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Dr. Shaffrey graduated magna cum laude from The Citadel in 1982 with B.S. degree in Biology. He played varsity basketball and was the co-captain his senior year. In 1986, Dr. Shaffrey received his medical degree from the University of Virginia. He completed his general surgical internship at Naval Hospital San Diego in 1987 where he was named the surgical intern of the year. He completed both neurosurgical and orthopaedics residencies at the University of Virginia. A spine fellowship in pediatric and adult reconstructive spine surgery was completed in 1995. He is currently the Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor of Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgery. Dr. Shaffrey is board certified in the fields of Neurological Surgery and Orthopaedic Surgery.
Dr. Shaffrey has an active research interest in spinal surgery, particularly in numerous multicenter outcome research studies of pediatric and adult scoliosis, spinal trauma and tumors involving the spinal column. He has been a funded principal investigator in numerous grants and clinical trials. He serves on the Editorial Boards of Journal of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery and Journal of Spinal Disorders. Dr. Shaffrey has greater than 150 publications, greater than 600 national and international presentations and served as editor for several textbooks on spinal surgery. During his career in medicine, Dr. Shaffrey has won numerous awards for clinical medicine. He has won the Counsel of State Neurosurgical Societies Young Neurosurgeons Award. He has been named to Best Doctors and Top Doctors numerous times. He has an active role in organized neurosurgery and spinal surgery. He was recently the Chair for the AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves. He has served as the Morbidity and Mortality Committee Chair for the Scoliosis Research Society. He has been named to numerous honorary academic societies including the American Orthopaedic Association, the American Academy of Neurological Surgery and the Society of Neurological Surgeons. |
LAWRENCE G. LENKE, MD
The Jerome J. Gilden Endowed Professor,
Orthopaedic Surgery
Professor, Neurological Surgery
Co-Director Adult/Pediatric Scoliosis and
Reconstructive Spinal Surgery
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
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Dr. Lawrence Lenke is one of the world’s foremost leaders in spinal deformity surgery. He is an orthopaedic surgeon specializing in complex reconstructive spine surgery for children and adults. In addition to deformities such as scoliosis and kyphosis, he also treats structural imbalances of the spinal column.
Dr. Lenke is a Board Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon whose outstanding qualifications and experience in the spine field have earned him immense respect from both patients and physicians. For six years running, Dr. Lenke has been listed in "The Best Doctors in America" as selected by his peers. He assumes numerous leadership roles in nationally respected medical organizations including the Scoliosis Research Society, the North American Spine Society, the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the National Spine Network, and multiple other educational and research groups. He has chaired over 50 professional spinal surgery meetings worldwide and is the current SRS-Chairman of IMAST (International Meeting of Advanced Spine Techniques) to which he has presented over 450 scientific abstracts/presentations. He has been an invited lecturer over 200 times and has accepted over 40 visiting professorships. Dr. Lenke is devoted to pediatric and adult spinal surgery with an emphasis on complex reconstructive surgery. He specializes in pediatric and adult spinal deformities, scoliosis, kyphosis, spinal trauma and tumors affecting the entire spine. He is a Spine Consultant to several professional sports teams that include the St. Louis Rams (football), St. Louis Blues (hockey), and St. Louis Cardinals (baseball). Dr. Lenke is a prolific author who has published his research findings in journal articles, abstracts, textbooks, book chapters, and in editorials. In addition to publishing his own research, Dr. Lenke is much in demand as an editor for scientific publications, including Spine, The Journal of Spinal Disorders, The Spine Journal, Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, and The Textbook of Spinal Disorders. He has presented his scientific findings in society papers and exhibits at professional national and international meetings. Dr. Lenke also demonstrates his commitment to teaching by chairing and lecturing at numerous spine meetings annually; publishing tutorials and manuals; and traveling for visiting professorships. Over the course of his professional career, Dr. Lenke has consistently demonstrated leadership in advancing the treatment of spinal disorders. His vast research in the spine field has led to innovative technologies and techniques that improve the quality of life for his patients. He serves in numerous important roles in professional organizations, chairs and lectures frequently at educational courses, and has published extensively in abstracts, textbooks, and journal articles. The following are particular areas in which Dr. Lenke’s leadership has had significant impact in the field of spinal surgery: The Lenke Classification System for Scoliosis The Lenke Classification System helps surgeons to get a more complete picture of the patient’s condition by understanding the scoliosis as multi-dimensional and considering it from more than one view. Thoracic Pedicle Screws Dr. Lenke has been a pioneer in the use of Thoracic Pedicle Screws in the treatment of spinal deformity. Posterior Vertebral Column Resection (VCR) Surgery This paper on Vertebral Column Resection was the recipient of the prestigious Russell Hibbs Award for the Best Clinical Presentation at the 2007 Scoliosis Research Society Annual Meeting in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Legacy™ Spinal Surgery System was designed and developed by Dr. Lenke, along with several other U.S. and international senior spinal surgeons. |
