Dr. Hekal joined Danat Al Emarat as a Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon. He obtained his Bachelors in Science and Surgery from the Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in February 2000 and both a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow in May 2000.
Prior to joining Danat AL Emarat Dr. Hekal worked at James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough, United Kingdom, where he was a Consultant Pediatric and Adult Spine Surgeon and was later appointed Lead Spinal Surgeon in April 2016.
Dr. Hekal has a special interest in spinal deformities in both children and adults. He has vast experience in pediatric and adult spine surgery, balloon kyphoplasty for insufficiency vertebral fractures, minimally invasive spine surgeries and nerve root blocks. He also has an interest in degenerative lumbar and cervical spine disorders.
Dr. Hekal received his Master's Degree in Orthopedics and Trauma with a first-class honors degree in April 2005. He received the Star Innovation Award for scoliosis service in 2015.
