The 8th SJNS International Conference 2026

Name: The 8th SJNS International Conference 2026
Start: 2026-10-01T18:00:00+03:00
Location: Land Mark Hotel Amman

Diversities, Updates and Future Horizons

When

1–3 Oct 2026

Starting 06:00 pm

Where

Amman, Jordan

Land Mark Hotel Amman

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8th International Conference — Society of Jordanian Neurological Surgeons, Jordan 2026, October 1–3

01 · About SJNS

The Society of Jordanian Neurological Surgeons

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The Society of Jordanian Neurological Surgeons (SJNS) is a professional medical society based in Jordan that brings together experts in the field of neurosurgery to promote research, education, and collaboration.

The society was founded in 2005, with the aim of improving the quality of care for patients with neurological disorders in Jordan and the surrounding region.

In addition to promoting research and education, the SJNS also plays an important role in advocating for the needs of patients with neurological disorders.

The society works closely with Jordan Medical Association (JMA) and government agencies to ensure that patients have access to the highest quality care and treatment. The SJNS also organizes conferences, seminars, and other educational events for its members, as well as for healthcare professionals and the general public.

These events provide opportunities for participants to learn about the latest advances in the field of neurosurgery, as well as to network with other professionals and researchers in the field. Overall, the Jordanian Society of Neurological Surgeons is a vital organization that plays an important role in promoting the health and well-being of patients with neurological disorders in Jordan and the surrounding region. Its commitment to research, education, and collaboration is helping to advance the field of neurosurgery and improve the lives of countless patients.

What is included with my registration?

Looking forward to welcome you in Amman, Jordan

Registration benefits

All scientific sessions access.
All workshops and seminars.
Lunch, snacks and any meals as per the conference schedule.

Registration fees

JOD 50

SJNS Members

JOD 100

Non-SJNS Members

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03 · Our Management

The Distinguished and Expert Management Members of the Conference

04 · Program Schedule

The 8th International Conference of Society of Jordanian Neurological Surgery

October 1-3, 2026 · Amman-Jordan

Opening Oct. 1 Day 1 Oct. 2 Day 2 Oct. 3

Workshop

8:00 – 13:00 Workshop venues

Time	Presentation	Speaker
—	Endoscopic Transnasal transsphenoidal approach – live surgery, 10 attendees	Al-Bashir
—	Endoscopic Spine approach – live surgery, 10 attendees	M. Royal Services
—	Deep Brain Stimulation	on Site
—	Vagal nerve stimulation	on Site

Preconference Didactic Session I

13:00 – 15:00 Main Ballroom

ModeratorsYousef Oraiqat, Mu'awiya A. Al-Jaber, Jarrar Atyya

Time	Presentation	Speaker
13:00 – 13:10	Head Trauma in King Talal Military Hospital	Tarek Alkhaldi
13:10 – 13:20	Neuromodulation experience in Jordan	Tariq Harb
13:20 – 13:30	Giant Multiple Skull Hydatidosis in a Child: A Case Report & Review of the Literatures	Ali Qubilat
13:30 – 13:40	Surgical Resectability of Anterior Skull Base Meningiomas at KHMC	Abdaljleel Alsharayah
13:40 – 13:50	Unusual presentation and Location of Hydatid cyst	Anas Hmaidi
13:50 – 14:00	Navigating the learning curve of Endoscopic spine surgery	Luai Abu Alia
14:00 – 14:10	Surgical CNS trauma cases at Al-Basheer hospital for the last 10 years, huge experience	Moatsem Ali Al-Asali
14:10 – 14:20	Evolution of Pediatric Neurosurgery in Ministry of Health	Anas Hmaidi
14:20 – 14:30	Pediatric Sporadic Intraparenchymal Meningiomas: A Systematic Literature Review & Case Report	Hamza Khawaldeh
14:30 – 14:40	Deep Brain Stimulation for Dystonic disorders	Mazen Samaha
14:40 – 15:00	Coffee Break

Preconference Didactic Session II

15:00 – 18:00 Main Ballroom

ModeratorsSalah Al-Bishawi, Mahmood Al-Karmi, Eyad Abu-Nahleh

Time	Presentation	Speaker
15:00 – 15:10	Aggressive resection of Parafalcine Meningioma	Mustafa Nadi
15:10 – 15:20	Evolution of Minimally invasive Spine Surgery	Shadi Abu-Saa'
15:20 – 15:30	Decision-Making and Daily Challenges: Navigating Clinical Dilemmas in the Management of Spinal Extradural Lesions	Mahmoud Shehadeh
15:30 – 15:40	Neuromodulation experience in Jordan	Tariq Harb
15:40 – 15:50	C1-C2 instrumentation evolution and options	Waleed F. Al-Dabbas
15:50 – 16:00	Preoperative Prediction of Recurrent LDH	Bilal Ibrahim
16:00 – 16:10	Anti-epileptics in Pediatric Head Trauma	Qais Samara
16:10 – 16:20	Low Grade Glioma Resection Rationale	Ahmad Jameel
16:20 – 16:30	Lumbar disc: Fusion vs discectomy	Haitham Al-Rahahleh
16:30 – 16:40	Advancement in Neuroanesthesia	Yazen Nadi
16:40 – 16:50	Surgery for posterior fossa tumor	Raed Al-Jubour
16:50 – 17:00	Spinal tumor surgery at Al-Basheer hospital, MOH	Hussein Al-Mefleh Al-Abbadi
17:00 – 18:00	Pre-ceremony preparation

