Middle East Spine

Middle East Spine Society

8th Middle East Spine Congress

22–23 April 2027

Istanbul · Türkiye

Two days, the region's leading spine surgeons, one stage.

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Invitation

Dear colleagues and friends

It is our great honor to invite you to the 8th Middle East Spine Congress, held by the Middle East Spine Society in Istanbul on 22–23 April 2027, followed by Istanbul Spine Masters 2027 on 24–25 April. Istanbul — where two continents meet — will host the region's leading spine surgeons for four days of focused scientific exchange.

Across eight panels covering minimally invasive surgery, cervical myelopathy, deformity, revision and more, an international faculty will share their experience through lectures, case discussions and interactive sessions. We warmly welcome you to be part of it.

We look forward to welcoming you in Istanbul.

About the Congress

Advancing the art and science of spine surgery

The Middle East Spine Society brings the 8th Middle East Spine Congress to Istanbul — a crossroads of the region's spinal neurosurgery community. The congress opens a four-day block followed by Istanbul Spine Masters 2027, in which an international faculty shares advances in spine surgery through lectures, case discussions and interactive sessions.

2

Days

4–5

Sessions / day

8th

Edition

100+

Expected attendees

Scientific Program

Two days of spine surgery

Sessions and speakers carried over from the original programme; final confirmation for the new dates is pending with the committee.

Day 1

22 April · Thursday

08:30 – 09:00Welcome and opening talks

Session 1 · Lumbar Degenerative Disorders

Moderators: Abdel Hafiz Sheahab Eldin, Ender Ofluoğlu

09:00 – 09:05Case discussion: Lumbar Spinal Stenosis — İdris Avcı
09:05 – 09:20Guidelines for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis — Abdel Hafiz Sheahab Eldin
09:20 – 09:25Case discussion: Degenerative Spondylolisthesis — Nicat Bayramlı
09:25 – 09:40Degenerative spondylolisthesis: surgical approaches — Mehdi Darmoul
09:40 – 09:45Case discussion: Lumbar surgery with complication — Okba Ghellab
09:45 – 10:00Lumbar surgery complication avoidance — Özgür Akşan
10:00 – 10:05Case discussion: Degenerative deformity — Celal Özbek Çakır
10:05 – 10:20Guidelines for Degenerative Deformity — Ender Ofluoğlu
10:20 – 10:30Discussion
10:30 – 11:00Coffee break

Session 2 · Keynote Lectures

Moderators: Mehmet Zileli, Mohammed Zohair Shaker

11:00 – 11:15The importance of segmental lumbar lordosis and anterior reconstruction — Samir Smajic
11:15 – 11:20Discussion
11:20 – 11:35Evolution of spine surgery from open to MIS — Mehmet Zileli
11:35 – 11:40Discussion
11:40 – 11:55Keynote lecture — Mehdi Darmoul
11:55 – 12:00Discussion
12:30 – 13:30Lunch break

Session 3 · Spinal & Spinal Cord Tumors

Moderators: Mehdi Darmoul, Serdar Kahraman

13:30 – 13:35Case discussion: Spinal metastasis — Bekir Rovcanin
13:35 – 13:50Guidelines for management of spinal metastasis — Serdar Kahraman
13:50 – 13:55Case discussion: Primary spine tumor — Bilal Bahadır
13:55 – 14:10Guidelines for management of primary spinal tumors — Shokruh Ziyavaddinov
14:10 – 14:15Case discussion: Intramedullary tumor — Nashwan Yaseen
14:15 – 14:30Intramedullary tumors: when to operate, when to stop? — Mohammed Zohair Shaker
14:30 – 14:35Case discussion: Intradural tumor — Ulanbek Usenbekovich Kozubaev
14:35 – 14:50MIS and stability preserving surgery for intradural tumors — Masoud Khadivi
14:50 – 14:55Case discussion: Sacral tumor — Baran Taşkale
14:55 – 15:10Sacral tumors: surgical techniques — Abolfazl Rahimizadeh
15:10 – 15:30Discussion
15:30 – 16:00Coffee break

Session 4 · Spine Trauma

Moderators: Eko Subagio, Güçlühan Güçlü

16:00 – 16:05Case discussion: Thoracolumbar trauma — Kemal Paksoy
16:05 – 16:20Guidelines for thoracolumbar trauma management — Osama Mohammed
16:20 – 16:35Guidelines for spinal cord injury management — Eko Subagio
16:35 – 16:40Case discussion: Odontoid fracture — Adil Can Karaoğlu
16:40 – 16:55Guidelines for odontoid fracture management — Adnan Demirci
16:55 – 17:00Case discussion: Subaxial cervical trauma — Ersin Özeren
17:00 – 17:15Guidelines for subaxial cervical trauma — Güçlühan Güçlü
17:15 – 17:30Discussion

Day 2

23 April · Friday

Session 5 · Spinal Deformity

Moderators: Süleyman Çaylı, Onur Yaman

09:00 – 09:15Sagittal and coronal balance in deformity surgery — Onur Yaman
09:15 – 09:20Case discussion: Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis — Sabuhi Etibarlı
09:20 – 09:35Management of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis — Yahya Güvenç
09:35 – 09:40Case discussion: Congenital scoliosis — Birol Özkal
09:40 – 09:55Management of congenital scoliosis — Süleyman Çaylı
09:55 – 10:00Case discussion: Proximal junctional kyphosis — Hidayet Şafak Çine
10:00 – 10:15Prevention and management of proximal junctional kyphosis — Numan Karaarslan
10:15 – 10:30Discussion
10:30 – 11:00Coffee break

