Emergency Medicine

Dr. Faowaz Al-Shammary

Head of Emergency Medicine
Languages
EN, AR
Nationality
🇦🇺 Australia
April 2025
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Today’s spine surgery uses small incisions, ensures faster recovery, and delivers consistent results—reflecting our commitment to restoring your quality of life with simplicity and precision.
Neck Procedures
The cervical spine enables head movement and carries nerves that control arm and leg function. Common issues include herniated discs, degeneration, and stenosis, causing pain, stiffness, numbness, or weakness. Most cases are treated without surgery, but when needed, advanced methods like artificial disc replacement and microsurgery are used.
Middle Back Procedures
This part of the spine supports torso movement and contains nerves affecting balance and leg function. Common problems include degeneration, stenosis, and tumors, leading to back pain, balance issues, or bladder/bowel problems. Minimally invasive techniques can often resolve these conditions.
Lower Back Procedures
The lumbar spine carries body weight, enables movement, and houses nerves for leg and bladder function. Conditions like herniation, degeneration, stenosis, tumors, or fractures may cause pain, stiffness, or mobility issues. Today, most are treated successfully—often without hospitalization—using advanced techniques like artificial disc replacement and microdecompression.
Global Alignment
The spine functions best when its regions—cervical, thoracic, and lumbar—are in proper alignment. Structural issues in the bones or discs can lead to deformities like scoliosis (curved spine) or kyphosis (hunchback). Modern techniques such as minimally invasive correction, computer-assisted, and image-guided surgery have greatly improved treatment success.
Cervical Artificial Disc Replacement
Lumbar Artificial Disc Replacement
Cervical Microdecompression
Lumbar Microdecompression
Thoracic Microdecompression
Cervical Microdiscectomy
Qualifications:
  • Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
  • Fellow of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine
Emergency Medicine
Areas of Expertise:
  • Emergency assessment and management of critically ill and injured patients
  • Acute cardiac emergencies
  • Geriatric medical and trauma emergencies
  • Acute respiratory emergencies and non-invasive ventilation
  • Musculoskeletal injuries, fractures, and joint dislocations
  • Difficult airway management
  • Central venous and arterial line insertion
  • Emergency medicine procedures and bedside point-of-care ultrasound
  • Pediatric injuries, wound management, and procedural sedation
  • Emergency department leadership, patient flow, and operational management
  • Quality improvement, clinical governance, and patient safety
  • Multidisciplinary team leadership and disaster management

Brief Profile


Dr. Faowaz Al-Shammary is an experienced emergency medicine physician and clinical leader with extensive expertise in emergency care, emergency department operations, patient safety, and multidisciplinary team leadership. He currently serves as Head of Emergency Medicine at The View Hospital, overseeing the delivery of high-quality acute and emergency care within a fast-paced tertiary healthcare environment.

Dr. Al-Shammary is focused on enhancing the patient journey from the moment patients arrive at the Emergency Department, ensuring safe, timely, and efficient care followed by appropriate management and follow-up. His clinical interests include acute cardiac and respiratory emergencies, geriatric trauma, difficult airway management, emergency procedures, and bedside point-of-care ultrasound. He also brings strong experience in clinical governance, quality improvement, patient flow, and disaster management.

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