Abdel Majid Taha
BS, EMBA, MD, MLT
Senior Attending Physician
Years of Experience: 12
Dr. Sheikh Taha is a Senior Attending Physician in Orthopedic Surgery at Sidra Medicine, with subspecialties in Spine Surgery and Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery. He joined Sidra Medicine in late 2022 and provides both operative and non-operative care for a wide range of pediatric spinal deformities — from adolescent idiopathic scoliosis to complex conditions associated with neuromuscular disorders, genetic syndromes, and congenital malformations.
Dr. Taha received his medical degree from the American University of Beirut (AUB) in 2006 and completed his residency in orthopedic surgery (covering adult, pediatric, and trauma care) at AUB Medical Center in 2013. He then pursued two prestigious fellowships in the United States: a clinical fellowship in Spine and Scoliosis Surgery at the Hospital for Special Surgery (Weill Cornell Medical College) in New York in 2013, followed by a fellowship in Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery at the Hospital for Joint Diseases (New York University) in 2014.
Before joining Sidra Medicine, Dr. Taha served as an attending physician and Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at the American University of Beirut Medical Center from 2015 to 2022, where his clinical practice focused on pediatric spine and orthopedic surgery.
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- Arabic
- English
- Bachelor of Science in medical Laboratory Technology
American University of Beirut, Lebanon, 2002 - Doctor of Medicine
American University of Beirut, Lebanon, 2006 - Internship in Pediatrics
American University of Beirut, Lebanon, 2007 - Specialist in Orthopedic Surgery
American University of Beirut, Lebanon, 2013 - Spine Surgery Fellowship
Weill-Cornel Medical College Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, USA, 2014 - Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery
New York University Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, USA, 2015 - Executive Masters in Business Administration
Olayan School of Business, American University of Beirut, Lebanon, 2021
- Permanent member of the Lebanese Order of Physicians
- Member of the Worldwide Alumni Association of the American University of Beirut
- Member of the Hospital for Special Surgery Alumni Association
- Member of the NYU Langone Orthopedic Alumni
- Spinal Deformity
- Pediatric Orthopedic trauma
- Pediatric foot deformities
- Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS)
- Sheikh Taha AM, Feldman DS. Painful Flexible Flatfoot. Foot Ankle Clin. 2015 Dec;20(4):693- 704. PMID: 26589087.
- Feldman DS, Goldstein RY, Kurland AM, Sheikh Taha AM. Intra-Articular Osteotomy for Genu Valgum in the Knee with a Lateral Compartment Deficiency. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2016 Jan 20;98(2):100-7. PMID: 26791030.
- 3- Masrouha KZ, Tamim H, Taha A, Sheikh Taha AM, Abi-Melhem R, Al-Taki M. Comparison of Early Adverse Events After Operative Treatment of Bimalleolar and Trimalleolar Fractures Versus Pilon Fractures. J Foot Ankle Surg. 2017 Mar – Apr;56(2):332-335. PMID: 28041949
- Lehman WB, Sheikh Taha AM, Sala DA, Sanchez J, Chu A. Treatment of Infantile Blount’s Disease (Infantile Tibia Vara) with a Novel Brace: Preliminary Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics. Volume 33, Number 2, 2021.
- Almustafa A, Der-Boghossian A, Sheikh Taha A.M. The Use of Opioids and Pain Medications in the Management of Postoperative Pain in Total Knee Arthroplasty Patients: A Retrospective Study. Pain Research and Management. Volume 2022, Article ID 7445144. 2022 Mar 29.
- Others as well as books chapters.
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