Dr. Osama Dawood Neuro-Spinal Surgery
Teaching & service

Academic activity

Faculty teaching at Ain Shams University since 2002, cadaveric course instruction in Izmir, scientific committee leadership, and a continuing record of international training.

Teaching and faculty roles

Cadaveric instruction

Aegean Spine Review courses

Selected as laboratory faculty for the Aegean Spine Review Cadaver Course in November 2005, held in conjunction with the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, and returned as faculty member and laboratory instructor at the Aegean Spine Review and Cadaveric Course in Izmir in August 2010.

Faculty development

Neurosurgical faculty preparation

Selected to participate in specialized advanced courses for the preparation of neurosurgical faculty members at Ain Shams University.

Unit building

Neuro-Spinal Surgery Unit, Almoosa Specialist Hospital

Founded and headed the unit between 2010 and 2013 — the first neuro-spinal surgery unit in a private hospital in the Al Ahsa region, established with a strong regional reputation.

Scientific committee

Session chairmanship and conference leadership

Session chairman at numerous international spine meetings, and Head of the Scientific Committee of the first polytrauma conference held in Al Ahsa in 2012, including organization of the accompanying hands-on spinal fixation laboratory course.

Courses, congresses and training

Attended, or served as faculty, most recent first.

  • Oct 2018Advanced MIS Instructional CourseJohnson & Johnson Institute, Norderstedt (Hamburg), Germany
  • 2017Hands-on training course in pain proceduresDelhi Pain Institute, New Delhi, India
  • 2016Endoscopic transforaminal discectomy and minimally invasive spine surgeryBangalore, India — under Dr. Girish Datar
  • Oct 2014Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) Annual MeetingBoston, USA
  • 2012First polytrauma conference in Al AhsaKingdom of Saudi Arabia — Head of the Scientific Committee
  • Oct 2011Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) Annual MeetingWashington, DC, USA
  • Sep 201114th World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) Interim MeetingBrazil, 14–17 September 2011
  • May 2011Spine Masters MeetingDubai, United Arab Emirates
  • Aug 2010Aegean Spine Review and Cadaveric CourseIzmir, Turkey — faculty member and laboratory instructor
  • Sep 2009World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) MeetingBoston, USA
  • Mar 2009Neuro Spinal Hospital MeetingDubai, United Arab Emirates — session chairman and invited faculty
  • Nov 2008Pan Arab Neurosurgical Societies MeetingRiyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  • Oct 2008AO Spine CourseDubai, United Arab Emirates
  • 2008Nerve stimulator and intrathecal pump insertion course (Medtronic)
  • 2008MIDAS Rex hands-on courseCertification
  • 2008Second American–Kuwaiti Neurosurgical MeetingOrganizing committee
  • 2008First Annual Meeting, American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and the Department of Neurosurgery, State of Kuwait“American Neurosurgery Update”
  • Jul 2007Fourth Meeting of the World Spine SocietyIstanbul, Turkey
  • Nov 2005Aegean Spine Review Symposium and Cadaver CourseEge University with the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Izmir, Turkey — laboratory faculty
  • May 2005Visiting Surgeon, American Hospital, Koç UniversityIstanbul, Turkey — endoscopic spinal procedures under Prof. Ali Fahir Özer
  • Apr 2005Turkish Spine Society 7th International Congress on Spine
  • Feb 2005Prof. Albert L. Rhoton Jr. Microneurosurgical CourseUniversity of Florida Brain Institute with Ain Shams University — 16–18 February 2005
  • Apr 2004WFNS Skull Base Committee Conference & 29th Annual Meeting of the Egyptian Society of Neurological SurgeryBibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt
  • Mar 2003Egyptian Society of Neurological Surgeons with the French Neurosurgical SocietySharm El Sheikh, Egypt
  • Mar 2002Egyptian Society of Neurological Surgeons & Pan African Neurosurgical Societies MeetingCairo, Egypt
  • 2003, 2005Egyptian Society of Neurological Surgeons Summer Meetings
  • 1999–2006Egyptian Society of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meetings1999, 2000, 2001 and 2006

Invited faculty and teaching inquiries

Inquiries regarding course faculty, cadaveric laboratory instruction or conference participation are welcome.

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