Our Doctors

Dr. Chanshik Shim

MD, PhD Consultant Neurological Surgery and Head of the Department of Spine Care

Dr. Shim is a consultant with over 25 years of experience in South Korea and the UAE, where he has worked as Medical Director at the Wooridul Spine Centre in Dubai since 2010.

Dr. Chanshik Shim

Whilst in South Korea, Dr. Shim was named as Doctor of the Year at Wooridul Spine Hospital on two separate occasions in 2006 and 2008. He has made presentations on spine surgeries at over 50 international conferences and symposia in Korea, Australia, Europe and the USA and published in the Journal of the Korean Neurosurgery Society, Spine, and Minimally Invasive Surgery.

Specialties

Neurological Surgery

Awards & Accreditations

Member of American Academy of Minimally Invasive Spinal Medicine and Surgery Member, North American Spine Society, Royal College of Surgeons, USA, Korean Medical Association, Korean Board of Neurological Surgery Member, Executive Committee, Korean Spine Arthroplasty Society

Member of 2009 Who’s Who in the World (a global listing of renowned individuals from various fields, including Nobel Prize winners, academic professionals, and innovators) as well as the 33rd edition of the American Biographical Institute’s Great Minds of the 21st Century