Dr. Alaa Azmi Ahmad, MD, MBBS

Education and Training

• Shriners Hospital for Sick Children - UCLA affiliated Pediatric orthopedic surgery clinical fellowship (Los Angeles, USA)
• Denver Health Medical Center AO trauma fellowship (Denver, USA)
• Board Certified in Orthopedic Surgery (Palestine Board Council, Palestine)
• Aien-Shams University Diplomat in orthopedic surgery (Cairo, Egypt)
• Basra University Bachelor of Medicine (M.B Ch.B) (Basra, Iraq)

Academic positions

• Annajah Medical school, Associate professor (Nablus, Palestine)
• Biomedical Engineering Department, Toledo University- Adjunct Associate professor (Ohio, USA)
• Orthopedic Department, Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)- Adjunct Assistant Professor (Charleston, USA)

Professional memberships

• Editorial board member Journal of pediatric Orthopedic B (JPO B) – Official journal of pediatric orthopedic society of North America (POSNA)
• Spine committee chair - SICOT
• Secretary general of the World Orthopedic Concern (WOC)- SICOT
• WAIOT humanitarian committee member- SICOT
• International Outreach Work Group member – North American Spine Society (NASS)
• Member feedback committee - North American Spine Society (NASS)
• Active member- Scoliosis Research Society (SRS)
• Growing spine committee member – Scoliosis Research Society (SRS)
• International consulting Board member- Global - help publishing company
• Strategic Educational Task Force member – AO spine
• Jordan Chapter member- AO Spine
• Corresponding member- Pediatric Orthopedic Society of North America (POSNA)
• Active member- European Pediatric Orthopedic Society (EPOS)
• AO Spine International Board member (2016-2018)
• Palestinian Orthopedic Committee board member (2011-2019)

Specialties

• Orthopedic Surgery
• Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery
• Pediatric Spine surgery- Scoliosis