 SAS Message to SAS09 Participants
Dear SAS09 Participant: Thank you for participating in ISASS09 Global Symposium on Motion Preservation in London. The meeting resulted in: - 1561 participants representing 56 countries
- SAS09 –was the highest attended SAS Global Symposium held outside the US
- 263 onsite registrations
- 1 surgeon to 1.2 industry representative
- Impressive agenda of diverse and dynamic topics and presenters
- Addition of the World Café and Oral Poster Sessions
As ISASS moves to encompass all spine care professionals you will see the name morphing into SAS-The International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery (including motion preservation, innovative technologies and biologics and MIS procedures) for surgeons, scientists, developers and practitioners. To keep up the momentum we must continue to offer our members valuable scientific and academic programming. I would like to thank the Scientific Program Chairs: - Frank Phillips, MD, Overall Program Chair
- Todd Albert, MD, Clinical Program Chair
- Avinash Patwardhan, PhD, Basic Science Program Chair
- Choll Kim, MD, PhD, MIS Program Chair
Under the direction of current SAS President Chun-Kun Park, MD, PhD for their hard work and determination in developing a full program – which offered more abstracts and symposia than in the past. With the addition of the highly reviewed World Café and the well attended Oral Poster sessions we added more CME earning opportunities and learning experiences. CME survey and SAS09 Oral presentation links can be found on our website. I would also like to acknowledge and thank our local host Manoj Krishna, FRCS, MCh(Ortho) for his insights into the best of London. SAS10 Plans are well underway for ISASS10—New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, April 27-30, 2010, the Scientific Program Committee Chairs are as follows: - Incoming SAS President:
- Tom Errico, MD, 2010-2011 President
- Co-Overall Program Chairs:
- Todd Albert, MD, Rothman Institute
- Jeff Goldstein, MD, NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases
- Clinical Program Chair:
- Jeff Fischgrund, MD, Michigan Orthopaedic Institute
- Basic Science: Biomechanics Program Chair:
- Antonio Valdevit, MSc, The Stevens Institute of Technology
- Basic Science: Biologics Program Chair:
- Jeff C. Wang, MD, UCLA School of Medicine, UCLA Spine Center
- MIS Chair:
- James Schwender, MD, Twin Cities Spine Center
- Poster Chair:
- Avinash Patwardhan, PhD, Loyola University Medical Center
The abstract submission process will open on September 1st. APSAS2010 Please mark your calendars for our upcoming conferences in Hainan, China, ISASS- Asia Pacific Conference hosted by ISASS- China Chapter will be held at the Sheraton Sanya, January 16-18, 2010. Additional information regarding abstract submissions and registration links will be listed on the home page of our website (www.ISASS.org). We look forward to seeing you in China and New Orleans! Sincerely, Kristy Kristy J. Radcliffe
Executive Director
SAS – The International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery
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