Dr WAEEL HAMOUDA, Neurological & Spinal surgery Senior Consultant. Dr Hamouda graduated from Cairo University Medical School in 2002 with distinction with honours among the firsts in his class. Following internship, Dr. Hamouda started his neurosurgery residency in 2003 and gained his Master’s degree (MSc) in 2006, and his Medical Doctorate (MD-PhD) in Neurological & Spinal surgery in 2010. Since then he has been appointed as a faculty staff member in Cairo University Neurosurgery department & his current post is a professor assistant of Neurological & Spinal surgery at Cairo university medical school & teaching hospitals. Dr. Hamouda undertook several clinical and research fellowships in Brain stem & Skull base surgery (at Tubingen university), as well as Brachial plexus & Peripheral nerves surgery (at Ulm university) in Germany. He has been granted the AANS (American Association of Neurological Surgeons) international paediatric fellowship which he spent at the paediatric neurosurgery department, at Children’s Hospital of Boston, Harvard University, USA. Dr. Hamouda is a founding member of Arab Paediatric Neurosurgery Society (APNS), as well as an active member of many national, regional and international societies. He also contributes in scholarly refereeing and peer reviewing for many renowned international neurosurgical & spinal journals and publications, beside more than 60 presentations and lectures in scientific meetings, conferences and workshops. Last but not least, Dr. Hamouda possess the Fellowship of the Royal college of Surgeons of England in Surgical neurology (FRCS-SN), the European Board in Neurological Surgeries (FEBNS), AOspine Global Diploma in spine surgery, as well as the Basic & Advanced European Diplomas in Spine surgery.