MICHAEL G. FEHLINGS MD, PHD
President, Cervical Spine Research Society
Professor of Neurological Surgery
Director, University of Toronto Neuroscience Program
Co-Director, University of Toronto Spinal Program
Medical Director, Krembil Neuroscience Center
Head, Spine and Spinal Cord Injury Program
Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network
Toronto, Canada
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Dr. Fehlings is the Medical Director of the Krembil Neuroscience Center and heads the Spinal Program at the Toronto Western Hospital. He is a Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Toronto, holds the Krembil Chair in Neural Repair and Regeneration, a Scientist at the McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine and a McLaughlin Scholar in Molecular Medicine. In the fall of 2008, Dr. Fehlings was appointed the inaugural Director of the University of Toronto Neuroscience Program and Co-Director of the newly formed University of Toronto Spinal Program.
Dr. Fehlings combines an active clinical practice in complex spinal surgery with a translationally oriented research program focused on discovering novel treatments for spinal cord injury. This is reflected by the publication of over 250 peer-reviewed articles chiefly in the area of spinal cord injury and complex spinal surgery. Dr. Fehlings leads a multi-disciplinary team of researchers funded by a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) New Emerging Team grant which is examining the application of stem cells, nanotechnology and tissue engineering for spinal cord repair and regeneration. Dr. Fehlings is the Scientific Director and Acute Care and Treatment Practice Network Lead of the pan-Canadian Spinal Cord Injury Translational Research Network formed in collaboration with the Rick Hansen Foundation. He is also a principal investigator in the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation North American Clinical Trials Network, is co-chair of the internationally renowned Spine Trauma Study Group and leads several international clinical research efforts through AOSpine. Dr. Michael Fehlings has received numerous prestigious awards including the Gold Medal in Surgery from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (1996), nomination to the Who’s Who list of the 1000 most influential scientists of the 21st century (2001), the Lister Award in Surgical Research (2006), the Leon Wiltse Award from the North American Spine Society for excellence in leadership and/or clinical research in spine care (2009) and the Olivecrona Award (2009) from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden (known as the “Nobel Prize of Neuroscience”) for his important contributions in spinal cord injury. Dr. Fehlings is active in many medical societies and journal editorial boards including Journal of Neurosurgery (Past-Chairman Editorial Board), Journal of Neurotrauma and Spine where he holds the position of Deputy Editor. His commitment to patients with neurotrauma is further reflected in his volunteer work for ThinkFirst, a charitable organization which is focused on preventing brain and spinal cord injuries in children. |
DAVID W. POLLY, JR., MD
Professor and Chief of the Spine Service
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
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Dr. Polly graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York and received his medical degree from the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences (USUHS). He holds appointments as professor in the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of Minnesota and in the Department of Surgery at the USUHS. Dr. Polly completed an internship and orthopaedic residency at Walter Reed Army Medical Center followed by a spine fellowship at the University of Minnesota. Currently, a professor and chief of spinal surgery in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Minnesota, Dr. Polly also served his country on active duty in the United States Army for 25 years, then finishing his service as chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
A world renowned surgeon and educator, Dr. Polly has more than 100 peer reviewed publications and has given more than 100 invited lectures, as well as, visiting national and international professorships. He has chaired multiple national and international continuing medical education meetings. He has served as an officer for the Society of Military Orthopaedic Surgeons and now as Secretary, for the Scoliosis Research Society. Dr. Polly was recently named elected Secretary of the Board of Specialty Societies (BOS), of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), at its 2009 Annual Meeting. Dr. Polly also sits on the Academy’s Board of Directors. He is a fellow in the American College of Surgeons, a lifetime member of the Association of Military Surgeons, and a member of the North American Spine Society. In 2002, Dr. Polly received the General Claire L. Chennault Award, as the outstanding teacher at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He has testified twice, before the Senate Defense Appropriations committee advocating better care for injured US soldiers. |
PROF. H. ALAN CROCKARD, FRCS
Honorary Consultant Neurosurgeon
Victor Horsley Department of Neurosurgery
The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Queen Square
London
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Professor Alan Crockard was educated in Belfast, Northern Ireland and graduated in 1966. He continued his training there and became Consultant/Senior Lecturer in 1974, and published the first accounts of the benefits of therapeutic ventilation in gunshot wounds of the head.
