Fahad AlKherayf
University of Ottawa, Canada
Biography
AlKherayf is an Associate Professor and a Neurosurgeon at University of Ottawa. He is also a neuroscientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI) with a cross appointment to the Clinical Epidemiology Program. He is the Director of the Clinical Research Program at the Division of Neurosurgery at the Ottawa Hospital, and the Director of Spine Fellowship Program at University of Ottawa. After graduating from medical school he completed his neurosurgery training at University of Ottawa in 2010. He also completed two fellowships in complex spine surgery and minimally invasive skull base surgery. Additionally, he has training in clinical epidemiology and biostatistics (MSc, Epidemiology and Biostatistics 2011) and has completed the Clinician Investigator Program certified by the Royall College of Physician and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC). His clinical practice is focused on complex spine surgery, minimally invasive cranial surgery and complex cranio-cervical reconstruction. His clinical research interests lie on translational primary brain tumor research, clinical trials, and spinal cord injury. He has authored and co-authored many research papers and abstracts, and spoken at many international conferences. He has special interest in neurosurgery and spine education by directing many training courses. He also has been serving as an editorial board member of many journals.