Dr. Tamer Orief

Tamer Orief, MSc., M.D., is Neurosurgery/Spine Surgery consultant of Neuroscience Center.

Major areas of interests are Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, Degenerative Spinal Diseases and Spinal trauma.

He has overall 23 years of professional experience.

After receiving medical degree from Alexandria University, he had 3 years of residency in the Department of Neurosurgery at Alexandria University Hospitals and 1 year fellowship training in Surgical Neurology department at Aichi Medical University School of Medicine, Japan.

Areas of Interest

• Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
• Degenerative Spinal Diseases
• Spinal Trauma

Education

• MD, Alexandria University, Egypt
• MBChB, Alexandria University, Egypt
• MS, Alexandria University, Egypt

Specialty Training

Fellowship
Spine Surgery, Neurological surgery, Aichi Medical University School of Medicine, Japan

Residency
Neurosurgery, Alexandria University Hospitals, Egypt

Internship
Alexandria University Hospitals, Egypt

Working Experience

• Consultant, Department of Urology, Sheikh Khalifa Specialty Hospital, Ras Al Khaimah, UAE
• Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery, Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz Hospital (PMAH), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Consultant, Neurosurgery and Spine Surgery, Riyadh Care Hospital (RCH), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Assistant sub-specialty consultant, National Neurosciences Institute at King Fahad Medical City (KFMC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Academic Activities

Association

• NASS (North American Spine Society)
• AANS (American Association of Neurological Surgeons)
• APCSS (Asia Pacific Cervical Spine Society)
• JNS (Japan Neurosurgical Society)
• IGASS (International Group for Advancement in Spinal science)
• ESNS (Egyptian Society of Neurological Surgeons)
• ESA (Egyptian Spine Association)
• MSSFN (Middle Eastern Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery)
• SSS (Saudi Spine Society)

Publications

• Evolution of Egyptian Neurosurgery: An Overview. No Shinkei Geka.Orief T .No Shinkei Geka. 2010 Feb; 38(2):177-81. Japanese.
• Comparative evaluation of bone-filled Polymethylmethacrylate implant, autograft fusion, and Polyetheretherketone cervical cage fusion for the treatment of single -level cervical disc disease. Asian J Neurosurg. 2010 Jul; 5(2):46-56
• Guide wire breakage: An unusual complication of anterior odontoid cannulated screw fixation. Asian Spine J. 2011 Dec; 5(4):258-61.
• Spontaneous resorption of sequestrated intervertebral disc herniation: Illustrative cases and review of literature. World Neurosurg. 2012 Jan; 77(1):146-52.
• Direct transoral reduction of an anteriorly displaced type II odontoid fracture during anterior odontoid screw fixation: Review of literature. International Journal of Spine Surgery 6 (2012) 206–209
• Role of the O-arm fluoroscopy and computed assisted- navigation in safe screws fixation in children with traumatic rotatory atlantoaxial subluxation.Walid Attia, Asian Spine Journal Vol. 6, No. 4 pp266-273, 2012
• Pediatric upper cervical spine Giant cell tumor. Global Spine J. 2015 Aug; 5: 28–33
• Familial pseudotail, scoliosis and synpolydactyly syndrome .Eur Spine J. 2016 May; 25 Suppl 1:167-74

Book Chapters

• Tamer Orief, et al (Chapter Author). C1-C2 puncture. Nader R, et al (eds.). Neurosurgery Tricks of the Trade. Spine and Peripheral Nerves. Thieme Medical Publishers, New York, NY, 2014, pp 250-255
• Tamer Orief, et al (Chapter Author). Minimally invasive cervical decompression: anterior cervical micro-foraminotomy. Nader R, et al (eds.). Neurosurgery Tricks of the Trade. Spine and Peripheral Nerves. Thieme Medical Publishers, New York, NY, 2014, pp 155-157