Dr. Florian Roser

Dr. Florian Roser, MD, is the Chair​ of Neurological Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. He also serves as a Clinical Professor of Surgery in the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at the Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, US.

Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Roser served as the Vice Chairman and Chief of Staff in the Department of Neurosurgery. He currently holds the position of Full Professor of Neurosurgery at the Eberhard-Karls University of Tübingen, Germany.

Dr. Roser is the Associate Editor of Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery (Elsevier Journal) and serves as an ad-hoc reviewer for numerous prestigious neurosurgery journals, including Spine, Spinal Cord, Neurosurgery, Journal of Neurological Science A and B and Journal of Neurosurgery. He has authored over 101 peer-reviewed articles and presented more than 140 lectures worldwide.

Furthermore, Dr. Roser has received several research grants from prestigious research institutions for basic molecular research on meningioma tissue, clinical research on diagnostics in Syringomyelia and technical innovations in surgical anatomy.

Dr. Roser is a graduate of the Johannes-Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany and studied Medicine in Morgantown, West Virginia, US, as well as in Johannesburg, South Africa. He completed his residency in the prestigious Department of Neurosurgery at Klinikum Hannover Nordstadt.

Dr. Roser resides in Abu Dhabi with his wife and two kids. He enjoys contemporary literature and various sports activities.​

PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY

• 1992 - 1998: JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY, MAINZ, GERMANY. Doctor of Medicine (MD)
• 2008 - 2008: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY, LONDON, UK. Fellow, Spine; Honorary Clinical Consultant
• 2005 - 2006: EBERHARD-KARLS UNIVERSITY TÜEBINGEN, TÜEBINGEN, GERMANY. Fellow, Skull Base; Assistant Professor
• 1999 - 2004: KLINIKUM HANNOVER NORDSTAT, HANNOVER, GERMANY. Resident, Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery

WORK EXPERIENCE

2008 - 2014: EBERHARD-KARLS UNIVERSITY TÜEBINGEN, TÜEBINGEN, GERMANY. Professor of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine; Vice-Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery; Head of Skull Base Center; Head of Spine and Spinal Cord Center

Achievements & Career Highlights

• Conducted live surgery transmitted worldwide on a regular basis during instructional skull base and spine courses
• Board Member, Educational Committee of the North American Skull Base Society
• Associate Editor, Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery (Elsevier)
• Member, Executive Council on Accreditation & Education of the German Spine Society, 2012 to 2013
• Congress President of the 4th International Meeting on Syringomyelia, Berlin, Germany, 2010
• Founding Member, Scientific Advisory Board of the German Syringomyelia Support Group, since 2007
• Stipendiate of the German Society of Neurosurgery, Berlin, Germany, 2007
• Mayfield Clinical Science Award, American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, US, 2007
• Himalaya Expedition Medical Escort, 2004
• Borneo Expedition Medical Escort, 2002