prof. Morgan has supervised 9 postgraduate research students and has had 4 students complete PhDs under his supervision. He has also supervised many neurosurgeons in subspecialty neurovascular training fellowships (including fellows from the USA, UK, Norway, Finland, Malaysia, Jordan and Kenya).

Dr. John Christie

 

MD. RACS in neurosurgery

Consultant Neurosurgeon

John hunter  hospital / Newcastle. NSW

Head department of neurosurgery

University of Newcastle 

Professor.Charles Teo

 

1994-1997             :     Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little     Rock, AR, USA

1994-1997             :     Vice-Chief of Paediatric Neurosurgery Arkansas Children’s Hospital

1994-1995             :     Acting-Chief of Neurosurgery John McClellan VA Hospital, Little Rock, AR, USA

1995-1999             :     Consultant Staff, John McClellan VA Hospital, St. Vincent’s Infirmary,  Baptists   Medical Center

1995-1999             :     Director, Movement Disorder Clinic, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

1995-1999             :     Director, Arkansas Paediatric Neuro-Oncology Clinic, Arkansas Children’s Hospital

1996-1999             :     Director, Center for Minimally Invasive Techniques in Neurosurgery University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

1998-1999             :     Associate Professor of Neurosurgery University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

1998-1999             :     Chief of Paediatric Neurosurgery Arkansas Children’s Hospital

1998-1999            : Director, Fellowship Program for Pediatric Neurosurgery Arkansas Children's Hospital

2000-2001             :     Staff Paediatric Neurosurgeon Sydney Children's Hospital

2002-2006             :     VMO Sydney Children's Hospital

2002-2010             :     Senior Lecturer University of New South Wales

2006- Present        :     HMO Sydney Children’s Hospital

1999-2012             :     VMO Prince of Wales Hospital

2000-present         :  Director Centre for Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery Prince of Wales Private Hospital

2011-present          :     Conjoint Associate Professor University of New South Wales

2013-present          :     HMO Prince of Wales Hospital

 

 

 

MD from Damascus University

Higher specialization degree in neurosurgery and Jordanian medical council in neurosurgery. Jordan

RACS in Neurosurgery

Consultant Neurosurgeon

Spine fellowship at ST Vincent hospital,

Scholarship  of endoscopic skull base surgery at Pittsburgh medical Center, Pensylvania.

Consultant neurosurgeon at Nepean hospital, Sydney Australia.

 

Dr. Elizabeth Ritson.

MD. RACPM, preventive medicine

 

University of Sydney’s medical school, 1980. NSW

Professor Michael Morgan’s assistant

Contributed to many researches and publications in Neurosurgery with Professor Michael Morgan.

  

Dr.Yashar S.Kalani

M.D.,Ph.D.

 

 

1996-1998       :        International baccalaureate Diploma, Mission Viejo, CA

1998-2002       :        B.S. Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA

1998-2002       :        M.S.Organic Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA   (Advisor:K.N.Houk)

2002-2003       :        M.S. Chemistry: Biochemistry and  Molecular Biophysics, California Institute of

                                 Technology, Pasadena,CA, (Advisor: William A.Goddard,III). 

2003-2004       :        Ph.D. Chemistry: Biochemistry and  Molecular Biophysics, California Institute of

                                 Technology, Pasadena,CA, (Advisor: William A.Goddard,III). 

2004-2008       :        M.D. (specialization in Molecular Basis of  Medicine); HHMI/Institute of Stem Cell

                                 Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA (Advisors: Roeland Nusse & Irving L. Weissman).

2009-2010       :        Intern, Neurological surgery, Division of Neurological Surgery, Barrow Neurological

                                 Institute, Phoenix, AZ (Chair: Robert F. Spetzler).

2010-2013       :        Resident, Neurological surgery, Division of Neurological Surgery, Barrow

                                 Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ (Chair: Robert F. Spetzler).

