DR. ARKAN SAM-consultant orthopedic surgeon-uhs
Dr. Arkan Sam Sayed Noor
Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon
LANGUAGES:
ArabicEnglishSwedish
QUALIFICATION:
- Hold's doctorate in Orthopaedics, Umeå University, Sweden
- Swedish Board in Orthopaedics
- Fellowship of the European Board of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
- Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons (Ireland, Glasgow, and Edinburgh)
- Bachelor in Medicine & Surgery from Baghdad University
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
- Has more than 20 years of experience as Orthopedic Surgeon
- Worked as Professor of Orthopaedics, at Umeå University, Sweden
- Representative of Sweden in several international committees such as the European Federation of Orthopedics, European Hip Society, and European Board of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
- Worked as Professor of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgical & Perioperative Sciences, Umeå University AND Department of Clinical Science and Education, Karolinska University, Stockholm
- Member of the Epiphysen committee (organization for orthopedic trainees in Sweden) and the advisory board of the Swedish, Rheumatics Society
INTERESTS:
- Total hip arthroplasty
- Total knee arthroplasty
- Hip revisions including osteotomies
- Knee arthroscopy
- Hip Fractures (screw fixation, DHSØ intramedullary nails)
- Knee/femoral/leg fractures (screw fixation, plating)
- Ankle fractures
- Foot surgery (hallux valgus & rigidus, Morton's neuroma, toe deformities)
- Hand surgery (carpal tunnel syndrome, ganglion, triggerfingers, wrist fractures, finger fractures)
- Shoulder & elbow surgery (including open subacromial decompression, lateral clavicle resection)
- Intra-articular injections and blockades including spinal