He has been a Consultant Neurosurgeon at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery since 1978 and Professor of Surgical Neurology at the Institute of Neurology, University of London 2001-06. His clinical and research interests focus on the craniovertebral junction, the skull base and cervical spine. He pioneered a variety of transoral surgical approaches and the instrumentation for the procedures, as well as lateral approaches to the craniocervical junction. Prof. Crockard has perhaps the largest prospective database in the world on cervical rheumatoid instability and skull base chordoma. His team has also developed several functional measurements, including the Myelopathy Disability Index in Rheumatoid Arthritis and the Walking Test for Cervical Spondylitic Myelopathy. He served President of several prestigious societies, including the British Cervical Spine Society and the European Cervical Spine Research Society. He has published over 345 articles and 84 chapters and is co-author of Neurosurgery: The Scientific Basis of Clinical Practice. A world-renowned educator, Prof. Crockard was Director of Education at the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1997-2003) where he and his staff of 50 provided in excess of 500 courses for 12,000 surgeons from all disciplines each year. He was recruited by the English Department of Health to be National Director of Modernising Medical Careers 2003-2007. He currently continues his teaching and training for surgeons. |
VINCENT C. TRAYNELIS, MD
Director, Neurosurgery Spine Service
Vice Chairperson and Professor
Department of Neurosurgery
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL
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Dr. Traynelis is past president of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons and the Cervical Spine Research Society, and past chairperson of the Joint Section of Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves. He is the chairman of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Neurosurgery Spine, and director of the American Board of Neurological Surgery.
Dr. Traynelis received his medical degree from West Virginia University School of Medicine in Morgantown, where he also completed an internship in general surgery and a residency in neurosurgery. He is a board-certified neurosurgeon who specializes in complex spine surgery, spinal deformity, spinal arthroplasty, spinal reconstruction, spinal tumors, spinal cord tumors and minimally invasive spine surgery. Dr. Traynelis is a world-renowned opinion leader and a regularly invited speaker at CME programs and is a frequent guest lecturer all over the world. He has published more than 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals, more than 65 chapters, four books and almost 200 editorials. He is chairman of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Neurosurgery Spine and also serves on the editorial boards of Neurosurgery, Spine, The Spine Journal and the Journal of Spinal Disorders and Operative Techniques. His research interests include cervical spine surgery, spinal infections, operative monitoring and spinal biomechanics. He has received grants from the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Army. |
ALEXANDER R. VACCARO, MD, PHD
Professor of Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery
Vice Chairman; Department of Orthopaedics
Co-Director of Spine Fellowship Program
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital]
Pittsburgh, PA
Co-Director; Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center
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Dr. Vaccaro attended Boston College where he was elected a member of the Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Epsilon Delta as well as the Order of the Cross and Crown Arts and Sciences Honor Societies. He graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1983 with a B.S. in Biology. He received his M.D. degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine where he was promoted with “Distinction” (Top 15% of medical school class) in his pre-clinical years. He earned membership in the Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Society and graduated with honors in 1987. He completed a year of Surgical Internship at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA and his Orthopaedic Surgery Residency was at Thomas Jefferson University where he graduated in 1992. Dr. Vaccaro completed a Spine Fellowship at the University of San Diego, CA. He became a member of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Thomas Jefferson University in 1993. He earned a PhD in 2007 in the field of Spinal Trauma.
