The 5th ENDO CAIRO – Congress of Sinus, Skull Base, Ventricular & Spine Endoscopies – is held jointly with the 5th Annual Conference of the Neurosurgery Department, Cairo University, on 19–20 November 2026 at the Hilton Cairo Grand Nile. It is organised by the Otorhinolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery and Neurosurgery departments at Kasr Al Ainy, Cairo University, and endorsed by the Egyptian Society of Neurological Surgeons (ESNS), under the patronage of Cairo University President Prof. Dr. Mohamed Samy and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine Prof. Dr. Hossam Salah.
ENDO CAIRO brings ENT surgeons and neurosurgeons together around endoscopic surgery of the sinuses, anterior and lateral skull base, ventricular system and spine. The congress aims to standardise advanced minimally invasive practice through a programme of internationally recognised faculty, interactive discussions and state-of-the-art presentations.
Leadership: Honorary President Prof. Dr. Mohamed Elshazly, Conference President Prof. Dr. Hazem Abdel Badei and Secretary Prof. Dr. Abdelrahman Younes. Committee and faculty listed on the official site include Prof. Hesham Lasheen (Professor of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery, Cairo University; ENT coordinator), Prof. Amr El Samman (Professor of Neurosurgery and Spine, Cairo University; neurosurgery coordinator), Prof. AbdulAziz AlQahtani (Professor of Rhinology & Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery; Program Director, SCFHS Rhinology & Skull Base fellowship, KSA; regional coordinator), Prof. Ahmed Ali Ibrahim (Rhinology & Skull Base Surgery, Alexandria University), Prof. Bassem Ayoub and Prof. Waleed Abbas (Neurosurgery and Spine, Cairo University) and Prof. Tamer Ebaied (Otology/Neurotology, Alexandria University).
Workshops: a series of pre- and post-conference hands-on courses, including advanced cadaveric courses on fresh-frozen specimens, runs at the Learning Resource Complex (LRC), Faculty of Medicine, Kasr Al-Ainy. ENT courses listed include rhinoplasty, endoscopic ear surgery (16 Nov), implantable hearing devices (17–18 Nov), basic FESS (21 Nov), advanced endoscopic sinus surgery (22 Nov), extended skull base (23 Nov) and a sleep surgery course (26 Nov). The Advanced Endoscopic Sinus Surgery Course is designed for experienced ENT surgeons and covers sphenopalatine artery ligation, endoscopic DCR, orbital and optic nerve decompression, Draf III, the prelacrimal recess approach, medial maxillectomy, the modified Denker approach and transpterygoid/infratemporal fossa approaches. The workshop flyer shows accreditation by the American Association of Continuing Medical Education (AACME); credit hours are not published. Neurosurgery workshops are also listed.
Call for abstracts: submissions were invited in ENT (rhinology, ventral and lateral skull base, trans-orbital, paediatric ENT, skull base innovation) and neurosurgery (oncology, skull base, spine, paediatric, vascular, functional) for oral or e-poster presentation. Accepted presenting authors receive free registration. The deadline was 15 October 2026 and has passed.
Registration fees are not published; registration, accommodation and travel requests go through the official website.
Advanced Endoscopic Sinus Surgery Course flyer (PDF)
