7th World Congress on
Spine and Spinal Disorders

Prof. Dr. Ali Fahir Ozer graduated from Atatürk University School of Medicine in 1976. He did his neurosurgery residency between 1977 and 1982 at Hacettepe University School of Medicine. He obtained his associate professor degree in 1988 and full-professorship in 1994. He served as the head of the neurosurgery department at Kocaeli University between 1994 and 1995. He has been working at the American Hospital neurosurgery department since 1995 and is currently a faculty at Koc University School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery. He is an Adjunct Professor in Bioengineering and Orthopaedic Surgery Colleges of Engineering and Medicine, the University of Toledo in 2018. Dr. Ozers' research mainly focuses on the biomechanics of the spine and dynamic stabilization of the spine. He had patented spinal products used in spinal surgery.

Biomechanics of the Spine

Bruce McCormack is a Neurosurgeon in San Francisco. He graduated from Brown University in 1982 and obtained a medical degree from Columbia Physicians and Surgeons in 1986. He finished a six-year Neurosurgery Residency at NYU in 1992 and then two fellowships in Spinal Surgery at the University of Florida and University of New Mexico. In 1994 McCormack was Assistant Professor at UCSF, Department of Neurosurgery and later became Director of the Spine Neurosurgery Service. Dr. McCormack has published multiple articles, abstracts and chapters in the field of Spine Surgery. He started a Neurosurgery private practice in San Francisco in 1998 which remains active to present. He McCormack founded 2 medical device companies and is an angel investor in several medical technology companies.

Neurosurgery, Degenerative Disc Disease