Dr. Vaccaro is the Everrett J. and Marion Gordon Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Professor of Neurosurgery at Thomas Jefferson University and a partner at the Rothman Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is the Vice Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedics. He is a Board-certified Orthopaedic Surgeon and licensed to practice Orthopaedics in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, California, Delaware and Hawaii. His Orthopaedic practice is limited to the Management and Treatment of Disorders of the Spine. Dr. Vaccaro is also the Co-Director of the Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center of the Delaware Valley, one of the largest tertiary referral centers for spinal cord injury in the nation. Dr. Vaccaro holds numerous Society memberships including the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the Philadelphia College of Surgeons, the Cervical Spine Research Society, the North American Spine Society, the Scoliosis Research Society, the American Orthopaedic Association, and the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine. He was asked to be an Orthopaedic surgeon reviewer for the Journal of Neurosurgery Spine and is a member of the American Association of Neurologic Surgeons (AANS). In 2000, he was selected to be an AOA-Japanese Orthopaedic Traveling Fellow where he toured various academic universities in Japan and in 2003 he was selected as a Scoliosis Research Society traveling fellow where he toured and lectured in Turkey and Western Europe. He was the recipient of the Leon Wiltse award given for excellence in leadership and clinical research for spine care by the North American Spine Society (NASS) and is the past president of the American Spinal Injury Association. He has done extensive research on a broad range of topics related to disorders of the spine and has over 440 peer reviewed and over 177 non-peer reviewed publications. He has published over 245 book chapters and is the editor of over 27 textbooks and co-editor of OKU-Spine I and editor of OKU-8. His current research involves the timing of surgery after traumatic spinal cord injury, the use minimally invasive computerized navigational techniques in spinal surgery, advance management techniques of painful osteoporotic compression fractures, and the development of spinal implants for traumatic degenerative disorders of the spine. In addition to his numerous clinical academic responsibilities, Dr. Vaccaro is also the Co-Director of Spine Surgery and the Spine Fellowship program at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and instructs current fellows and residents in the diagnosis and treatment of various spinal problems and disorders. |
JOHN G. HELLER, MD
Baur Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Spine Fellowship Director
Emory Spine Center
Atlanta, GA
2010-2011 President; Cervical Spine Research Society
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Dr. Heller received his Biochemistry degree from Harvard University (1979) and his Doctor of Medicine from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (1983). He completed his residency training in Orthopaedic Surgery at Case Western Reserve University in 1988. He subsequently served as a fellow in spinal surgery at the University of California Medical Center, San Diego in 1989. Dr. Heller then joined the Emory University Scholl of Medicine where he currently serves as the inaugural Baur Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery in 2010 and Director of the Emory Spine Fellowship program. Under his leadership, the fellowship program has grown to training four fellows per year beginning in 2011 and remains one of the most sought after spine fellowships in the country.
Dr. Heller is considered a leading authority in the disorders of the cervical spine. This has been his primary clinical and research focus. His basic science investigations have been principally biomechanical studies regarding methods of reconstruction of the cervical spine. Dr. Heller has also made advances in plating techniques used for posterior cervical laminoplasty procedures, which have influenced the standard practices for that procedure. Dr. Heller and his Emory colleagues have also been leaders in clinical trials for cervical disc replacement prostheses and for the clinical application of bone morphogenetic protein – the first biologic growth factor to be fully approved by the FDA for use in spine in the U.S. Dr. Heller has regularly lectured to medical students, residents, and fellows and is deeply committed to education, providing devoted service as the Director of the Emory Spine fellowship. Dr. Heller is a national and international lecturer, including recent invitations from the Japanese Orthopaedic Association, Korean Orthopaedic Society, International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, Cervical Spine Research Society European Section, the Asia-Pacific Cervical Spine Research Society and the North American Spine Society. Dr. Heller is currently on the editorial board of a leading journal in his subspecialty, the Journal of Spinal Disorders & Techniques and is a manuscript reviewer for Spine and Neurosurgery. Dr. Heller is the immediate past-president of the Cervical Spine Research Society, an organization in which he has held many leadership positions over the last decade. |
PRAVEEN MUMMANENI, MD
Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery
Director of Minimally Invasive and Cervical Spine Surgery
Director, Minimally Invasive and Complex Spine Fellowship
Co-director, Spinal Surgery and UCSF Spine Center
University of California San Francisco
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Dr. Praveen Mummaneni is Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at UCSF. In addition, he is the Director of the Cervical Spine Program, Director of the Minimally Invasive Spine Program, Director of the Minimally Invasive and Complex Spine Fellowship Program, and Co-Director of the UCSF Spine Center. Dr. Mummaneni specializes in complex cervical spine surgery, minimally invasive spine surgery, degenerative spine disease, adult spinal deformity (kyphosis and scoliosis), spinal tumors, and spinal trauma.
