Dr. Basil Al Sharef

• Spine surgeon

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The doctor sees patients at the following clinics:

1. Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Hospital
   Dubai, Building 57 - Building 55 26th St - Umm Hurair Second - Dubai Healthcare City - Dubai

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The appointment fee starts from AED 700. The exact price depends on the selected service and branch. It will be shown when booking, before the appointment is confirmed.

Additional tests and procedures may be charged separately.

No, the doctor sees adult patients only.

• experience — years
• Dr. Basil Al Sharef is a German- and Swiss-board-certified Leading Senior Consultant Spine and Scoliosis Surgeon with more than 20 years of international experience in Germany, Switzerland, and Dubai. He graduated in 2005 from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Kiel, Germany.

• Professional membership:
  • North American Spine Society (NASS)
  • German Society of Spine Surgery (DWG)
  • German Society of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery (DGOU)

• 4-Revision spine surgery for failed back surgery
  5-Spinal tumor surgeries (tumor debulking, stabilization with reconstruction of alignment, and posterior corpectomy)
  6-Spinal fusion surgeries (ALIF, TLIF/PLIF, and XLIF techniques)

• 9-Microsurgery (microdiscectomy and microdecompression)
  10-Minimally-invasive kyphoplasty/vertebroplasty

• Qualification:
  • German- and Swiss-board-certified in Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery (Facharzt)
  • Residency at the Spine and Scoliosis Center Karlsbad Langensteinbach (Prof. Harms), University Orthopedic and Trauma Hospital of Aachen (Prof. Niethard), and Spine and Scoliosis Center in Neustadt in Holstein (Prof. Halm)
  • License to practice medicine in Germany and Switzerland
  • MD, Christian-Albrecht University of Kiel, Germany

• Dr. Basil worked at the most prestigious spine surgery and scoliosis centers in Germany and Switzerland as a Consultant and Senior Consultant Spine Surgeon until 2019. He started his career in the UAE in December 2019 as a Consultant Spine Surgeon and has worked with renowned hospitals in the capacity of Head of the Spine Surgery Department.
• Dr. Basil treats all spinal pathologies in adults and children across all spinal regions. He specializes in surgeries for patients with spinal instabilities (e.g., slipping vertebrae, fractures), deformities of the spine (e.g., scoliosis, hyperkyphosis, and spondylolisthesis), surgical treatment of compressive pathologies of the spinal cord and spinal nerves (e.g., tumors, narrowed spinal canal, disc herniation), as well as degenerative diseases (e.g., osteochondrosis, spinal canal stenosis) across all spinal regions. Furthermore, one of his primary areas of expertise is complex reconstructive spine surgery and revision spine surgery in all spinal sections.

• Areas of Excellence:
  1-Corrective surgeries for scoliosis, kyphosis, spondylolisthesis, and post-traumatic kyphosis
  2-Cervical spine surgeries (ACDF, corpectomy, posterior and combined surgeries with complex reconstruction)
  3-Complex reconstructive spine surgery

• 7-Spinal trauma care: surgical from minimally-invasive percutaneous stabilization to complex reconstructions with corpectomy, decompression of the spinal canal, and vertebral body replacement; non-surgical treatment for stable fractures
  8-Surgical treatment of spinal infections (spondylodiscitis, epidural abscess)