Dr. Islam Abou youssef

Dr Islam Abouyoussef is spine surgery consultant with wide range of expertise in management of all spine problems particularly deformities, complex spine surgeries & minimally invasive spine surgeries.

Currently, he works in one of the best spine departments in Egypt, Nasser Institute Spine Department.

Dr Islam Abouyoussef was the cofounder & vice chairman of the Egyptian healthcare accreditation & regulation authority “GAHAR”.

He is the founder of the accreditation program of healthcare providers.

He was co-leading

the efforts of standards development, accreditation process, audits & regulatory inspection activities.

He is one of the pioneers of international accreditation for hospitals in Egypt.

Dr. Abouyoussef graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, and obtained his Ph.D. in Orthopedics from the same university.

Dr Abouyoussef has extensive experience in quality management and patient safety starting in 2003, he received a diploma in Total Quality Management in Healthcare from the American University in Cairo in 2006.

He started his career in one of the distinguished hospitals in Egypt that has been accredited by the Joint Commission International several times and expanded his experience in many other healthcare institutions in Egypt and the Middle East.

Dr. Abouyoussef also has extensive experience in evaluating and implementing accreditation standards of other institutions, such as Egyptian Accreditation Standards and CBAHI Standards, and WHOPSFH Standards.

Dr. Abouyoussef served as a faculty member in the Quality Diploma at the American University in Cairo; an MBA instructor at the Arab Academy for Science, Technology, and Maritime Transport; and a faculty member in the Joint Commission International’s Quality and Patient Safety Certificate Program.

He participated in many conferences on quality and patient safety as speaker.

Being a consultant of orthopedic and spine surgery with local and international experience in the USA, Spain, and Italy, Dr Islam is a member and trainer in some local and international societies in this medical field, such as EOA, SICOT, and AOSpine..