Dr. Mummaneni was board certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery in 2005. From 2005 to 2011 he has been selected as one of the Best Doctors in America. In 2006, he was the honored guest of the Japanese Congress of Neurological Surgeons. In 2007, he was the first neurosurgeon to win the Scoliosis Research Society's Travelling Fellowship Award. In 2008, he was the honored guest of the Taiwan Neurospinal Society and was an editor of the textbook Spinal Deformity: A Guide to Surgical Planning and Management. In 2011, he was the honored guest of the Brazil Spine Society and the Korean Cervical Spine Research Society. Dr. Mummaneni was also the lead author on the largest cervical spine artificial disc trial published to date (J Neurosurg Spine 2007;6(3):198-209) and he is involved in numerous clinical studies. |
K. DANIEL RIEW, MD
Mildred B. Simon Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Professor, Neurological Surgery
Chief, Cervical Spine Surgery
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
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Dr. Riew is the Chief of Cervical Spine Surgery for Washington University Orthopedics. He is the Mildred B. Simon Distinguished Professor of Orthopedics and Professor of Neurological Surgery. In 2007, he founded the Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Cervical Spine Institute, dedicated to the operative and non-operative treatment of cervical spine disorders. His practice is exclusively limited to the operative treatment of the cervical spine, a rarity among spine surgeons. He performs between 250 and 300 cervical spine operations each year. His operations include everything from minimally invasive microsurgical procedures done on an outpatient basis to the most complex “chin-on-chest” or “ear-on-shoulder” deformities. He has a strong interest in cervical artificial disc replacements and has performed single, multi-level and hybrid (fusion and artificial disc) operations on a large number of patients. Patients from Asia, Europe, South America, India, Australia and the Middle East, as well as throughout the United States have sought out his expertise. Among these are over fifty physicians who were operated on by Dr. Riew, including several spine surgeons. His patients include professional baseball, football, hockey, and golf players and he was selected to lead a group of spine experts at Washington University that is responsible for the care of retired National Football League players. He has consistently been recognized in the lists of America's Top Doctors and Best Doctors in America since 2002.
Dr. Riew graduated from Harvard College and Case Western Reserve University Medical School. He finished a residency in Internal Medicine at Cornell Medical Center and Orthopedics at George Washington University. He then trained under the world-renowned cervical spine surgeon, Dr. Henry Bohlman. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine as well as Orthopedics. In 1995, he was recruited by Washington University to start the cervical spine service in the newly formed Department of Orthopedics. From less than a dozen cervical procedures done by the department in 1994, he has developed one of the largest cervical spine practices in the world. He is also active in research and has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers, and over 60 chapters and other manuscripts. He has won outstanding research paper awards multiple times from the Cervical Spine Research Society and the North American Spine Society, as well as the Hibbs Outstanding paper award from the Scoliosis Research Society. He has operated in several countries and has served as a Visiting Professor, Grand Rounds Speaker, Key or Named Lecturer, nearly 60 times in over 17 countries on six continents. He has served and has been the Director or Chair of over 35 surgical courses, including ones sponsored by the Cervical Spine Research Society, American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, North American Spine Society and the Scoliosis Research Society. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Cervical Spine Research Society for several years and currently serves as the Chair of the Education Committee. |
NEEL ANAND, MD
Director of Orthopaedic Spine Surgery
Cedars-Sinai Spine Center
Los Angeles, CA
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Dr. Anand is one the world’s leading experts on minimally invasive surgical techniques for spinal disorders and trauma in adults and children, which result in smaller incisions, faster recovery and better patient outcomes. He is also actively involved in the development of emerging technologies involving non-fusion spinal surgery. He was and is a principal investigator in many FDA investigational device exemption studies.
