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Usama H. Saleh, M.D. PhD, MRCS (UK)
Orthopedic, Trauma & Sports Injury Surgeon
Fellowship Trained University Of Toronto, Canada

Dr. Usama Hassan Saleh, is an orthopedic and trauma surgeon Graduated from Medical school in Egypt, did his clinical fellowship training in Upper extremity surgery at university Of Toronto, Canada and holding the membership of royal collage of surgeon of England (MRCS UK) Diploma, he completed his PhD thesis in Knee surgery from Cairo university in Egypt.

Dr. Saleh is a board certified orthopedic surgeon with Egyptian board and Arab board of orthopedic surgeon.

Dr. Saleh is subspecialized in sports injury and arthroscopic surgery of the shoulder, knee, elbow and wrist. He has an extensive training and interest in joint replacement surgery of the Knee, shoulder and hip.

In the field of trauma surgery Dr. Saleh, has a good experience with an advanced training at University of Toronto Hospitals, he is very active in teaching trauma surgery to the junior orthopedic surgeon in the region by being an International AO trauma faculty.

Education

  • MD, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig /Egypt
  • Master Degree oforthopedic Surgery, Ain-Shams University, Cairo/Egypt
  • Membership of Royal Collage of surgeon of England, MRCS (London) Diploma
  • Egyptian Board of orthopedics
  • MD (PhD) Degree in Orthopedic Surgery, Cairo University, Egypt

Professional Society Membership/Affiliation

  • Member of Egyptian orthopedic society
  • Member of Emirates orthopedic society
  • Member of Royal collage of surgeon of England
  • International member of the AAOS
  • AO Trauma, Regional faculty

Licenses obtained

  • Collage of physicians and surgeon of Ontario CPSO, License
  • Medical Practice License, Ministry of Health and Population, Egypt
  • License of MOH, orthopedics and trauma, Ministry of Health, UAE. (Orthopedic specialist A)
  • Medical Practice License, Dubai Health Authority, UAE (Orthopedic specialist)

Published Manuscripts

Chapters in Published Books

INTECH Publishers, Special Considerations in Asian Knee Arthroplasty- Selected Chapter, Authors: Hamid Reza Seyyed Hosseinzadeh, Samih Tarabichi, Ali Sina Shahi, Usama Hassan Saleh. Arthroplasty/ ISBN 980-953-307-830-9 (Ed: Plamen Kinov) INTECH 2012.

Conference Attended

  • AO course of internal fixation, Basic and Advanced
  • EOA Monthly Clinical Meeting, Cairo, Egypt
  • EOA Annually International Congress, Cairo, Egypt 2005-2012
  • Ain-Shams Arthroplasty club meeting (every 3 months)
  • Ain-Shams university trauma club biannual meeting
  • External fixation (TSF) course, Dubai May 2010
  • ISTA Dubai 2010
  • Basic life supports 2009 and 2011
  • Revision Knee arthroplasty Master course, Dubai November 2010,2011, 2012 &2014
  • Roadmap of clinical research, by AO and SAPCA Dubai 2010 and 2012
  • SICOT Dubai 2012
  • ICJR Dubai 2012
  • ICJR Dubai 2013
  • ICJR Dubai 2014
  • Current concept in joint replacement, Las Vegas, USA, May 2013
  • AAOS annual meeting March 2014
  • Current concept in joint replacement, Orlando Dec.2014
  • Paris International Shoulder course Feb. 2015
  • ISAKOS, Lyon 2015
  • Nice shoulder course 2016
  • SICOT, Rome 2016
  • AO Master course in lower limb fractures, October 2016
  • AO Master Upper extremity, Davos 2017
  • Nice shoulder course , Nice France 2018
  • Mayo Clinic course on shoulder tendon transfers and complex rotator cuff repair , April 2019

Cadaveric workshops attended

  • Arthrolab, Munich Germany, 2 days of cadaver workshops on Knee and shoulder, 2015
  • Assuit shoulder course Egypt, shoulder cadaver workshop
  • Shoulder advanced techniques, cadaver workshop, Istanbul Turkey, Feb. 2016
  • Elbow cadaveric workshop, Arthroscopy and open surgery, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt March 2016
  • Dubai Shoulder course, Sep. 2016
  • AANA Shoulder course, Chicago, USA October 2017
  • 2n Dubai shoulder course, Dubai UAE April 2018
  • Advanced techniques in rotator cuff repair and SCR , Arthrex Lab in Toronto, Canada march 2019
  • Mayo Clinic course on shoulder tendon transfers and complex rotator cuff repair, April 2019