Opening Ceremony

18:00 – 20:00 Main Ballroom

Time	Presentation	Speaker
18:00 – 18:20	SJNS Chairman Speech	Dr. Hussein Al-Mefleh Al-Abbadi
18:20 – 18:30	Head of JMA	Dr. Issa Al-Khashashneh
18:30 – 18:40	Minister Speech	Dr. Ibrahim Al-Bdour
18:40 – 19:10	History of Neurosurgery in Jordan	Prof. Walid Al-Maani
19:10 – 20:00	Memorial Lecture	Prof. J. Rutka
20:00 – 21:00	Welcome and reception – booth tour

Oncology I

8:00 – 10:00 Main Ballroom

ModeratorsIbrahim Subeih, Mohammad Abu-elrub, Nasri Khuri

Time	Presentation	Speaker
7:30 – 8:00	Coffee and pastries
8:00 – 9:00	Advanced treatment protocols of meningiomas	Prof. Gelareh Zadeh - USA
9:00 – 10:00	Perilesional CSF as predictors for future metastasis	Dr. Osaama Khan - USA
10:00 – 10:30	Coffee Break

Vascular / Pediatric

10:30 – 12:30 Main Ballroom

ModeratorsNael Al-edwan, Shadi Abu Sa'a, Ahmad Al-Tamimi

Time	Presentation	Speaker
10:30 – 10:45	Anterior circulation aneurysms clipping	Dr. Ali Ayyad
10:45 – 11:00	Occult vascular brain lesions	Dr. Nidal Alrousan
11:00 – 11:15	Chiari I – Foramen Magnum Decompression	Prof. Selcuk Palaoglu
11:15 – 11:30	Approach related strategies for intradural tumours	Prof. Selcuk Palaoglu
11:30 – 11:45	Dural closure after Endonasal Endoscopic surgery	Prof. Joachim Oertel - Germany
11:45 – 12:00	Role of Endoscopy in Lesions of the Pineal area	Prof. Joachim Oertel - Germany
12:00 – 12:15	Vestibular Paroxysmia Associated with Recurrent Episodes of Pulsatile Tinnitus: A Case Report and Review of the Literature	Dr. Ahmad Daqour - Palestine
12:15 – 12:30	Petroclival meningiomas personal series	Prof. Ibrahim Subaih
12:30 – 14:00	Friday Prayer and Lunch Break

Functional

14:00 – 16:00 Main Ballroom

ModeratorsHussein Al-Abbadi, Abdullah Al-Akayleh, Ali Al-Jammal

Time	Presentation	Speaker
14:00 – 14:15	DBS for Movement Disorders & Psychiatric Diseases; Jordan Experience	Prof. Mohammad Samaha MD. FRCS
14:15 – 14:30	The Parallel Path: Establishing a DBS Center and Training in Functional Neurosurgery / DBS in Croatia, our Experience	Prof. Fadi Almahariq, MD. PhD. Neurosurgery Consultant · Dubrava University Hospital · Zagreb, Croatia
14:30 – 14:45	Establishing a Functional Neurosurgery Unit from Scratch: Challenges and Aspiration	Mahmoud Al-Abdallat Associate professor of neurosurgery · University of Jordan
14:45 – 15:00	Complex Parkinson’s Disease, management approach	Dr Fadi Alkufri MB ChB FRCP Consultant Neurologist
15:00 – 15:15	Our experience in Deep Brain Stimulation surgery for Parkinson’s disease at Al-Bashir hospital, Jordanian MOH	Dr. Osama Mohammad Jamous
15:15 – 15:45	Lesioning in Functional Neurosurgery: Is there still a place?	Prof. François Alesch - Austria
15:45 – 16:00	Future Perspective In DBS	Prof. François Alesch - Austria
16:00 – 16:30	Coffee Break

