Education and Training

• Postgraduate Education:
  • First Medical Saint Petersburg Institute, 1976 – 1983, Saint Petersburg, Russia
  • Degree: M.D., 1983
• Residency:
  • General Surgery and Traumatology Residency, Department of Surgery and Traumatology, 1983 – 1987
• Fellowship:
  • Central Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedic Surgery (CITO), Department of Orthopedic Surgery
  • Ph.D. Fellowship focusing on External Fixation for Treatment of Bone Deformities, Pseudarthrosis, Lengthening, and Restoring Function of Joints, 1987 – 1991

Professional Presentations and Conferences

1. International Congress of the Egyptian Orthopedic Association & Pan Arab Orthopedic Association, Cairo, Egypt, November 1997:
   • Combined limb lengthening and corrections of axial deviations; treatment of contracture of adjacent joints
2. Pan Arab Orthopedic Association Conference & Jordanian Orthopedic Society, October 1998:
   • Limb lengthening and correction of axial deviations
3. Syrian Orthopedic Conference, Damascus, Syria, November 1998:
   • Limb lengthening and correction of axial deviation
4. Syrian Orthopedic Meeting, Tartous, Syria, 1999:
   • Treatment of severe foot deformities
5. Pan Arab Orthopedic Association Congress, Lebanese Orthopedic Association, September 1999:
   • Treatment of congenital and acquired foot deformities with external fixators
6. Orthopedic Clinic, Düsseldorf, Germany, October 2000:
   • Treatment of congenital and acquired foot deformities with external fixation; Club foot surgery
7. German ASAMI Conference, Ulm, Germany, October 2000:
   • Leg lengthening and correction of foot deformity with a special hinge fixation device
8. 16th Congress of the Orthopedic Syrian Association, Al-Assad University Hospital, Damascus, Syria, November 2000:
   • Treatment of knee contracture and deformity with external fixation
9. 2nd International Meeting of the ASAMI, Rome, Italy, May 2001:
   • Treatment of congenital and acquired foot deformities with external fixation; A new hinge system in the treatment of limb lengthening and axial deviations
10. 8th Pan Arab Orthopedic Conference, Damascus, Syria, October 2001:
    • Treatment of knee contracture and deformity with external fixation; A new hinge system in the treatment of limb lengthening and axial deviations
11. 13th SICOT Trainees Meeting, St. Petersburg, Russia, May 2002:
    • Treatment of knee contracture and deformity with external fixation
12. Second International Conference of the Society of Traumatology and Orthopedics, SICOT/SIROT Annual International Conference, Cairo, Egypt, September 2003:
    • Treatment of knee contractures and deformities with external fixation; Treatment of foot deformity with external fixation
13. 18th Jahrestagung der Deutschsprachigen Vereinigung für Kinderorthopädie, Germany, March 2004:
    • Treatment of foot deformity with external fixation
14. EOA/PAOA Combined with 56th Annual International Congress of the Egyptian Orthopaedic Association & 10th Pan Arab Orthopedic Association Congress, 2004:
    • Treatment of knee contractures and deformities with external fixation; Treatment of foot deformity with external fixation
15. 14th European SICOT Trainees Meeting, Budapest, Hungary, May 2005:
    • Treatment of foot deformity with external fixation
16. 2nd Joint Meeting of International Federation of Foot and Ankle Societies (IFFAS), Naples, Italy, September 2005:
    • Treatment of foot deformity with external fixation
17. 3rd Pan Arab Joint Orthopedic Conference, 5th Conference of Jordanian Orthopedic Association (JOA), Amman, Jordan, November 2005:
    • Treatment of knee contractures and deformities with external fixation
18. European Paediatric Orthopaedic Society (EPOS) 25th Meeting, Dresden, Germany, April 2006:
    • Treatment of upper limb deformity with external fixation; Treatment of foot deformity with external fixation; A new hinge system in the treatment of limb lengthening and axial deviations
19. 15th European SICOT Trainees Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, September 2006:
    • A new hinge system in the treatment of limb lengthening and axial deviations; Treatment of upper limb deformity with external fixation; Treatment of foot deformity with external fixation
20. 4th Meeting of ASAMI International & 12th Meeting of ASAMI Japan, Kyoto, Japan:
    • Treatment of foot deformity with external fixation
21. Spring Forum of the Syrian Orthopedic Association, Tartous, Syria, April 2007:
    • Treatment of foot deformity with external fixation; A new hinge system in the treatment of limb lengthening and axial deviations
22. Russian Scientific-Practice Conference, Ilizarov Center, Kurgan, Russia, May 2007:
    • Treatment of upper limb deformity with external fixation; Treatment of foot deformity with external fixation; A new hinge system in the treatment of limb lengthening and axial deviations
23. 5th SICOT/SIROT Annual International Conference, Marrakech, Morocco, August-September 2007:
    • Treatment of upper limb deformity with external fixation; Treatment of foot deformity with external fixation; A new hinge system in the treatment of limb lengthening and axial deviations
24. World Congress on External Fixation, Cairo, Egypt, October 2007:
    • Treatment of foot deformity with external fixation; A new hinge system in the treatment of limb lengthening and axial deviations; Treatment of upper limb deformity with external fixation
25. 6th Conference of JOA & 12th Pan Arab Orthopedic Congress, Amman, Jordan, October-November 2007:
    • Treatment of upper limb deformity with external fixation; Treatment of foot deformity with external fixation; A new hinge system in the treatment of limb lengthening and axial deviations
26. 2nd Congress of Hellenic Association of Distraction Histogenesis (ASAMI-Greece), Thessaloniki, Greece, December 2007
27. XXIV Terminal World SICOT Congress, Hong Kong, August 2008
28. 16th SICOT Trainees’ Meeting, Kołobrzeg, Poland, May 2009
29. 6th SICOT/SIROT Annual International Conference, Pattaya, Thailand, October-November 2009
30. 7th SICOT/SIROT Annual International Conference, Gothenburg, Sweden, August-September 2010
31. 5th International Meeting of the ASAMI, St. Petersburg, Russia, May 2008
32. 2nd Annual Meeting Innovative Trauma and Reconstruction Solutions, Kitzbuehl, Austria, January 2008
33. 6th International ASAMI & Bone Reconstruction Conference, Egypt, June 2010
34. EPOS 28th Annual Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal, April 2009
35. 10th EFORT Congress, Vienna, Austria, June 2009
36. 11th EFORT Congress, Madrid, Spain, June 2010
37. EPOS 30th Annual Meeting, Basel, Switzerland, April 2011
38. 12th EFORT Congress, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 2011

Innovations and Recognitions

• Salamehfix 1 and 2:
  • Developed new hinge systems for leg lengthening, axial deviations correction, and treatment of foot deformities
  • Presented at the 2nd International ASAMI Conference, Rome, Italy, May 2001, and the German Trauma Conference, Berlin, October 2001
• Awards:
  • Salamehfix 1 received the First Place, Golden Medal, and WIPO Award Certificate at the 12th Syrian Al-Bassel Fairs of Damascus & Invention, April 2003
• Publications:
  • First new device for treatment of limb lengthening, deformities, and fractures (Salamehfix 1) published on the PCT and European Patent Office websites
  • International Publication Number: WO/2006/083238
  • Title: “External Fixation Device for Treatment of Fractures, Limb Lengthening and Correction of Axial Deviations (Salamehfix 1)”
  • International Application No.: PCT/SY2004/000008
  • Publication Date: August 10, 2006
  • International Filing Date: December 13, 2004
  • Classification: A61B 17/62 (2006.01)