Rheumatology

Dr. Samah Musa

Consultant, Rheumatology
Languages
En, Ar
Nationality
🇨🇦 Canadian

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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
  • Medical Degree from Weill Cornell Medical College in Doha, Qatar
  • Internal Medicine residency at Albany Medical Center New York, USA
  • Geriatric medicine fellowship at New York Langone New York, USA
  • Rheumatology fellowship at University of Toledo Ohio, USA
  • American Board of internal medicine
  • American Board in Geriatric medicine
  • American Board in Rheumatology
Brief Profile

Dr. Samah Osman Musa is a highly skilled and compassionate adult rheumatologist dedicated to providing comprehensive care for patients with autoimmune disease, arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions. Dr. Samah is committed to improving the quality of life for those living with pain associated with musculoskeletal disease. She is an experienced clinician and stays up to date with the latest advancements in the field, she is triple board certified in internal medicine, geriatric medicine and rheumatology through the American board of internal medicine (ABIM).

Dr. Samah specializes in diagnosis and treating a variety of rheumatic conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjogren’s syndrome, scleroderma, mixed connective tissue disease, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, gout, calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease, osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia, vasculitis (granulomatosis with polyangiitis, eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis, microscopic polyangiitis, giant cell arteritis, Takayasu’s) , Behcet’s disease, familial Mediterranean fever, sarcoidosis, myositis (polymyositis, dermatomyositis, antisynthetase syndrome, necrotizing myopathy) osteopenia/osteoporosis, and many other musculoskeletal and rheumatic conditions. She is experienced in the use of biologics in the treatment of autoimmune disease as well as procedures such as joint aspirations and injections for diagnostic and treatment purposes.

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