Galal A. Elsayed, MD

Complex/MIS Deformity Fellow

Clinical & research interests

  • Complex spinal deformity
  • Circumferential minimally invasive deformity surgery
  • Automation of retrospective research
  • Virtual/extended reality for presurgical planning
  • Machine learning/Artificial intelligence for large registries

Honors & awards

  • Cervical Spine Research Society Scholarship, Award for July 2022 Course, 2022
  • Neurite LLC – Founder | Chief Executive Officer
  • White House Invitation, Research Presentation to the White House Fellow for Health and Human Services, Washington, District of Columbia, 2020
  • Griffith R. Harsh, III Research Award, Galbraith Scientific Session, University of Alabama-Birmingham, 2019-2020
  • Richard B. Morawetz Research Award, Galbraith Scientific Session, University of Alabama-Birmingham, 2018-2019
  • Richard B. Morawetz Research Award,Galbraith Scientific Session, University of Alabama-Birmingham, 2017-2018
  • Richard B. Morawetz Research Award, Galbraith Scientific Session, University of Alabama-Birmingham, 2016-2017
  • Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society – Zeta Chapter, University of Central Florida College of Medicine, 2014
  • Second Place – Poster Presentation, Case Presentation on Leprosy, American College of Physicians Florida, 2013
  • First Place – Oral Presentation, 3rd Annual University of Central Florida College of Medicine Autopsy Presentations, University of Central Florida College of Medicine, 2013
  • University of Central Florida College of Medicine Institutional Scholarship, University of Central Florida College of Medicine, 2012-2015
  • University of Central Florida College of Medicine Basic Science Research Grant, University of Central Florida College of Medicine, 2012

Grants

  • Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (SMISS) Young Surgeon’s Grant, Wheaton, Illinois, 2021
  • Clinical Research Buchalter Scholar, University of Alabama-Birmingham, 2019-2020

Education

Medical School

University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Orlando, Florida

Residency

University of Alabama-Birmingham Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama