5^th International Conference on Spine and Spinal Disorders November 5-6, 2018 San Franciso, USA

Dr. Vishal Jani graduated from one of the largest medical school in Asia, B. J. Medical College, Ahmedabad and pursued his postgraduate training at Michigan State University and as a neurology resident and subsequently as a chief resident in the Department of Neurology. His sustained research interest in endovascular treatment of neurological diseases allowed him to subsequently finish a Vascular Neurology and Neuro-Interventional Surgery. Fellowship under the mentorship of eminent national leaders in the Division of Neuro-Interventional Surgery at Michigan State University. Dr. Vishal Jani received several awards and honors as an active junior faculty committee member in Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology and Society of Neuro-Interventional Surgery and many other national and international professional organizations. He is actively involved in research as well published in peer-reviewed journals.

His current area of research interest includes Endovascular stroke and cerebral aneurysm treatment and strategic planning and Delivery of the treatment through legislative implementation to create state of the art Neuro-Intervenrtional surgical care.

Dr. Zabeen Mahuwala is a Neurology Specialist in Lexington, Kentucky. She graduated with honors in 2003. Having more than 14 years of diverse experiences, especially in NEUROLOGY, Dr. Zabeen Mahuwala affiliates with many hospitals including University Of Kentucky Hospital, Rockcastle Regional Hospital & Respiratory Care Ct, and cooperates with other doctors and specialists in medical group Kentucky Medical Services Foundation,

neurology

Dr Mo Akmal is the Director of The London Spine Unit, a private practice facility based at Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth and currently the Lead Clinician for Orthopaedic and Trauma at St Marys Hospital. He is also the Clinical and Educational Supervisor for Orthopaedic Trainees at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trusts and am responsible for overseeing the educational and clinical progress of trainees through the surgical training programme. His accountability lies with the newly formed London School of Surgery. The role involves assessments and appraisals of Foundation year and Specialist Trainees in Orthopaedics. The Multidisciplinary Spine Service at St Marys Hospital was one of the key projects of Dr Mo Akmal on the NHS. By engaging pain rheumatologists, specialist consultants, radiologists, psychologists, allied health professionals and nurse specialists we have enhanced our productivity and reduced waiting times for patients on the NHS. He has been pivotal in the establishment of a Community based musculoskeletal Triage system for Kensington & Chelsea PCT and Westminster PCT and led in developing protocols for referral into seconday care and developed clinical links with oncology, neurosurgery, ortho surgery, neurology, radiology, physiotherapy and rheumatology in setting up a spinal surgical service at St Marys. They are developing a unique sacral tumour surgery service and I have been offered an honorary contract at The Royal Marsden Hospital to support this complex work. They are now a Tertiary centre for spine surgery

Dr Mo Akmal is very committed in developing tissue engineering programme for musculoskeletal disorders. He has both theoretical and practical knowledge of processes, governing regulations, patenting issues and techniques involved in Tissue engineering articular cartilage and spinal discs.

Pier Paolo Mura is an orthopedic specialist in scoliosis and an expert in spinal surgery. He also serves as a professor at La Sapienza University of Rome, Polo Pontino and Chair in Orthopedics contract. He is specialized in Orthopedics and Traumatology and diagnostic radiology. He is the Director of the Department of Orthopedics; and Founder and Director of the Unit Complex Spine Surgery Center and Scoliosis Surgery Section. He is the Head of Unit of Orthopaedics and Regional Delegate of the Italian Society of Spine Surgery GIS (Italian Scoliosis Group) as well as an active member of SRS (Scoliosis Research Society). He is also Scientific Director of the research project on biomaterials in spine surgery at the Science and Technology Park in Pula.