 

 

Professor. Peter Horn

 

1988 –1990              :  Bachelor degree:  Medical Biophysics, II. Moscow Medical Institute

1990 –1992              : Human Medicine course , Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena

1992 –1993          : Neuropsychophysiology research course, Charing Cross & Westminster    Medical School London

1996                         : Medical school graduation, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena

1996 –2003        Residency, Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of clinical Medicine Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, chair: Prof. Dr. P. Schmiedek

10-11/ 2002          : Short term residency in Pediatric Neurosurgery Department of Neurosurgery University Würzburg, chair: Prof. Dr. K. Roosen

10-11/2000        :Short term residency in Pediatric Neurosurgery „L´Hopital Necker Enfantes Malades“, Paris, France, chair: Prof. Dr. A. Pierre – Kahn

2004 –2005     :  Consultant Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of clinical Medicine Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, chair: Prof. Dr. P. Schmiedek

2005 –2007         :    Consultant Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Hamburg – Eppendorf, chair: Prof. Dr. M. Westphal

2007-201            :   Senior Consultant, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery,Department of Neurosurgery, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin,Campus Virchow-Klinikum ,chair: Prof. Dr. P. Vajkoczy

11/2012              :   Head of Department of Neurosurgery, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, HSK Wiesbaden

Professor Jaochim Oertel

 

1989 – 1996    :        Student at Hannover Medical School

1996                :       Graduation at the Hannover Medical School

1996 –1997     :        Internship, Department of Neurology, Klinikum Großhadern, Ludwig-

                                 Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

1997 –1998     :        Internship and since 1998 Residency, Department of Neurosurgery, Hannover

                                 Medical School, Hannover, Germany

1998 –2003     :        Resident, Department of Neurosurgery, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University, Greifswald,

                                 Germany

2003                :       Board Examination and Certification as Neurosurgeon

2003 –2003     :        Fellowship, Department of Neurosurgery, Hannover Nordstadt Hospital

2004                :        Consultant Neurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery, Hannover Nordstadt Hospital

2004 –2005     :        Consultant Neurosurgeon, Klinikum Uelzen, Germany (one day per week, more than 200 surgical procedures)

2/2005             :        Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Hannover Medical School

2006 – 2008    :        Vice Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery, Hannover Nordstadt Hospital, Germany

2008 – 2010    :        Vice Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz,

                                 Germany

2009                :        Acting Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery, Johannes Gutenberg University,

                                 Mainz, Germany

9/2009             :       Appointment as extraordinary Professor of Neurosurgery at the Medical School

                                 Hannover, Germany

11/2010           :        Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Saarland, Homburg / Saar, Germany

                                 Homburg-Saar February 2014

12/2010           :  Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Saarland, Homburg / Saar,

                                 Germany

 

  

Dr. Tareq M.A Kanaan

 

 

 

 

Dr. Ali Ayyad

 

​Certifications

Medical diploma (M.D.) from Faculty of Medicine at Albert Szent Györgyi

Medical university in Szeged-Hungary Sept.1994

Certificate of the German board in Neurosurgery Jan. 2007.

Certificate of the Jordanian board in Neurosurgery  Sept. 2012.

Clinical Experience

Internship in the Islamic hospital in Amman-Jordan

From 6^th.Oct.1994 till 15^th.Oct.1995.       

Resident in the department of general surgery at the Islamic hospital.

Amman-Jordan, from 4^th.nov.1995 till 9^th.Oct.1998.

Resident in the department of neurosurgery at Jordan hospital

Amman-Jordan, from 15^th.Oct.1998 till 1^st.feb.2005.

Resident in the department of Neurosurgery at Vienna University

Vienna-Austria, from 12^th.Feb.2001 till 28^th.Feb.2003.

Resident in the department of Neurosurgery at Johannes Gutenberg University

Mainz-Germany, from 1^st.May.2003 till June.2006.

Specialist Neurosurgeon in the department of Neurosurgery at Johannes Gutenberg University   from July.2006 till Oct .2008.

Consultant Neurosurgeon and associated Professor  in the department of Neurosurgery at Johannes Gutenberg University   from Oct..2006 till now

Director of Neuroendocrine unit from April.2008 till June.2011

Director of the skull base unit from April.2008 till now.

Director of the cerebrovascular unit from Dec.2010 till now.

Second vice of the department acting chairman from Dec.2009  till June. 2012.

Dr. Philippe Dodier

 

 

 

2009 – 2010      :Residency in Neurosurgery Mainz, Germany Johannes Guttenberg University, Department of neurosurgery Chair: Prof. W. Wagner, MD

2010 – 2011 :Residency in Neurosurgery Homburg, Germany Johannes Guttenberg University,    Department of neurosurgery

                                 Chair: Prof. J. Oertel, MD

2012 – 2013  :  Residency in Neurosurgery Saint Poelten, Austria Hospital Saint Poelten, Department of   neurosurgery Chair: Prof. K. Ungersboeck, MD

2013 – 2014  : Residency in Neurosurgery, Fellow in vascular end endovascular neurosurgery Vienna,    Austria Medical University Vienna, Department of neurosurgeryChair: Prof. E. Knosp, MD

 

 

Dr. Anas Bashtawi

 

 

MBBS, JMC in neurosurgery

Consultant neurosurgery, King Hussein Medical Centre, Amman-Jordan

 

   Speakers from Jordan

MD. FRCS. UK

 

 

Professor and Chairman of Neurosurgery

Jordan University Medical school and Hospital

Ex Minister of Higher Education.