Session 6 · Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

Moderators: Fahd Derkaoui Hassani, Erkin Sönmez

11:00 – 11:15MIS overview and rationale — İsmail Bozkurt
11:15 – 11:30Tube-guided minimally invasive lumbar decompression — Mehmet Zileli
11:30 – 11:45Endoscopic lumbar decompression — Celil Gökçek
11:45 – 12:00Minimally invasive lumbar screw fixation — Murat Baloğlu
12:00 – 12:15Minimally invasive lumbar interbody fusion — Erkin Sönmez
12:15 – 12:30MIS in anterior cervical surgery — Abdulrahman Kamal
12:30 – 12:45MIS in posterior cervical surgery — Ülkün Ünlü Ünsal
12:45 – 13:00Discussion
13:00 – 14:00Lunch break

Session 7 · Cervical Degenerative Disorders

Moderators: Mohamed Mohi Eldin, Numan Karaarslan

14:00 – 14:05Case discussion: Craniocervical junction surgery — Efecan Erişken
14:05 – 14:20Craniocervical junction fixation: indications & techniques — Fahd Derkaoui Hassani
14:20 – 14:25Case discussion: Cervical disc herniation — Erdal Yayla
14:25 – 14:40Guidelines for cervical disc herniation — Çağrı Canbolat
14:40 – 14:45Case discussion: Cervical spondylotic myelopathy — Baran Can Alpergin
14:45 – 15:00Guidelines for CSM surgery — Mohamed Mohi Eldin
15:00 – 15:15Guidelines for OPLL surgery — Hamid Nabawi
15:15 – 15:30Discussion

Session 8 · Oral Presentations

Moderators: Murat Baloğlu, Osama Mohammed

15:30 – 17:00Selected abstract oral presentations (OP 1–9)
17:00Closing Ceremony

Faculty

Invited Speakers

Keynote Speakers

🇩🇪Samir Smajic
🇬🇧Pandurang Kulkarni
🇩🇪Mirza Poksjic

Faculty

🇺🇿Abdulfarruh Karimov
🇮🇶Abdulrahman Kamal
🇮🇷Abolfazl Rahimizadeh
🇹🇷Adnan Demirci
🇧🇦Bekir Rovcanin
🇹🇷Birol Özkal
🇹🇷Celal Özbek Çakır
🇹🇷Celil Gökçek
🇮🇩Eko Subagio
🇹🇷Ender Ofluoğlu
🇹🇷Erdal Yayla
🇹🇷Erkin Sönmez
🇹🇷Ersin Özeren
🇲🇦Fahd Derkaoui Hassani
🇹🇷Güçlühan Güçlü
🇪🇬Hamid Nabawi
🇹🇷Hidayet Şafak Çine
🇹🇷İdris Avcı
🇹🇷İlhan Yılmaz
🇹🇷İsmail Bozkurt
🇹🇷İsmail İstemen
🇹🇷Kemal Paksoy
🇮🇷Masoud Khadivi
🇹🇳Mehdi Darmoul
🇹🇷Mehmet Zileli
🇪🇬Mohamed Mohi Eldin
🇹🇷Murat Baloğlu
🇮🇶Nashwan Yaseen
🇦🇿Nicat Bayramlı
🇹🇷Numan Karaarslan
🇹🇲Nurgeldi Saparov
🇩🇿Okba Ghellab
🇹🇷Onur Yaman
🇮🇶Osama Mohammed
🇹🇷Özgür Akşan
🇹🇷Serdar Kahraman
🇰🇿Serick Duysenbi
🇺🇿Shokruh Ziyavaddinov
🇹🇷Süleyman Çaylı
🇦🇿Toğrul Cavadov
🇦🇿Tural Hidayetov
🇰🇬Ulanbek Usenbekovich Kozubaev
🇹🇷Ülkün Ünlü Ünsal
🇰🇿Viktor Aleinikov
🇹🇷Yahya Güvenç

Faculty confirmed by the organizing committee. Session assignments and chairs will follow in the scientific program.

Committee

Organizing & Scientific Committee

Mehmet Zileli

Honorary President

Mehmet Zileli

🇹🇷

Mohammed Zohair Shaker

Congress President

Mohammed Zohair Shaker

🇮🇶

Onur Yaman

Congress President

Onur Yaman

🇹🇷

Organizing Committee

🇲🇦Najia El Abbadi
🇸🇦Saleh S. Baeesa
🇹🇳Mehdi Darmoul
🇪🇬Mohamed Mohi Eldin
🇪🇬Abd-Elhafiz Shebab-Eldien
🇹🇷Yahya Güvenç
🇲🇦Fahd Derkaoui Hassani
🇹🇳Sobhy Houissa
🇳🇬Nasiru Ismail
🇮🇷Masoud Khadivi
🇧🇩Khairun Nabi Khan
🇮🇶Osama Mohammed
🇮🇷Abolfazl Rahimizadeh
🇩🇿Abderrahmane Sidi Saïd
🇵🇰Salman Sharif
🇮🇩Eko Agus Subagio
🇮🇳Sandeep Vaishya
🇹🇷Onur Yaman
🇹🇷Mehmet Zileli

Venue & Travel

Istanbul, Türkiye

8th Middle East Spine Congress will be held at Titanic Port Bakırköy Hotel, Istanbul — a separate venue from Istanbul Spine Masters 2027 (Acıbadem Kadıköy Hospital). Final venue details will be announced soon.

To be announcedIstanbul — where two continents meet.

Registration

Registration

The 8th Middle East Spine Congress has moved to 22–23 April 2027, followed by Istanbul Spine Masters 2027 (24–25 April). Registration for the new dates is not open yet and will be announced here.

If you registered for the September 2026 dates, the secretariat will contact you directly about your registration.

info@middleeastspine.org