Dr. Wagih El Masri

Founder and Chairman SPIRIT Spinal Injuries Charity Kattering, UK Dr. Wagih El Masri Hon. Clinical Professor of Spinal Injuries (SI), Keele University & Emeritus Consultant Surgeon In Spinal Injuries at The Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic (RJAH) Hospital Oswestry UK. Dr. Wagih El Masri trained between 1971 & 1983 in the Oxford group of hospitals, Guys Hosp. London, Stoke Mandeville Hospital and the USA. He obtained the first accreditation in the fields of Spinal Injuries and Allied Surgical Specialities in 1982. Appointed Consultant Surgeon in Spinal Injuries at the Midland Centre for Spinal Injuries, the RJAH Orthopaedic Hospital in 1983. He treated 10,000 patients with Acute Traumatic Spinal Cord Injuries and took full responsibility for the lifelong monitoring and care of 3000 of these patients. He published over 145 manuscripts.