SCI Medicine
Current clinical developments, prevention, assessment and long-term medical management.
Join healthcare professionals, researchers and experts in Tunis for two days of scientific exchange, collaboration and multidisciplinary learning.
We are delighted to welcome you to the ISCoS 6th International Regional Symposium, taking place in Tunis, Tunisia, on Friday 4 – Saturday 5 December 2026.
This important regional meeting will bring together healthcare professionals, researchers, and experts dedicated to improving the care and outcomes of people living with spinal cord injury (SCI). The symposium will provide a valuable platform for knowledge exchange, collaboration, and the sharing of best practices relevant to the North African and wider regional context.
Through a comprehensive scientific programme, participants will explore the latest developments in SCI medicine, rehabilitation, research, and multidisciplinary care. The event aims to address the unique challenges and opportunities facing the region while fostering international partnerships and strengthening local capacity.
Join the global ISCoS community in Tunis as we work together to advance spinal cord injury care, drive innovation, and improve the lives of individuals living with SCI throughout the region and beyond.
The complete scientific programme will be announced shortly. The symposium is expected to address four central areas of contemporary SCI care.
Current clinical developments, prevention, assessment and long-term medical management.
Multidisciplinary rehabilitation, functional recovery and person-centred care.
Emerging research, technology, evidence and new approaches to spinal cord injury.
Building local capacity and strengthening partnerships across North Africa and the wider region.
Meet the specialists contributing to discussions on spinal cord injury care, research and rehabilitation. Select a speaker to read their biography.

Rehabilitation Medicine · Australia

President of ISCoS · United Kingdom

Physical & Rehabilitation Medicine · Morocco

Spinal Cord Injury Surgery · United Kingdom
We acknowledge the support of Wellspect for the 6th ISCoS International Regional Symposium.

Be part of two days of scientific exchange, multidisciplinary collaboration and regional capacity building on 4–5 December 2026.

Member, InSCI Scientific Committee; Chair, WHO Liaison Subcommittee, ISCoS External Relations Committee
Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Sydney
James is a Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine with over 25 years of clinical and research experience in spinal cord injury (SCI) medicine and rehabilitation. He is Clinical Director of the State Spinal Cord Injury Service, NSW Agency for Clinical Innovation (since 2006), and Senior Medical Specialist for the Spinal Outreach Service. He previously worked as a Staff Specialist in the Spinal Cord Injuries Unit at Royal North Shore Hospital and was Medical Director of the Moorong Spinal Unit, Royal Rehab in Sydney for ten years, between 1996 and 2006. James holds a part-time academic appointment as Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Sydney, John Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research, School of Health Sciences. He helped establish the Australian Spinal Cord Injury Network as Chair of the Steering Committee in 2006 and was inaugural Chair of its Clinical Trials Committee.

President, International Spinal Cord Society
Consultant Surgeon in Spinal Injuries and Rehabilitation
Dr Ali Jamous retired from the National Spinal Injuries Centre (NSIC), Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust, on 31 March 2014, following many years as a Consultant Surgeon, Clinical Director and Divisional Chair of the NSIC. Later in 2014, he became Medical Director of the Royal Buckinghamshire Hospital in Aylesbury, a role he held until January 2023. During this time, he continued to oversee the rehabilitation of patients with spinal injuries and stroke. He retired from inpatient service in July 2023 and has concentrated on outpatient work. He previously served as Secretary and President of the British Association of Spinal Cord Injuries Specialists (BASCIS) and as Treasurer of the International Spinal Cord Society. He assumed the ISCoS Presidency in October 2023.

Consultant and Head of Department; Full Professor
University Hospital Hassan II, Fez
Professor Abderrazak Hajjioui is a Consultant and Head of the Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Department at University Hospital Hassan II in Fez, Morocco. He is a Full Professor in the Clinical Neuroscience Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fez. Among the first doctors in Morocco to specialise in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (PRM), he has contributed to the development of clinical practice, education and research in rehabilitation medicine in Morocco and internationally.

Consultant Surgeon in Spinal Cord Injury
Midland Centre for Spinal Injuries
Mr Aheed Eltoum Fawzi Osman holds M.B.Ch.B., M.Med.Sci. (University of Birmingham), F.R.C.S. (Glasgow) and FEBPRM (European Board) qualifications. He pursued a career in spinal cord injury in the United Kingdom. Since his appointment in 2003 as Consultant Surgeon in Spinal Cord Injury at the Midland Centre for Spinal Injuries, based at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital in England, he has developed an integrated approach to the medical and surgical management of spinal cord injury.