Advisory Roles and Teaching Faculty
Director of Fellowships for AO Spine Reference Centre, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals, London (since 1998)
https://aospine.aofoundation.org/Structure/education/spine-centers/Pages/europe-and-southern-africa/guys-hospital.aspx
AOSpine Fellowship and reference centre (since 1998). https://aospine.aofoundation.org/Structure/education/spine-centers/Pages/europe-and-southern-africa/guys-hospital.aspx
Director of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals, London
http://www.igass-spine.org
Member of IGASS (International Group for the Advancement of Spinal Science) – formerly GICD and European Spine Panel.
http://www.igass-spine.org
IGASS Reference Centre for Visiting Spinal Surgeons (since 2006)
Member of Expert Group AO Spine in atraumatic or minimal access spine surgery (2006 – 2009)
– group developing new screws, minimal invasive instruments, etc
– leading role in development of new anterior lumbar cage
Member of the Lumbar Degenerative Expert Group AO Spine TK (2010 – 2014)
AO Spine International Teaching Faculty
AO Spine Europe Teaching Faculty
AO Spine UK Teaching Faculty
Advisory Editorial Board to European Spine Journal (since 2005)
Spine advisor to His Majesty, King Abdullah Royal Clinics, Saudi Ministry of Health Offices and Saudi Military
Spine advisor and Visiting Consultant to Kuwait Ministry of Health, Kuwait Military, and Kuwait Oil Company
Spine advisor and Visiting Consultant to U.A.E. Ministry of Health and Abu Dhabi Military
Spine advisor and Visiting Consultant to the Egyptian Ministry of Health
Spine advisor and Visiting Consultant to the Qatar Ministry of Health
International and national referral and training centre for anterior access lumbar spine surgery, disc
arthroplasty (lumbar and cervical), minimal invasive spine surgery, kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty, paediatric and adult deformity surgery with reconstruction and revision surgeries
Director of the Spinal Therapy Centre (London Bridge Hospital) – early 2011
Programme Committee and Session Chairman for Eurospine Meetings
– Eurospine 2009, Warsaw, Poland
– Eurospine 2010, Vienna, Austria
NUVASIVE XLIFTM (extra-lateral interbody fusion) Global and European Proctor Training Centre (Jun 2014)