Dr. Nizar Natout

Dr Natout is a Board certified Orthopedic Surgeon with more than 25 years of experience in Adult Orthopedic and Spine Surgery. He did his orthopedic surgery residency at the Department of Orthopedic surgery, University of Toronto (Canada) where he did a full residency in orthopedic surgery and a fellowship in spine surgery.

He is well known for his interest in Mini-invasive Orthopedic and Spine Surgery including treatment of Adult Spinal Degenerative Disorders and fractures, Sports Injuries and Degenerative Joint Arthritis.

Endoscopic Spine Surgery is his subspecialty, done more than 400 cases and given lectures and been an invited speaker in many scientific international and local meetings.

DEGREES

• Medical School: Cairo University – Faculty of Medicine
• Degree: The Bachelor Degree of Medicine and Surgery B. B.Ch. Diploma (Signed up very good with honors)
• Internship: American University of Beirut - Medical Center (AUB-MC)
• Residency: University of Toronto (Canada), department of Orthopedic Surgery
• Degree: Specialist Certificate in Orthopedic Surgery, by Royal College of physicians and Surgeons of Canada
• Fellowship: Spine Surgery , University of Toronto (Canada)

CLINICAL SKILLS

• Adult Orthopedic and Spine Surgery
• Adult Lumbar and Cervical Spine Surgery
• Lumbar discectomy, Laminectomy, Lumbar fusion
• Ant cervical discectomy and fusion, cervical laminectomy and fusion
• Adult Reconstructive Joint Surgery
• Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA)-Mini-invasive Ant Approach
• Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA)
• Revision THA and TKA
• Total Shoulder Arthroplasty (reversed)
• Sports Medicine: Arthroscopic Knee and Shoulder Surgery
• Surgical Management of Adult Bone and Joint Trauma

RESEARCH

• Posterior interbody arthrodesis with a fibular strut graft in Spondylolithesis
• Authors: I Esses , Natout N and K Kip
• The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery vol 77, issue 2, 172-176 (1995)
• Neural Fibrolipoma of the Median Nerve
• Authors: J Fares , N Natout, Y Fares
• The Lebanese Medical Journal (64-67) April 2016
• Acute Cauda Equina Syndrome after Percutaneos    Transforaminal Endoscopic Disectomy
• Authors: MI Badra, MJH Rahal . , EN Najjar,    NY. Natout
• Journal of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and Technique Vol 3(2): 66-69, 2018