Prof. Dr. dr. Abdul Hafid Bajamal, Sp.BS (K) Spine
Profesor yang lahir di Donggala 69 tahun silam ini adalah profesor di bidang bedah saraf dan merupakan salah satu founder dari Surabaya Neuroscience Institute (SNEI).
Beliau menempuh pendidikan dokter spesialis bedah saraf di Universitas Airlangga dan pendidikan neurosurgeon di universiteit Nijmegen, Belanda. Beliau mulai mengabdikan dirinya di Universitas Airlangga Surabaya pada 1983. Pada tahun yang sama, beliau diangkat menjadi dokter bedah saraf bersama dokter-dokter lainnya di RSU. Dr. Soetomo Surabaya. Selain di RSU Dr. Soetomo, Prof Hafid juga berpraktik di rumah sakit PHC, Mitra Keluarga, dan Adi Husada Surabaya.
Pengalamannya, membuat kepakaran Prof Hafid di bidang bedah saraf otak sudah tidak perlu diragukan lagi. Sehingga beliau dipercaya menjadi Member of the College of Indonesian Neurosurgery, Member of the Indonesian Medical Association, Member of the Indonesian Surgeon’s Association, Member of ASEAN Neurosurgery Association, Member of World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) Spine Committee, Member of Editorial Board Indonesian Journal of Neurosurgery, Member of Editorial Bali Medical Journal, Member of Editorial Board The Journal of Spinal Surgery.
Berbagai seminar dan simposium, malang melintang dilakoni oleh Prof Abdul Hafid Bajamal ini. Di antaranya Biennal Meeting, Indonesian Association of Neurology-Psychiatry-Neurosurgery (1978), Sixth National Congress of Indonesia College of Surgeon (1978), 7th Annual Meeting of Indonesian College of Surgeon, Yogyakarta, Indonesia (1991), National Congress of Indonesian Association of Anesthesiology (1992), Symposium of Central Nervous System Trauma (1994) The 5th Asian Conference of Neurological Surgeons (Indonesian Society of Neurological Surgeon) (2004), 10th Asian – Ocenian International Congress on Skull Base Surgery (AOSBS) (2010), Bali Indonesia, 34thShinsu Neurosurgical Seminar (Shinsu University, Department of Neurosurgery, Japan) (2009) , 10th Asian Congress of Neurological Surgeons. “Lumbar Canal Stenosis : a review of different types of lumbar spine surgery” Astana-Kazakhstan (2014), XXVIII Surgical Challenges During a Time of Crisis. “The Impact of Implant Industries growing on the Quality of the Spine Surgery”. Thessaloniki – Greece (2014) , 14thAsian Australasian Congress of Neurological Surgeon. ICC Jeju – Korsel (2015), The annual conference of neuro spinal surgeons association of India. “Cervical lateral mass screws-Pitfalls and practice.” (2015).