Organizing Scientific Activity

  • Project Director & scientific committee member for, The International Congress of Joint Reconstruction (ICJR Middle East), Dubai 2013, 2014 and 2015.
    (Annual conference dedicated for Joint replacement and sports injury, with more than 600 attendees per year)
  • Board and Scientific committee, The Emirates International Orthopedic Congress, 2013 ,2015,2016 &2018
  • Scientific committee member and one of the organizing board ICJR Egypt 2016
  • Course Director and scientific committee member, 1st Dubai shoulder course 2016
  • Scientific committee member, MENA Orthopedic congress 2016, Dubai
  • Co Chair, international trauma congress, February 2017, Dubai UAE
  • Scientific committee member and one of the organizing board ICJR Egypt 2017
  • Co Chair, international trauma congress, February 2018, Dubai UAE
  • Chairman 2nd Dubai shoulder course, April 2018

Presentations in meetings & conferences

  • Prothetic Lumbar disc prosthesis, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt 2007
  • Elbow Arthroscopy, Indications and Technique, El Helal Hospital, Cairo 2009
  • Middle East Knee scoring System, New project. Presentation at the orthopedic Club Dubai, September 2012
  • Patient specific instrumentation versus manual instrumentations in TKA, Egyptian orthopedic association annual meeting December 2012
  • Insufficency Fracture Post TKA,a unique pattern of periprothetic fracture, Egyptian orthopedic association annual meeting December 2012
  • Iatrogenic MCL injury during TKA,new technique of management. Presentation at the International Congress of Joint Reconstruction Middle East, Dubai March 2013
  • Vascular Complication During TKA, How to avoid and manage? Master course for TKA,Maxx Medical company, Dubai March 2013
  • A Unique pattern of peri-prothetic fracture following total knee arthroplasty:The insufficiency fracture, Poster presentation AAOS anneal meeting ,Chicago 19-23 March 2013
  • Primary repair of Iatrogenic MCL injury during total knee artroplasty, a modified technique. Poster Presentation at the annual meeting of American academy of orthopedic surgeon AAOS 2014
  • Simultaneous Bilateral Total knee Arthroplasty , Pain management symposium by MSD, Dubai November 2013
  • Patient specific cutting Guides in TKA, Does it worth the Added cost. 2nd International Emirates orthopedic conference, Dubai, UAE November 2013
  • Periprothetic Fracture post TKA,Maxx Knee symposium,2nd International Emirates orthopedic conference, Dubai, UAE November 2013
  • Inflammatory Joints Diseases. Current Advances in Pain Management “December 13-14, 2013 Istanbul, Turkey
  • Primary Repair of the Iatrogenic Injury of the Medial Collateral Ligament During TKA, A ‎Modified Technique.65th Egyptian Orthopedic Association annual meeting, 16-19 December 2013
  • Blood conservation during THA, Arab Health congress, 10th Middle East orthopedics conference 28-30 January 2014, Dubai, UAE
  • Total Knee arthroplasty following High tibial osteotomy, challenges and results: International Congress for Joint reconstruction, ICJR Middle East, Dubai 2014
  • How Effective is Intra-Articular Tranexamic Acid in Reducing Blood Loss in Total Knee Arthroplasty? A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind Study: paper accepted as an Oral presentation, SICOT Rio de Janeiro, 2014
  • High Tibial osteotomy, Indications and Technique, Arab Health congress, 11th Middle East orthopedics conference 2015, Dubai, UAE
  • Peri-prosthetic Fracture post TKA, 3rd Emirates International Orthopedics meeting, April 2015
  • Chronic anterior knee pain in adults, 3rd Emirates International Orthopedics meeting, April 2015
  • Iatrogenic MCL injury during TKA, ICJR Middle east, Dubai UAE, November 2015
  • PSI in Total knee arthroplasty, MOSH annual symposium, Dubai UAE, December 2015
  • Acute AC Joint Injury Managements, EXTER center meeting, Dubai UAE, January 2016
  • Iatrogenic MCL injury during TKA, ICJR Egypt, Cairo Egypt, April 2016
  • Complications of HTO, how to avoid? 4th Emirates International Orthopedics meeting, April 2016
  • Total knee arthroplasty in Valgus deformity, 4th Emirates International Orthopedics meeting, April 2016
  • Fracture neck femur in osteoporotic bone, 4thEmirates International Orthopedics meeting, April 2016
  • Total knee arthroplasty in Valgus deformity, 2nd Innovation of joint surgery (IJS) Dubai, August 2016
  • Long head of Biceps tenodesis versus tenotomy, should we really care?
    1st Dubai shoulder course, Dubai September 2016
  • Anterior Knee pain in Adults, diagnosis and management. MENA orthopedic international congress, Dubai septmber2016
  • MedialSubvastus approach, Indications and technique. AO cadaveric course for surgical approaches. Dubai, October 2016
  • Knee pain in adults, Diagnosis and management, Pfizer pain meeting , November 2016
  • Patella Fracture in adults, recent updates in management, International trauma Congress, Dubai February 2017
  • Role of topical NSAIDs in pain management of the knee and shoulder, focus on IBS and pain management meeting, Sharm ElSheikh, Egypt, February 2017
  • Pain management in knee surgery, Pain symposium, April 2017, Muscat, Oman
  • How to minimize the risk of PJI in hip and knee Arthroplasty, ICJR, Egypt, September 2017
  • Patellar Tendon rupture in adult, my preferred technique, International Trauma congress, Feb. 2018 Dubai, UAE
  • Surgical Management Acute AC joint separation, 2nd Dubai Shoulder course April 2018 Dubai, UAE
  • How to minimize the risk of PJI in hip and knee Arthroplasty, 6th Emirates international orthopedics congress, May 2018 Dubai, UAE

