Does the positioning of the patient in the EOS machine affect the validity of cervical and head parameters calculated on whole-spine radiographs?
Massaad A, Assi A, Salameh M, et al.
Medicine · 103(45):e40422
Dr. Michel Salameh
An individual approach to every story.
A Lebanese physician whose career connects Beirut and Rio de Janeiro. His education combines Medicine, a master’s in Biological and Medical Sciences, and training in general, plastic and reconstructive surgery.
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Education and career
2023
Medical degree revalidation · Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Brazil
2021–2024
Training in plastic and reconstructive surgery · Hospital da Plástica, Dr. Farid Hakme’s service, Rio de Janeiro
2019–2021
Postgraduate training in general surgery · Hôtel-Dieu de France, Beirut
2019
Medical degree and master’s in Biological and Medical Sciences, with a focus on biomechanics and medical imaging · Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth
2016–2020
Research assistant · Biomechanics and Medical Imaging Laboratory, Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth
Scientific participation
2025 · 44ª Jornada Carioca
Chair of Special Presentation 1 with Ziv Peled: surgical treatment of headache.
2024 · 43ª Jornada Carioca
Secretary of Session 03: technologies to enhance outcomes – Module 1.
2023 · 18ª Jornada de Búzios
Secretary of the workshop on hybrid breast implant surgery with Rodrigo Achilles.
Continuing education
Participant in Face lifting – Advanced approach in facial rejuvenation with Ben Talei and Mike Nayak (2025). Courses in orbitopalpebral, facial and nasal surgery (2022–2023). Attendance at the Jornada Paulista in 2023, 2024 and 2025, and the Brazilian Congress of Plastic Surgery in 2022 and 2023.
Research
Scientific publications
Authorship and co-authorship of four papers on biomechanics, cervical spinal alignment and medical imaging.
Reliability assessment of cervical spine parameters measured on full-body radiographs in asymptomatic subjects and patients with spinal deformity
Salameh M, Bizdikian AJ, Saad E, et al. · First author.
Orthopaedics & Traumatology: Surgery & Research · 107(7):103026
Cervical and postural strategies for maintaining horizontal gaze in asymptomatic adults
Khalil N, Bizdikian AJ, Bakouny Z, Salameh M, et al.
European Spine Journal · 27:2700–2709
Are the sagittal cervical radiographic modifiers of the Ames-ISSG classification specific to adult cervical deformity?
Bakouny Z, Khalil N, Otayek J, et al.
Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine · 29(5):483–490
Between Brazil and Lebanon
CRM-RJ 52130134-9 · Professional registration in Lebanon S/1131.
The Lebanese Order of Physicians – Beirut directory lists Michel Elie Salameh in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
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Arabic and French: native languages. Portuguese and English: fluent. Spanish: basic conversation and intermediate reading and writing.