Spine I

16:30 – 18:00 Main Ballroom

ModeratorsIshaq Al-Ghanem, Feras Haddad, Mohammad Matalqeh

Time	Presentation	Speaker
16:30 – 16:45	Long term epilepsy associated tumors	Prof. Dr Nejat Akalan
16:45 – 17:00	Congenital spinal malformations	Prof. Dr Nejat Akalan
17:00 – 17:15	Augmented Reality-Guided Spine Surgery in Spinal Oncology: Initial Clinical Experience from Jordan	Mohammad Khalil Al-Barbarawi - KHCC
17:15 – 17:30	Percutaneous Spine endoscopy - sky is the limit?	Prof. Ovidiu Palea
17:30 – 17:45	Complications of spine endoscopy	Prof. Ovidiu Palea
17:45 – 18:00	Cervical spine surgery	Rakan Al-Louzi

Oncology II

8:00 – 10:00 Main Ballroom

ModeratorsSura Rawabdeh, Mohammad Jamous, Haitham Al-Okailee

Time	Presentation	Speaker
7:30 – 8:00	Coffee and pastries
8:00 – 8:30	Neuropathology for Neurosurgeons	Dr. Maysa Al-Husseini
8:30 – 9:00	Neuropathology for Neurosurgeons	Dr. Maysa Al-Husseini
9:00 – 9:15	Adaptive RTx in GBM United Study	Motasem Al-Hanaqta
9:15 – 9:30	Pituitary tumor – 1000 case experience	Amer Shorbaji
9:30 – 9:45	Neurosurgical Decision-Making in Carotid Revascularization: Carotid Endarterectomy Versus Carotid Artery Stenting for Stroke Prevention	Omar F. Jbarah
9:45 – 10:00	Subcortical Mapping in Awake Craniotomy	Mustafa Nadi
10:00 – 10:30	Coffee Break

Oncology III

10:30 – 12:30 Main Ballroom

ModeratorsZuhair Salma, Treq Kanaan, Maher Elayyan

Time	Presentation	Speaker
10:30 – 10:45	The MRI Lies: When should we believe it?	Saad Hamdan Abdullah
10:45 – 11:00	Micro Neurosurgery when resources are limited	Dr. Jalal Al-Najjar - Syria
11:00 – 11:15	Anterior Skull Base Reconstruction: Personal Experience after Fifty Cases	Fayez Obeid
11:15 – 11:30	Endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal approach for pituitary macroadenoma at Al Basheer hospital	Basel Younes
11:30 – 11:45	Gamma Knife in Oncological disorders	Prof. Mohammad Samaha MD. FRCS
12:00 – 12:30	Microsurgical Resection of Deep Midline Brain Tumors: A Case Series	Rafeed Al Drous
12:30 – 14:00	Lunch Break

Spine II

14:00 – 16:00 Main Ballroom

ModeratorsAli Nashaat, Hassan Al-Jouhari, Nidal Khasawneh

Time	Presentation	Speaker
14:00 – 14:15	Efficacy of conservative and surgical strategies in managing incidental durotomy following lumbar microdiscectomy	Hazem Khamaiseh, MD
14:15 – 14:30	Durotomy in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery: Incidence, Management, and Outcomes	Mohammad Abu Kaff
14:30 – 14:45	Spine SRS/SBRT	Motasem Al-Hanaqta
14:45 – 15:00	From Oncology to Instability: A Retrospective Review of C0-C2 Surgical Management and Segmental C1-C2 Instrumentation	Rafeed Al Drous
15:00 – 15:15	Recurrent Lumbar Disc Herniation: Current Concepts and Treatment Strategies	Raed Sami Abu Kheit
15:15 – 15:30	Endoscopic Versus Open Microdiscectomy for Lumbar Disc Herniation: A Contemporary Evidence-Based Review	Martin Kakish
15:30 – 15:45	Spine Endoscopic Surgery: Our Experience and Outcomes in the Republic of Yemen – A One-Year Descriptive Study	Dr. Esam Nasser Alattar Sun Yat-sen University, China · Santa Casa Hospital, Brazil · King Saud University Medical City, Saudi Arabia
15:45 – 16:00	Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes of Surgery in Spinal Deformity	Dr. Adnan A. Alawadi Consultant Neurosurgeon at TMGH, Sana'a, R. Yemen
16:00 – 16:30	Coffee Break

Pediatric — Multidisciplinary

16:30 – 18:00 Main Ballroom

ModeratorsOmar Qattawneh, Raed Al-Jubour, Mustafa Nadi

Time	Presentation	Speaker
16:30 – 16:45	Neuro-endoscopy review	Nidal Khasawneh
16:45 – 17:00	The surgical management of Tarlov cysts, case series and updates	Dr. Qusay Saleh - JUH
17:00 – 17:15	Guideline on the management of Epilepsy: A National Delphi Consensus study	Narmeen Keshk - Egypt
17:15 – 17:30	Drug resistant epilepsy Surgical Approach	Dr. Salah Hamadah - Egypt
17:30 – 17:45	VNS in DRE Management: Surgical Perspective	Dr. Ahmad Darweesh - Egypt
17:45 – 18:00	Posterior Cervical Endoscopic Discectomy: Current Concepts, Surgical Technique, and Clinical Applications	Bader Obeidat