Dr. Anand is certified by the Royal College of Surgeons in England and the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, and he is licensed in California, New York, Nevada, England and India. He is a member of several professional societies, including the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), North American Spine Society (NASS) and Scoliosis Research Society (SRS). Dr. Anand has presented numerous papers at major academic meetings and has been extensively published in peer-reviewed publications, such as the Journal of Spinal Disorders, Journal of Orthopedic Trauma, Spine and the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. He has contributed textbook chapters and educational CD-ROMs for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. He also conducts numerous national and international courses teaching other surgeons techniques of spinal surgery. Dr. Anand received his medical degree from the University of Bombay, Topiwala National Medical College in India. He completed orthopedic residencies at the University of Bombay, the Royal College of Surgeons of England in London, the Royal Liverpool University Hospital in Liverpool and at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine Orthopedic Program at the Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center in New York. Dr. Anand completed a reconstructive spinal surgery fellowship at the University of Florida Spinal Health Centers in Gainesville, as well as a scoliosis fellowship and a trauma fellowship at the Hospital for Special Surgery, Cornell University in New York. He served his surgical internship at New York Medical College, Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center |
OHENEBA BOACHIE-ADJEI, MD
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Weill Cornell Medical College
Chief of Scoliosis Service
Hospital for Special Surgery
New York, NY
Former President; Scoliosis Research Society (SRS)
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Dr. Boachie is a Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College and Chief of the Scoliosis Service and Associate Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon at Hospital for Special Surgery and New York-Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. Boache-Adjei is Cheif of the Scoliosis Service, Hospital for Special Surgery with special expertise in the treatment of scoliosis, kyphosis and spine reconstruction in both adult and pediatric patients.
Dr. Oheneba Boachie-Adjei, was born in Kumasi, Ghana, on December 16, 1950. He emigrated to the United States in 1972 and completed undergraduate studies at Brooklyn College, where he received a Bachelor of Science (summa cum laude) in 1976. He received his Doctor of Medicine Degree from Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1980 and completed a fellowship at Twin Cities Scoliosis Center and the Minnesota Spine Center. He was Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Minnesota (1987-1990); Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Southern California (1990-1994) and Assistant Clinical Professor, University of California College of Medicine, Irvine (1993-1994). His clinical appointments included the position of Associate Medical Director at the Southern California Complex Spine and Scoliosis Center in Whittier (1990-1994). Dr. Boachie-Adjei has published and lectured extensively on spine surgery, with special emphasis on surgery to correct spine deformity. He is an inventor who holds several patents for devices used in spine surgery. His current research involves genetic mapping studies of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells. Dr. Boachie started the Foundation of Orthopedics and Complex Spine to provide orthopedic care to underserved populations. He has been awarded the Humanitarian Award from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the Science and Peace Gold Medal from Albert Schweitzer International University in Switzerland for his humanitarian work in West Africa. He served as the President of the Scoliosis Research Society for the 2008-2009 year, and was featured in the Discovery channel documentary entitled, "Surgery Saved My Life." |
AHMET ALANAY, MD
Professor of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Co-Director; Istanbul Spine Center at Florence Nightingale
Hospital
Istanbul Bilim University
Istanbul, Turkey
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Dr. Alanay currently serves as Co-Director of Istanbul Spine Center and Director of the Spine Fellowship Program at Istanbul Bilim University. He was previously at the Dept. of Orthopaedics and Traumatology at Hacettepe University Medical School in Ankara. He received his MD degree from Ankara University and completed his residency in orthopaedics and traumatology at Hacettepe University Hospital, where he also received fellowship training in spinal surgery. During his fellowships, he spent nearly a year at Kansas University Medical Center as a clinical research fellow. During 2006, he spent a year as a visiting professor at the Comprehensive Spine Center at University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA).
Dr. Alanay is one of the world’s leading thought leaders on spine trauma management. He presented his research across the world and served as chairman for numerous courses, including being scientific committee chairman for the 2010 congress of EuroSpine, The Spine Society of Europe. He takes part in several international study groups and has published over 100 scientific articles and authored several book chapters. He serves on the boards of several scholarly journals including Spine and European Spine Journal. Dr. Alanay is actively involved and chairs committees in several prestigious societies including American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery, Scoliosis Research Society, North American Spine Society, Eurospine and many others. |
KENNETH M.C. CHEUNG, MD
Professor and Deputy Chief
Division of Spine Surgery
LKS Faculty of Medicine
The University of Hong Kong
Honorary Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, SAR, China
Chairman of Research Council; Scoliosis Research Society (SRS)
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Kenneth M.C. Cheung is Clinical Professor and the Deputy Chief of the Division of Spine Surgery, of the Dept. of Orthopedics and Traumatology, The University of Hong Kong. He obtained his undergraduate medical degree at the Medical College of St Bartholomew’s Hospital, The University of London, UK, in 1987. He became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1991, and a Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine in 1995. After returning to Hong Kong from the UK in 1992, he pursued both a clinical career in Spinal Surgery, as well as a research career culminating in the award of an MD from The University of Hong Kong in 2007.
