Dr. Ahmed Saleh Alghamdi

Reconstructive Orthopedic Department
Main Hospital

Current Position
Head, Pelvis Reconstruction & Lower Limb Arthroplasty Surgery Section
Subspecialty Consultant – Orthopedic Surgery
General Details
Gender:
Male
Languages Spoken:
Arabic & English

Education & Board Certificates
1.    FRCSC, Fellow of Royal College of Surgeon of Canada
2.    FRSC Ortho, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
3.    MCCEE Medical Council of Canada Evaluation Examination
4.    MBBS, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
Expertise or Specialty
Orthopedic surgical procedure for musculoskeletal disease involving upper limb, pelvis and lower limb. Subspeciality consultant in lower limb reconstruction, corrective osteotomy around the hip and knee including post-traumatic and congenital deformity correction. Subspeciality consultant in trauma surgery of both upper and lower limb with special interest in Pelvic and Acetabulum fracture care and surgery. Subspeciality consultant in primary and revision surgery of both hip and knee Arthroplasty.
Subspeciality consultant specialization in hip arthroscopy, hip preservation procedure such as corrective osteotomy around the hip and acetabulum (Chiari, Dega, shelf and Ganz osteotomy).

Research & Publications
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ahmed_Alghamdi9
Alghamdi A., Hings I., Turcotte RE. The Management of Long Bone
metastases; A Surgical Perspective Review Article, Aging Health, Jun 2009. Vol.5 No.3 (313-­­321).
Alghamdi A., Rendon J.S., Al-­­Faya F., Saran N., Benaroch T., Hamdy R.C. Dega
Osteotomy for the Correction of Acetabular Dysplasia Associated to
Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip: A Radiographic Review of 21 Cases. J Pediatr Orthop. 2012 Mar; 32(2): 113-­­20.
Alghamdi A., Vassilios N. Backstein D. Metal Augments: Porous Tantalum
Augments and Cones. In Knee Reconstruction, Replacement and Revision Data Trace, Towson. ISBN: 978-­­1-­­57400-­­139-­­6
Alghamdi A., Backstein D., Revision TKA in Massive Bone Loss: Bone
Allograft Reconstruction. In Knee Reconstruction, Replacement and
Revision. Data Trace publisher, Towson. ISBN: 978-­­1-­­57400-­­139-­­6
Alghamdi A., Martin Lavigne. Degenerative Hip Joint Pain – The Non-­­
Arthroplasty Surgical Options, Recent Advances in Hip and Knee
Arthroplasty, Dr. Samo Fokter (Ed.), ISBN: 978-­­953-­­307-­­841-­­0
Alghamdi A., Lavigne M., Vendittoli P.A., Metal on Metal Bearing in Total
Hip Arthroplasty, Minerva Ortopedica e Traumatologica 2012 April; 63(2): 85-­­99
Vendittoli P.A., Rivière C., Lavigne M., Lavoie P., Alghamdi A., Duval N. Alumina
on alumina versus metal on conventional polyethylene: A randomized
clinical trial with 9 to 15 years follow-­­up. Acta Orthop. Belg., 2013, 79, 181-­­ 190
Charles Rivière, Martin Lavigne, Ahmed Alghamdi, Pascal-­­André Vendittoli. Early
Failure of Metal-­­on-­­Metal Large-­­Diameter Head Total Hip Arthroplasty
Revised with a Dual-­­Mobility Bearing: A Case Report. JBJS Case Connector. July 10, 2013, | Vol. 3. Issue 3
Michel Rahme, Charles Rivière, Pascal-André Vendittoli, Martin Lavigne,
Ahmed Alghamdi. Cohorte prospective de conflit fémoro-acérabulaire traité
par chirurgie ouverte avec luxation de hanche : suivi à moyen terme de 83 cas Revue de Chirurgie Orthopédique et Traumatologique, Vol Doi : 10.1016 2013
Ahmed Alghamdi, Michel Rahmé, Martin Lavigne, Vincent Massé, Pascal-­­André
Vendittoli. Tibia Valga Morphology in Osteoarthritic Knees: Importance of
Preoperative Full Limb Radiographs in Total Knee Arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. published online 10 March 2014.

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