Dr. Florian Roser

Florian Roser, MD

Institute Chair, Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute

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YEARS OF
EXPERIENCE
22

Achievements & Career Highlights

Editor-in-Chief, Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Best presentation at the 14th Asian Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Astana/Kazachstan, 2014
Member of the Executive Council on Accreditation & Education, German Spine Society, 2012-2013
Congress President of the 4th International Meeting on Syringomyelia, Berlin, 2010
Best Lecturer at the Medical Faculty, University Tübingen, Germany, 2008-2011
Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the German Syringomyelia Support Group, 2007
SPINE-Stipendiate of the German Society of Neurosurgery, Berlin, Germany, 2007
Mayfield Clinical Science Award, AANS/CNS at the Annual Meeting Phoenix, USA as the first European in the history of the society for outstanding clinical research on new diagnostics in syringomyelia, 2007

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Biography

Dr. Florian Roser, MD, is Chair of Neurological Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.

Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Roser was the Vice-Chairman/Chief-of-Staff at the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Tübingen, Germany.

Dr. Roser is a board-certified neurosurgeon (Germany, UK and UAE). He obtained his medical degree from the Johannes-Gutenberg-University in Mainz, Germany, and also studied in Morgantown, West Virginia, USA as well as in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Dr. Roser completed his residency in the prestigious Department of Neurosurgery, Hannover, Germany. He holds the position of Full Professor of Neurosurgery at the Faculty of Medicine at Eberhard-Karl’s University of Tübingen, Germany, and he serves as Professor of Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at the Case Western Reserve University, Ohio, USA. He is also Adjunct Professor at the Biomedical Engineering Faculty at Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi.

Dr. Roser is Editor-in-Chief of Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery and Associate Editor for World Neurosurgery, both Elsevier Journals. He has authored over 107 peer reviewed articles and 18 book chapters, mainly as first or senior author, and presented 160 lectures and 67 posters worldwide. He has received several research grants from prestigious institutions for basic molecular research on meningioma tissue, clinical research on diagnostics in Syringomyelia, and technical innovations in surgical anatomy.

Dr. Roser has performed more than 1,900 spine surgeries and 2,500 intracranial surgeries, with his main interest being in skull base and spinal cord procedures. He conducts live surgery, transmitted worldwide, on a regular basis during instructional skull base and spine courses.

Dr. Roser served as a medical escort of a Borneo Expedition in 2002 and a Himalaya Expedition in 2004. He lives in Abu Dhabi with his wife and two kids and in his spare time enjoys contemporary literature and various sports activities.

PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY

Medical School

1992

1992 - 1998

Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany

Doctor of Medicine (MD)

Fellowship

2008

2008 - 2008

National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK

Fellow, Spine; Honorary Clinical Consultant
2005

2005 - 2006

Eberhard-Karls University Tüebingen, Tüebingen, Germany

Fellow, Skull Base; Assistant Professor

Residency

1999

1999 - 2004

Klinikum Hannover Nordstat, Hannover, Germany

Resident, Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery

Work Experience

2014

2014 - 2021

Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Consultant Neurosurgeon, Chief, Department of Neurosurgery and Chair, Neurological Institute
2008

2008 - 2014

Eberhard-Karls University Tüebingen, Tüebingen, Germany

Professor of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine; Vice-Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery; Head of Skull Base Center; Head of Spine and Spinal Cord Center

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