Ex Minister of Education.

Ex Minister of Health

Ex President of University of Jordan

Ex senator/member of the Jordanian Senate

Professor.Ibrahim Sbeih

MBCHB, FRCS, FRCSSN

 

MBCHB: MD., Alexandria – Egypt/ FRCS: Fellow Royal College of Surgeons, Glasgow, U.K.

FRCS (SN): Fellow Royal College of Surgeons, Surgical Neurology, Edinburgh, U.K.

·                    Chair Audit Committee World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies.

·                    Past Second Vice President of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS).

·                    Member of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Society Various Committees

·                    Skull Base, Education, International Initiative and Fund Raising

·                    Member of the following Neurological Surgery Societies

·              CNS.

·              AANS.

·              EANS (European Association of N. Surgery).

·              AANS (Asian-Australasian Neurological Surgery).

·              WFNS-Skull Base Society.

·              North American Skull Base Society.

·              ACNS (Asian Congress of Neurological Surgery).

·              SBNS (Society of British Neurological Surgery).

·              ISPS (international Society Pituitary Surgery).

·              Stereotactic Radiosurgery.

·              Bulgarian, Japanese, South Cone (Honorary).

·              GMC: General Medical Council U.K

·                    Member World Academy of Neurosurgery.

·                    Editorial Board and advisory board of the following Journals:

·                    Surgical Neurology International, Neurosurgery, World Neurosurgery, Asian Neurosurgery,

·                    Pan Arab Neurosurgery, Royal Medical Services/Jordan and Jordan Medical Council Journal

·                    Past President of the Jordanian Neuroscience Society and the Pan Arab Neurosurgical Society.

·                    Past member of Staff/Faculty of Medicine, (Assistant Prof., Associate Prof. and Visiting Prof.) in Jordan University and University Of Science and Technology

·                    Organized 19 conferences and workshops in Jordan, Middle East and the world.

·                    Delivered more than 290 lectures as invited speaker in neurosurgical meetings around the world.

·                    Published more than 32 papers in major neurosurgical journals.

·                    Special Interest: Skull base tumors, brain tumors, spinal cord tumors.

·                    Instructor in many cadaveric courses around the world

Dr.Mohammad Samaha

MD. FRCS.UK

 

 

​Past President of the Jordanian Society of Neurological Surgeons

Consultant Neurosurgeon and functional neurosurgeon

Director of the Gamma Knife and Stereotactic Center ,Ibn Al-Haytham Hospital .

1979: MD the University of Jordan

1984: Jordanian Medical Council in General Surgery

1988: FRCS in neurosurgery /UK

1991: Jordanian Medical Council in Neurosurgery

1996: American fellowship in stereotactic neurosurgery and functional neurosurgery

Dr. Nidal Hayel Khasawneh

MD. FRC SN, JBGS, JBNS

 

Qualificatios           :        Jordanian Board in Neurosurgery. Jordan.

                                          Intercollegiate exam in neurosurgery. London / U.K.

                                          Fellowship of the Royal Collage of Surgeons/Neurosurgery/ London/U.K.

                                          Jordanian Board in General surgery. Jordan.

                                          Medical degree M.B., B.S.  Jordan University.

Current Position     :        Consultant paediatric neurosurgeon at King Hussein Medical  Centre.

                                          Special interest in brain neuroendoscopy.       

Current Activities   :        Head of scientific section in the Jordanian neurosurgeon

                                          Society for the last two elections.

                                          Member of the ISPN (International Society of Paediatric  Neurosurgery)

                                          Editor Journal of Hydrocephalus

                                          Editor Journal of Neuroendoscopy

                                          Teaching Medical students, Muatah and Al-Hashemieh

                                          Medical School students

 

Dr. Nasri J Sami Khoury

FRCSC, FACS.Canada

MB, ChB,

 

Consultant neurosurgeon

Director General Palestine Hospital

Ex Lecturer at faculty of Medicine/ The University of Jordan

Dr. Abdullah Al-Akayleh

 

JBS, JMC in neurosurgery

Fellowship in base skull surgery at INI (international neuroscience institute), Hannover-Gemany by Majidi Samii

Consultant neurosurgeon,King Hussein Medical Center, Amman-Jordan

 

Dr. Asem Mansour

Chief Executive Officer/Director General, King Hussein Cancer Center​

 

Dr. Mansour joined KHCC in 1998 as the Chairman of the Department of Diagnostic Radiology. In 2006 and in addition to his role as the Chairman of Department of Diagnostic Radiology; Dr. Mansour was also appointed as the Deputy Director General at King Hussein Cancer Center, followed by his appointment as a CEO/ Director General in April, 2012.

