Congenital Spine Malformations

Dr. Khaled Fares Al-Ali, MD , is one of the first Emirati neurosurgeon and the first Emirati North American board-certified neurosurgeon. He specializes in pediatric neurosurgery and spine surgery. He has a busy clinical practice which includes management of pediatric and advanced spine conditions, such as advanced cervical spine conditions, minimally invasive spine surgery, degenerative spine conditions, spine decompression and fusion surgery, spinal cord tumors, brain tumors, all of the pediatric neurosurgery conditions. He has also pituitary and peripheral nerve clinics. He is working in Zayed Military Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE and affiliated with Dalhousie University, Canada.

Dr. Hashim Talib Hashim, MBChB : A doctor from Baghdad Medical College starting his career in surgery, he is a researcher and has more than 100 papers, many of them were published in international PubMed indexed journals. He created the idea of "Postconscious" and "Gene's communication theory". He participated in more than 25 conferences and medical events either nationally and internationally to present his papers and researches. He was awarded many prized for the best paper and best presentation in three competitions. He is also a member of the international global health network that focuses on developing papers in global health related topics. He has his own lab of research in Iraq to work on his ideas and researches. He published four books with Springer (2 of them in psychology and 2 of them in cardiac surgery).