His research interests are in intervertebral disc degeneration and regeneration, and the development of novel surgical implants using shape memory technologies for the treatment of spinal deformities. He has been invited as visiting professor and speaker on multiple occasions to international meetings, and has published extensively in top scientific and spine journals. He has over 160 publications in international peer reviewed journals and 8 book chapters. He holds 13 patents and has 14 personal awards for research excellence, as well as 21 additional awards by his research team members. Notable in 2008, he received the Henry Farfan Award from the North American Spine Society for his outstanding contributions in spine related basic science research; and in 2010, he received the prestigious ISSLS prize from the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine. He has secured multiple research grants from local, regional and international granting bodies totaling over US$3 million. Professor Cheung sits on the editorial board of top spine and orthopedic research journals such as Spine, European Spine Journal, European Cells and Materials, Journal of Orthopedic Research, International Orthopedics and Orthopedics. He currently sits on the Board of Directors of the Scoliosis Research Society, as well as being the Chair of their Research Council. He is the past Chairman of the AOSpine Research Commission, coordinating research on a global level for AOSpine, and is the Organizing Chairman of the World Forum for Spine Research in Kyoto (2008), in Montreal (2010), and Helsinki (2012). |
KAMAL IBRAHIM, MD
Vice President, Scoliosis Research Society
Clinical Professor of Orthopeadic Surgery
Loyola University Chicago
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Dr. Ibrahim is a world renowned spine deformity surgeon based in Chicago, USA. He is clinical professor of Orthopedics and former chief of pediatric orthopedic and scoliosis division at Loyola University Chicago. Dr. Ibrahim was recently elected to the presidential line of Scoliosis Research Society.
Dr. Ibrahim is a renowned researcher, speaker, and surgeon. He is a member of many prestigious national and international orthopedic and spine surgery organizations. Besides his surgical practice, he is involved in defending human rights issues in developing countries |
MICHAEL RUF, MD
President; German Spine Society
Head of Department
Orthopedics and Traumatology
Zentralklinikum Suhl
Albert-Schweitzer-Strasse 2
Suhl, Germany
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Medical
School:
1977 – 1984 Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, Germany, leading to the Staatsexamen Medizin (British MBBS equivalent) 1985 Presentation of Doctoral Thesis on Glomerulonephritis at the Institute for Immunology and Serology, University of Heidelberg. Residency: 1985 – 1987 Senior House Officer under Professor Vogt Moykopf, at the Department of Thoracic Surgery in Heidelberg-Rohrbach, Germany. 1987-1991 Senior House Officer under Professor J. Harms and Dr. Brinkmann, at the Centre for Spinal Surgery - Orthopaedics, Traumatology and Paraplegiology, Karlsbad - Langensteinbach, Germany. Dec. 1991 Board certification, Specialist Degree in Orthopaedics. 1991 – 1999 Registrar at the Centre for Spinal Surgery - Orthopaedics, Traumatology and Paraplegiology, Karlsbad - Langensteinbach, Germany. Dec. 1996 Specialist Degree in Rehabilitative Medicine. 1999 - 2006 Consultant Spinal Surgeon at the Centre for Spinal Surgery - Orthopaedics, Traumatology and Paraplegiology, Karlsbad - Langensteinbach, Germany (Head of Department: Prof. Jürgen Harms). April 2006 Specialist Degree in Orthopaedics and Traumatology. Since April 2006 Head of Department at the Center for Orthopedics and Traumatology, Zentralklinikum Suhl, Suhl, Germany. Nov. 2008 University Lecturing Qualification at the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University Greifswald, Germany (Thesis: Early Correction of Congenital Scoliosis and Spondylolisthesis). 2011 Designated president of the German Spine Society (Presidency 2012) |
Zayed Al Zayed, MD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Chairman; AO Spine Middle East
Henry Halm, MD, PhD
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Chief of Spine Service
Klinikum Neustadt GmbH
Neustadt, Germany
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