Middle East Spine Society

8^th Middle East
Spine Congress

Name: 8th Middle East Spine Congress
Start: 2026-09-25T09:00:00+03:00
End: 2026-09-26T18:00:00+03:00
Location: Istanbul, Türkiye

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

◆ 25–26 September 2026◆ Istanbul · Türkiye

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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 25–26 September 2026. Istanbul — where two continents meet — will host the region's leading spine surgeons for two 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.

On behalf of the committee

🇹🇷 Mehmet Zileli

Honorary President

🇮🇶 Mohammed Zohair Shaker

Congress President

🇹🇷 Onur Yaman

Congress President

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. Over two days and four to five scientific sessions each day, an international faculty will share advances in spine surgery through lectures, case discussions and interactive sessions.

Days

4–5

Sessions / day

40+

Faculty

100+

Expected attendees

Scientific Program

Two days of spine surgery

Final scientific program. Session times may be subject to minor changes.

Day 125 September · Friday

08:30 – 09:00Welcome and opening talks

Session 1 · Lumbar Degenerative Disorders

Moderators: Abdel Hafiz Sheahab Eldin, Ender Ofluoğlu

09:00 – 09:05CaseCase discussion: Lumbar Spinal Stenosisİdris Avcı

09:05 – 09:20Guidelines for Lumbar Spinal StenosisAbdel Hafiz Sheahab Eldin

09:20 – 09:25CaseCase discussion: Degenerative SpondylolisthesisNicat Bayramlı

09:25 – 09:40Degenerative spondylolisthesis: surgical approachesMehdi Darmoul

09:40 – 09:45CaseCase discussion: Lumbar surgery with complicationOkba Ghellab

09:45 – 10:00Lumbar surgery complication avoidanceÖzgür Akşan

10:00 – 10:05CaseCase discussion: Degenerative deformityCelal Özbek Çakır

10:05 – 10:20Guidelines for Degenerative DeformityEnder 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 reconstructionSamir Smajic

11:15 – 11:20Discussion

11:20 – 11:35Evolution of spine surgery from open to MISMehmet Zileli

11:35 – 11:40Discussion

11:40 – 11:55Keynote lectureMehdi Darmoul

11:55 – 12:00Discussion

12:30 – 13:30Lunch break

Session 3 · Spinal & Spinal Cord Tumors

Moderators: Mehdi Darmoul, Serdar Kahraman

13:30 – 13:35CaseCase discussion: Spinal metastasisBekir Rovcanin

13:35 – 13:50Guidelines for management of spinal metastasisSerdar Kahraman

13:50 – 13:55CaseCase discussion: Primary spine tumorBilal Bahadır

13:55 – 14:10Guidelines for management of primary spinal tumorsShokruh Ziyavaddinov

14:10 – 14:15CaseCase discussion: Intramedullary tumorNashwan Yaseen

14:15 – 14:30Intramedullary tumors: when to operate, when to stop?Mohammed Zohair Shaker

14:30 – 14:35CaseCase discussion: Intradural tumorUlanbek Usenbekovich Kozubaev

14:35 – 14:50MIS and stability preserving surgery for intradural tumorsMasoud Khadivi

14:50 – 14:55CaseCase discussion: Sacral tumorBaran Taşkale

14:55 – 15:10Sacral tumors: surgical techniquesAbolfazl Rahimizadeh

15:10 – 15:30Discussion

15:30 – 16:00Coffee break

Session 4 · Spine Trauma

Moderators: Eko Subagio, Güçlühan Güçlü

16:00 – 16:05CaseCase discussion: Thoracolumbar traumaKemal Paksoy

16:05 – 16:20Guidelines for thoracolumbar trauma managementOsama Mohammed

16:20 – 16:35Guidelines for spinal cord injury managementEko Subagio

16:35 – 16:40CaseCase discussion: Odontoid fractureAdil Can Karaoğlu

16:40 – 16:55Guidelines for odontoid fracture managementAdnan Demirci

16:55 – 17:00CaseCase discussion: Subaxial cervical traumaErsin Özeren

17:00 – 17:15Guidelines for subaxial cervical traumaGüçlühan Güçlü

17:15 – 17:30Discussion

Day 226 September · Saturday

Session 5 · Spinal Deformity

Moderators: Süleyman Çaylı, Onur Yaman

09:00 – 09:15Sagittal and coronal balance in deformity surgeryOnur Yaman

09:15 – 09:20CaseCase discussion: Adolescent idiopathic scoliosisSabuhi Etibarlı

09:20 – 09:35Management of adolescent idiopathic scoliosisYahya Güvenç

09:35 – 09:40CaseCase discussion: Congenital scoliosisBirol Özkal

09:40 – 09:55Management of congenital scoliosisSüleyman Çaylı

09:55 – 10:00CaseCase discussion: Proximal junctional kyphosisHidayet Şafak Çine

10:00 – 10:15Prevention and management of proximal junctional kyphosisNuman 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 rationaleİsmail Bozkurt

11:15 – 11:30Tube-guided minimally invasive lumbar decompressionMehmet Zileli

11:30 – 11:45Endoscopic lumbar decompressionCelil Gökçek

11:45 – 12:00Minimally invasive lumbar screw fixationMurat Baloğlu

12:00 – 12:15Minimally invasive lumbar interbody fusionErkin Sönmez

12:15 – 12:30MIS in anterior cervical surgeryAbdulrahman Kamal

12:30 – 12:45MIS in posterior cervical surgeryÜlkün Ünlü Ünsal

12:45 – 13:00Discussion

13:00 – 14:00Lunch break

Session 7 · Cervical Degenerative Disorders

Moderators: Mohamed Mohi Eldin, Numan Karaarslan

14:00 – 14:05CaseCase discussion: Craniocervical junction surgeryEfecan Erişken

14:05 – 14:20Craniocervical junction fixation: indications & techniquesFahd Derkaoui Hassani

14:20 – 14:25CaseCase discussion: Cervical disc herniationErdal Yayla

14:25 – 14:40Guidelines for cervical disc herniationÇağrı Canbolat

14:40 – 14:45CaseCase discussion: Cervical spondylotic myelopathyBaran Can Alpergin

14:45 – 15:00Guidelines for CSM surgeryMohamed Mohi Eldin

15:00 – 15:15Guidelines for OPLL surgeryHamid 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

Presentation Guidelines

Speaking times in the scientific programme. Please keep to your allocated time so the discussion periods are preserved.

Case Discussion: 5 min; No theoretical introduction
Lecture: 12 + 3 min; 12 min talk, 3 min discussion
Keynote Lecture: 15 + 5 min; 15 min talk, 5 min discussion

Abstract Submission

Submit your abstract for oral or poster presentation at the 8th Middle East Spine Congress.

Submission deadline · 31 August 2026

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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

Honorary President

Mehmet Zileli

🇹🇷

Congress President

Mohammed Zohair Shaker

🇮🇶

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 a five-star hotel venue in Istanbul, with accommodation, scientific sessions and social program under one roof. Venue details and the official hotel will be announced soon.

Istanbul — where two continents meet.

To be announced

İstanbul

Türkiye · 41°N 29°E

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Advancing the art and science of spine surgery

Two days of spine surgery

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Istanbul, Türkiye

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