Faculty

Nabeel S. Alshafai

Course Director

Nabeel S. Alshafai

Assistant Professor
MD(Hon.) FRCSC EBNS ABNS(Eligible)

Dr. Alshafai graduated from King Faisal University Medical School, with the third highest score in his class. Following his graduation, he immediately joined neurosurgical residency training at the University of Toronto under the supervision of Professors Jim Rutka, Chris Wallace, and Charles Tator. He then did a traveling fellowship year in Europe at reputable centers while visiting professors J Schramm, J. Hernesniemi, and U. Ture.

During his training in Toronto, he was involved in elective rotations in skull-base surgery under the supervision of professors Fred Gentili and Michael Cusimano. He recently passed three neurosurgery board exams in 2012/2013: The Canadian Royal College, The European Board of Neurological Surgery, and The American Part One Board of Neurological Surgery exams.

Then he did a complex spine fellowship year under the supervision of Prof. Michael Fehlings at the Toronto Western Hospital. Nabeel’s experience with exams made him passionate and determined to create a review course for his colleagues which would make it easier to collect, study, and synthesize knowledge relevant to neurosurgical practice and board exams.

In early 2015 he was recruited as a consultant neurosurgeon and spine surgeon at The Antwerp University Hospital in Belgium. He acts as an assistant professor and is The Residency Training Program Director.

In October 2015 he was elected to be the new Chair of the Post-graduate Educational Committee for the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS).

In February 2016, Dr. Alshafai became a member of the examination committee for the European Board of Neurologic Surgery Examination. In March 2016, he was assigned to run a task force to look into the training and education of developing countries within the region of Eastern Europe and Central Asia under the auspices of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) Foundation. His research is focused on craniocervical pathologies and he is the director of the Craniocervical Junction Workshop.

In May 2016, he founded the Alshafai Neurosurgical Academy which is a Canadian Non-for Profit Organization (Head Quarter in Toronto – Canada) aimed to support Global education and research in cutting edge Neurosurgery.

By the end of 2017, Dr. Alshafai was recruited to his home country Saudi Arabia. He founded the section of Neurosurgery at the Royal Commission in Jubail Industrial City.

In December 2022, Dr. Alshafai, established and founded the NS Neuro Spine in the Kingdom of Bahrain to provide state-of-the-art services in the Middle East. In 2023 The NS Neuro Spine established a branch in Saudi Arabia.