Spinal surgery

Dr Mohammad D. Alfawareh did his Medical Degree (MBBS) in Jordan University Medical School Amman, Jordan. He is also Consultant orthopedic & spine surgeon, Spine department, NNI, KFMC, Saudi Arabia. He has also been a editorial board member ofOrthopedic and Rheumotolgy Journal. He has membership in many societies like Saudi Arabian Orthopedic Society, AO Spine North America, Jordanian Orthopedic Society, association for Orthopedic Surgeons and many more membership he holds. His current research is on Definition for the open-spine surgery simulator, combined project with University of Montreal, Montreal Canada, aim to create and design spine simulator that can be used to train junior surgeon about spine surgery; MAGEC Rods Promising Technology but can lead to Catastrophic Failure, case report, submitted to Spine Journal; Is decompression necessary for thoracolumbar burst fractures with retropulsed fragment in the canal in neurologically intact patients, treated by minimal invasive spine surgery?, submitted to Journal of Spine Disorders Techniques. He holds mny research experience like- Combination of elective preoperative vertebral artery stenting with O arm assisted navigation in cervical spine tumor excision; In Thoracolumbar fractures treated by MISS; Pseudotail, scoliosis and polysyndactly and many more

Musculoskeletal & spine tumors Pediatric and adults deformity Complex Spine Surgery. Occipto-cervical junction Deformity and scoliosis

He is Specialist in neurosurgery and spinal surgery and also Consultant of the General Command of the Carabinieri, Army of Rome. He is also member of AANS, NASS, EANS, AOSpine, Euro Spine foundation, Argospine and many more. He is also Editor in Chief Journal of Spine, Editor in Chief Journal of Neurology and Neuroscience.

Anterior and Posterior spine surgery; cranio-cervical junction surgery, pain therapy; minimally invasive and endoscopic surgery plugs; spinal neurooncology, Application of hemocomponents surgery in spines; spine trauma, neurotraumatology, biomolecular research for bone augmentation

Kai-Ming Fu, MD, PhD, is a board-certified neurosurgeon at the Weill Cornell Brain and Spine Center. Dr. Fu obtained his undergraduate degrees from Stanford University and his medical and graduate training in the MD/PhD program at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. After completing his residency and chief residency in neurosurgery at the University of Virginia, Dr. Fu completed a combined neurosurgical and orthopedic spine fellowship at the University of Virginia under Dr. Christopher Shaffrey, where he received advanced training in deformity, reconstructive, and oncological spine surgery. Dr. Fu combines his clinical interests in deformity, reconstructive, revision, and tumor surgery with active research in clinical outcomes. His work has been presented at multiple national and international meetings and been published in journals such as Spine, Journal of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery, Journal of Neurophysiology, and Journal of Neuroscience. He has been nominated for and won multiple awards at meetings such as the Scoliosis Research Society Annual Meeting and the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. His work has been featured in Spinal News and Orthopedics Today

deformity, reconstructive, revision, and tumor surgery with active research in clinical outcomes

Francesco Massari MD, PhD, is an Interventional Neuroradiologist at the University of Massachusetts, MA, USA. Dr. Massari obtained his Medical Degree, Ph.D. and Master Degree at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy. He completed two fellowship programs in Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, respectively at the Medical University of South Carolina, SC, USA and University of Massachusetts, MA, USA; where he received an advanced training in Brain and Spine Interventional Radiology. His research spans areas including the cerebrovascular pathology and spinal disease. He is Principal Investigator (PI) and Co-Investigator in several clinical and laboratory international trials. He is an active member of several European and American Medical Societies, among which the American Medical Association (AMA), American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR), Society of Neurointerventional Surgery (SNIS), American Society of Spine Radiology (ASSR), European Society of Radiology (ESR) and Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology Society of Europe (CIRSE), as well as reviewer for multiple International Scientific Journals. His work has been presented at multiple national and international meetings and been published in scientific journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Spine, Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery, Neuroradiology, Skeletal Radiology, Neurographics. He has been nominated for and won multiple awards at the American Society of Spine Radiology (ASSR) Annual Meeting for his research on spinal minimally invasive treatments.

spine Radiology,Spinal Tumors