Prof Mahmoud Hafez

• Consultant

Treatments

Biography: MSc Orth (Cairo), Dip SICOT (Belgium), FRCS Ed (UK), MD (Leeds, UK).He is pioneer and developer of patient specific templates (PSI) and custom-made guides for total knee arthroplasty (TKR) since 2001. Inventor with 20 patents on patient specific instruments & implants for bone & joint surgery. Author of > 50 papers and 24 book chapters and editorials. He is a winner of UK Alumni Award British Council 2018, Gold Medal from Geneva inventions 2014 & 2016, Hap Paul Award from ISTA 2010 and few other awards.He was trained and worked in UK for > 10 years and had arthroplasty fellowship in Wrightington Hospital, Wigan, UK (2004), Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Pittsburgh, USA (2004-2005) & St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto University, Canada (2006).He is currently a Professor and Head of the Orthopaedic Dept., Faculty of Medicine, October 6 University. Visiting professor, New Vision University, Georgia and External supervisor of PhD program in Cardiff University, Wales, UK. Visiting Surgeon, performing knee replacement & PSI in more than 10 countries in Europe, North America, Africa and Asia.He is Executive Committee Member in both CAOS-International Society, Bern, Switzerland, & International Federation of Inventors Associations, Geneva. SICOT Diploma Examiner & Plenary Speaker (2019). Instructor for ATLS course, American College of Surgeons. Trainer in AO-Recon.