He carries the Jordanian Board in Radiology, the fellowship of the Royal College of Radiologist (FRCR-London), the European fellowship in Neuroradiology (ECNR) and master degree of medical management (MMM) from Carnegie Mellon University,USA.

He has published many articles in international journal and he is renowned expert in oncologic and neuroimaging.

 

Dr. Abdulrahman AL-Shudifat

 

​Head Department of neurosurgery, University of Jordan

Assistant Professor of neurosurgery, Neurosurgery Department, University of Jordan

Sweden fellowship in neurosurgery

 

Dr. Maysa Al-Hussaini

MD FRCPath

 

Consultant Histopathologist/ Neuropathologist

King Hussein Cancer Center

Chair, Institutional Review Board

Dr.Ziad M. Alzoubi

 

Consultant Spinal and Orthopaedic Surgeon

President, International Association of Neurorestoratology IANR

Honorary President, Pan Arab Spine Society PASS

EX. Chairman, World Spine Fellowship.

A.Prof. Ziad Audat

 

Associate Professor of Orthopedic & Spine Surgery

Orthopedic Department, KAUH

Faculty of Medicine

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Qualifications:              Fellowship of Spinal Surgery/ Klinikum Karlsbad-Langensteinbach/ Heidelberg  University/ Germany    07/02/2001-23/11/2003.

 

 

     Jordanian Board of Orthopedics / Jordan 1997.                                   

    Certificate of Higher Specialty of Orthopedics /Jordan University/Jordan 1997.

     Bachelor of Medicine / Aleppo University/Syria  1988. 

                           Consultant spine surgeon department of Orthopedics at King Abdullah University Hospital

                       Associate  Professor of Orthopedics & Spine Surgery at Jordan University of Science & Technology.

   Ex-Head department of Orthopedics at King Abdullah University Hospital

   Jordanian medical association..

   Jordanian orthopedic association

   Jordanian spinal association.

                          AO Spine.

                          IGASS (International Group for Advance Spine Surgery).

                Member of Scientific Committee & Examiner of Orthopedic Jordanian board 20/01/2010 till now.

 

 

 

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A.Prof. Mohammad Barbarawi

Chairman, Department of Neuroscience

Head, division of neurosurgery

Associate Professor

Faculty of Medicine/ Jordan University of Science and Technology

Consultant Neurosurgeon and Spine Surgeon

Director, Residency training programme

Member of the neurosurgery scientific committee

Lecturer at the undergraduates, post graduates and continuing medical education in the medical practice. JUST

King Abdullah University Hospital

Irbid- Jordan

Certificates:

Australian Medical Council Advanced standing certificate. ASC.  Australia

Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada. LMCC. No: 119020, Canada. 

Medical Council of Canada Qualifying Exam II. MCCQEII, Canada. 

Medical Council of Canada Qualifying Exam I. MCCQE I, Canada

Medical Council of Canada Evaluating Exam. MCCEE, Canada.

Clinical Fellowship in Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery, Sydney  Aneurysm And AVM Neurosurgical Centre, Northern Clinical School of the University of Sydney. Australia.

Clinical Fellowship in Neurosurgery, Royal North Shore Hospital, Northern Clinical School of the University of Sydney, Australia.

Clinical Fellowship in Neurosurgery, John Hunter Hospital Faculty of  Medicine, Newcastle University, Australia.

CHSM. Higher Specialisation Degree in Neurosurgery, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Jordan. No: 278, Jordan.

Jordanian medical council in Neurosurgery. No: 2469, Jordan.

Honours:

2012. Certificate of appreciation and medical souvenir.faculty of medicine. JUST/ Jordan

2012. Certificate of appreciation and achievement reward. Sirt university/Libya

2011. Certificate of appreciation and achievement reward. Ha’il University/Saudi Arabia

2009. Certificate of appreciation and medical souvenir.faculty of medicine. JUST/ Jordan

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