AO Trauma, As a Faculty

  • AO course, Basic principal of fracture Treatment, Dubai, March 2013
  • AO Course, Basic Fracture Management for ORP, Dubai April 2014
  • AO Course, Basic principle for Advanced Fracture Treatment, May 2014
  • AO Faculty training program, Dubai, Jun 2014
  • AO Trauma, Basic Fracture Management for ORP, Regional course, Dubai October 2014
  • AO Basic Fracture Management for ORP, Dubai April 2015
  • AO Trauma, Basic Fracture Management for ORP, Regional course, Dubai October 2015
  • AO Trauma, Basic principle for Advanced Fracture Treatment, Regional course, Dubai October 2015
  • Chairman, AO osteotomy around the Knee seminar, November 2015, Duabi
  • Chairman, Basic Principals of Fracture Management, Dubai April 2016
  • AO Surgical approaches in orthopedics, cadaveric based course, Dubai October 2016

AO Trauma, As a Course Chairman

  • AO Basic principles for fracture management for ORP, Dubai 2015
  • AO seminar, osteotomy around the knee, Dubai, December 2015
  • AO Basic advance Principals of fracture managements April 2016
  • AO Course- Advanced Principles of fracture Management, 21-23 January 2017 Dubai UAE

Poster Presentation in International conferences

  • Things you should Know before doing TKA in Asian patient, SICOT congress 2013, Dubai, UAE
  • Insufficiency Fracture, a unique pattern of periprothetic fracture following TKA, AAOS annual meeting 2013, Chicago, USA
  • Arthroscopic assisted reconstruction of dislocated AC joint, SICOT congress 2013, Hyderabad, India
  • Comparative study between TKA using patient specific instrumentation and TKA using conventional instrumentation. SICOT congress 2013, Hyderabad, India
  • Management of iatrogenic injury of MCL during TKA, A modified technique
  • AAOS annual meeting, New Orleans 2014, USA
  • Management of iatrogenic injury of MCL during TKA, A modified technique
  • World arthroplasty congress ICJR Paris April 2015
  • TKA, tourniquet versus tourniquet-less, a comparative randomized control trial. EFFORT Geneva 2016

Professional Experience & area of Interest

Upper Extremity

  • Shoulder arthroscopic surgery, complex and revision cases of Instability and rotator cuff repair, AC joint arthroscopic surgery, Impingement of the shoulder
  • Tendon transfer around the shoulder
  • Shoulder arthroplasty surgery (Hemi-arthroplasty, Anatomical and reverse shoulder arthroplasty for elective and Trauma)
  • Complex Trauma surgery of the Upper Limbe (clavicle, shoulder, elbow and wrist)
  • Elbow arthroscopy and arthroplasty
  • Wrist arthroscopy
  • Wrist surgeries for arthritis and degenerative changes
  • Soft tissue procedures, Pectoralis major repair, Long head of biceps repair or reconstruction, triceps repair, Tendon release ad repair, nerve release

Lower Extremity

  • Knee arthroscopic surgery
    • Arthroscopic ACL reconstruction
    • Arthroscopic PCL reconstruction
    • Arthroscopic Menesectomy/Meniscal repair
    • MCL and LCL Repair
    • Management of Multi-ligamentous Injury of the knee
    • Patellar subluxation, soft tissue and bony procedures
    • Synovectomy and all other Knee arthroscopic surgery
  • Revision knee arthroscopic surgery
  • Patellar tendon and quadriceps tendon repair or reconstruction
  • Osteotomy around Knee and Hips (HTO, Supracondylar femur and subtrochanteric)
  • Trauma of the lower extremity simple and complex (expect complex Pelvis and acetabulum)
  • Hemi and Total Hip arthroplasty for Trauma cases
  • Total knee arthroplasty, Uni condylar knee arthroplasty and revision Knee arthroplasty

Dr. Usama Saleh