Lumbar Spine Surgery Course 2023
Lectures, Model Illustration & Live Cases
3-4 March 2023, Tanta, Egypt
Course venue:
Track training center, El-Sultan Mourad Street, Tanta, Gharbia, Egypt.
Dar El Shefaa Hospital, Moaweya street, Tanta, Gharbia, Egypt.
Target audience:
1. Fresh residency graduates & those in their last years of residency.
2. Those who want to start their private practice whose main load is lumbar spine cases.
3. Those who want to refine their skills in different lumbar spine approaches (laminectomy, discectomy, fusion, instrumentation & percutaneous injections).
Intended learning outcomes (ILOs):
1. In depth understanding of the basic concepts of low back pain (LBP) & lumbar radiculo-pathy.
2. Understanding the recommended nomenclature of lumbar disc in normal & disease conditions.
3. Understanding the main aspects of lumbar degenerative spine diseases (disc herniation, stenosis, listhesis).
4. Mastering the basic posterior lumbar spine approaches (laminectomy, discectomy, inter-body fusion).
5. Mastering the basic percutaneous lumbar spine interventions (facet joint injection, trans-foraminal injection, sacro-iliac joint injection).
Registration fees:
Egyptians: 6000 EGP.
Non-Egyptians: 300 USD.
The fees include the following:
1. Course attendance including lectures, model illustration & live cases.
2. Printouts.
3. Subsistence (coffee breaks & lunch for 2 days).
4. Course certificate.
Attention: the candidates may be invited to attend live cases withing 1 month before & 1 month after the course days, in order to compensate for inability to provide a good number of live cases on the course days.
The course is limited to 9 participants (3 participants for each live case).
The fees do not include accommodation.
Please contact Dr. Mahmoud Shoaib for registration & for any inquiries through e-mail: Dr. Ma7moud@outlook.com or WhatsApp: 00201014139579.
Terms and Conditions:
Payment is mandatory for confirmation of registration. Payment can be made by bank transfer, Western Union or Vodafone cash. On-site payment is not accepted.
Cancellation policy:
Cancellation up to 4 weeks before the course (2/2/2023) — no cancellation charge.
Cancellation up to 2 weeks before the course (16/2/2023) — 50% of course fee cancellation charge.
No show on the course days — 100% of course fee cancellation charge (unless for exceptional extenuating circumstances where a replacement candidate can attend the course).
If the course cannot take place for any reason related to the organizing committee, the registration fee will be fully refunded. Please note that the organizing committee is not responsible for transport cancellation & travel restrictions. We highly recommend to first make sure that you are allowed to travel to Egypt, to verify which rules & protocols must be followed for your country. In case of refund, refund fees will be fees will be deducted from the course fees.
Course Director:
Prof. Mohamed Shadad, MSc, MD, PhD
Fellowship of Interventional Neuroradiology, Zurich, Switzerland (FINR, USZ)
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University
Consultant of Neurosurgery & Director of Endovascular Neurosurgery Unit, Tanta University Hospitals
shadadmohamed@yahoo.com
00201147034332
Course Coordinator:
Dr. Mahmoud Shoaib, MSc
EUROSPINE Diploma, EXMINT Diploma
European Diploma in Neurointervention (EDNI)
Assistant Lecturer of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University
Specialist of Neurosurgery & Endovascular Neurosurgery, Tanta University Hospitals
Observership of Neurosurgery, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH), UK
AOSpine Fellowship, Sarawak Hospital, Malaysia
Member of EANS, AOspine & AANS
Dr.ma7moud@outlook.com, Mahmoud.Shoaib@med.tanta.edu.eg
00201014139579