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Dr. Anwar Al Rabiah

M.D. Orthopedic Surgeon

Dr Anwar AL Rabiah was born in Riyadh, kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He is married with four children . He is currently working in King Faisal Specialist Hospital and research centre as a Consultant in the department of orthopedics .
He lived in the United States 8 years of his childhood were he learned English fluently as he attended primary school in Texas .
Dr Alrabiah traveled back to Saudi Arabia were he continued his education and finished his medical school .
He then was sponsored by king Faisal specialist hospital to continue his postgraduate medical education in North America , first his residency at McMaster University , Hamilton Ontario Canada were he got after a 5 year program his FRCS C in orthopedic surgery.
Then he moved to the University of Toronto were he did his fellowship in joint replacement .
He then travelled to the University of Calgary were he joined the combined orthopedic neurosurgery spine fellowship program for two years , during his 8 years in Canada he received Merit Awards for Academic Achievements by the the Saudi Cultural Attaché in Ottowa for his years in Canada.
Since his return to king Faisal specialist hospital in Riyadh he has been very busy establishing the spine program for minimal invasive surgery he has mastered the lateral approach to spine being the number one centre for this type of surgery in the region , he has also been very busy with other spine pathology including adult scoliosis and metastatic spine tumors .
Since his return he has become one of the top spine surgeons in the country.
He believes that spine surgery in the future will be fully an outpatient procedure needing no blood transfusion or intensive care unit stays.
His experience in minimal invasive spine gave him an obligation to teach it in his fellowship program to future spine surgeons and also to local surgeons visiting his operating room on regular bases.
In spite of his busy work schedule, he made sure that he has time for his family wife and children.

Dr. Anwar Al Rabiah

M.D. Orthopedic Surgeon

Appointments

Current Hospital Appointments:

Consultant, Adult Spine

King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre

Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

2008 till present

Education

King Saud University

Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

MBBS, College of Medicine

1989-1996

King Saud University Affiliated Hospitals

Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Compulsory Internship

1996-1997

King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center

Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

General Surgery Resident

1997-2000

McMaster University

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Orthopedic Resident

2000-2005

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Orthopedic Arthroplasty Fellowship

2005-2006

University of Calgary

Alberta, Canada

Spine Surgery Fellowship

2006-2008

Licensure & Certification

Licensure:

Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
College of Physicians of Surgeons of Alberta – Registration Special License in Orthopedic Surgery
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario – Postgraduate Education License
Saudi Council for Health Specialties

Professional Associations

North American Spine Society member
AO spine North America member
American College of Physicians Executives
Spine Universe Membership
American Institute of Minimal Invasive Spine Surgery (AIMISS), Cyprus
International Society of Advance Spine surgery (ISASS)
AO Spine, Middle East
Member of Society of Minimal Invasive Spine Surgery
The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
The Principles of Surgery Examination
The Medical Council of Canada Evaluating Examination

Specializations

Orthopedic Surgery

Adult Spine

Dr. Anwar Al Rabiah

M.D. Orthopedic Surgeon

Riyadh Orthopedic Club Meeting Topic (Metastatic spine disease) on 4th May 2009 Riyadh, KSA
Orthopedic Ground Rounds Topic ( Spinal Stenos is ) on 25th Feb. 2009 Riyadh Saudi Arabia
Orthopedic Ground Rounds Topic ( Lumber Disc Disease ) on 26th Nov 2008 Riyadh Saudi Arabia
Physiotherapy Department Ground rounds topic (Degenerative Disc Disease ) 10th Feb 2009
Family Med. Educ Activity: “Spinal Pathology at KFSH&RC”,KSH&RC, 09 June 2009
KFCC Grand Rounds: “Metastatic Spine Disease” ,KFSH&RC, 20 June 2009
Orthopedic Grand Rounds: “Vertebroplasty/Kyphoplasty”, KFSH&RC, 22 July 2009
Orthopedic Grand Rounds: “Cauda Equina Syndrome” , KFSH&RC, 07 Oct. 2009
Orthopedic Grand Rounds: “Spondylolisthesis ”, KFSH&RC, 16 Dec 2009
Speaker; AO Spine Percutaneous Interspinous Distraction, “Traditional Surgical Treatment of Spinal

Stenosis & Complication”, Riyadh, KSA, 15 Jan 2010

Orthopedic Grand Rounds: “Spinal Tuberculosis ”, KFSH&RC, 03 March 2010
Speaker – Riyadh Orthopedic Club Meeting, “Thoracic Disc Herniation”, 03 May 2010.
AO Spine Advance Course, Degenerative and Aging Spine, 12-13 May 2010, Jeddah lecture ( Update of

Posterior stabilization)

AO Spine Advance Course, Degenerative and Aging Spine, 12-13 May 2010, Jeddah lecture (Unsatisfied

Patient After Successful Fusion Surgery)

Speaker – Orthopedic Grand Rounds, “Total Knee Replacement in the Younge Patients”, 23 June 2010
AL faisal university college of medicine lecture , medical student education Tumors of the spine (Sept

2010 )

AL faisal university , college of medicine lecture , medical student education Acquired metabolic bone

disease ( Sep 2010 )

Speaker – Orthopedic Grand Rounds, “ Instability After Total Knee, 27 Oct 2010.
Invited speaker 2nd pain management conference 26-28th Oct 2010 Surgical Options For Spine Pain
Speaker – Orthopedic Ground Rounds “Minimal Invasive Spine ,16 Feb 2011
Speaker – Orthopedic Ground Rounds Thoraco-lumbar trauma , 23 March 2011
Speaker AOSpine Masters Cadaveric Course–Cadaver Lab “Less Invasive Techniques in the Treatment of Lumbar Spine (Clinical anatomy and biomechanics of the lumbar spine ) 19th March 2011
Speaker AOSpine Masters Cadaveric Course–Cadaver Lab “Less Invasive Techniques in the Treatment of Lumbar Spine (Open transforamenal lumbar interbody fusion) 19th March 2011
Speaker AOSpine Masters Cadaveric Course–Cadaver Lab “Less Invasive Techniques in the Treatment of Lumbar Spine (Posterior fusion enhancement) 20th march 2011
01 June 2011, Speaker: Grand Rounds, KFSH&RC, “Cervical Spine Trauma”
12 October 2011, Speaker: Grand Rounds, KFSH&RC, “Traumatic Instability, Thoracolumbar Spine”
13 Dec 2011, Speaker: “Lateral Fusion”, Spine Update Conference, Riyadh KSA
15 Dec 2011, Speaker: Cadaveric Teaching on Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion”, Spine Update Conference, Riyadh, KSA
11 January 2012: Speaker: “Implants in Hip & Knee Arthroplasty”, Basic Orthopedic Science Course, Riyadh, KSA
23 January 2012, Speaker: Cadaveric Teaching on Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion”, First Saudi International Spine Conference, Riyadh, KSA
09 February 2012, Speaker:”Cauda Equina Syndrome”, AO Spine Course, Holiday Inn, Riyadh
09 February 2012, Speaker:”Cervical Spine Approach”, AO Spine Course, Holiday Inn, Riyadh
15 February 2012, Speaker: Spine Surgery Decision Making in Therapy Spine Imaging Course, Riyadh, KSA
20 April 2012, Speaker: “Bone Graft Substitute Which One To Use”, AO Spine Advance Degenerative Spine, Jordan
20 April 2012, Speaker: “Rational of Interspinous Spacers”,, AO Spine Advance Degenerative Spine Dead Sea, Jordan
04-06 December 2012: Speaker, XLIF for L3/L4 Spondylolithesis, 2nd Spine Update, Dammam