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2009 meetings
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The 2009 annual scientific meeting was held Brisbane from 17th - 19th April. A major seminar entitled 'the use and potential for misuse of evidence based medicine in the regulation of new surgical technology' was also held. A DVD of the seminar is to be made available. Keep watching this site for details. The Fundamentals in Spine Surgery will also be available on DVD as a flash presentation. Details will also be available shortly.
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Latest News
| | 17 May 2009 | -
2009 Spine Society of Australia Awards:
Annual Scientific Meeting, Brisbane.
Best Presentation Award:
Michele Sterling, Joan Hendrikz, Justin Kenardy.
Developmental trajectories of pain and disability and post-traumatic stress symptoms following whiplash injury.
Best Poster Award:
Alexander Gibson, Satyen Mehta, Ben Goss, Richard Williams.
Significance of the inverted radial reflex in asymptomatic subjects.
Rob Johnston Award
Matthew Shaw, Marie Izatt, Clayton Adam, Paul Licina, Geoffrey Askin.
i-Cobb – an innovative technique in spinal radiographic measurement.
Spinal Research Award
Ranganathan Arun, Brian Freeman, Brigette Scammell, Donal McNally, Penny Gowland. What influence dose sustained mechanical load have on diffusion in the human intervertebral disc? An in-vivo study using serial post-contrast magnetic resonance imaging.
| | 19 Nov 2008 | John O'Brien catalogue -
The Catalogue of the John O'Brien Book Collection as of November 2008. The Collection is held at.
The Adelaide Centre for Spinal Research
Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science
PO Box 14 Rundle Mall
Adelaide SA 5000
Ph: 08 8222 3645
Fax: 08 8222 3064
email: secretariat@spinesociety.org.au
| | 01 May 2008 | SSA 2008 award and prizewinners -
Allan Dwyer Medal (presentated for lifetime achievement in spine surgery or research)
Professor Robert Fraser.
Spinal Research Award (sponsored by Medtronic)
Cameron Lutton, Yun Wai Young, Adrian Meedeniya, Alan Mackay-Sim, Ben Goss. Reduction of Secondary Degeneration after Spinal Cord injury by Acute Delivery of Vascular Growth Factors. Rob Johnston Award (sponsored by the Rob Johnston Trust and the Spine Society of Australia)
Henry Tsao, Mary Galea, Paul Hodges. Reorganisation of the motor cortex in chronic low back pain.
Best Presentation Award (sponsored by Medtronic)
Brian Freeman, Nicholas Steel, Tracey Sach, James Hegarty, Rikke Soegaard. Cost effectiveness of two forms of circumferential lumbar fusion: a prospective randomized controlled trial.
Best Poster Award (sponsored by Orthotech)
Markus Melloh, Thomas Barz, Peter Reiger, Lukas Staub, Emin Aghayev, Christoph Roeder, Thomas Zweig, Jean-Claude Theis. The diagnostic value of a treadmill test in predicting lumbar spinal stenosis.
| | 19 Sep 2007 | -
New arrangements for the DePuy traveling fellowship have been announced by DePuy spine. A number of travelling fellowships are now available to assist with expenses with young surgeons from Australia or New Zealand wishing to do a spinal fellowship.
| | 02 Jul 2007 | How to write a better abstract -
Owen Williamson (Editorial Secretary) shares his thoughts on how to write a better abstract. If you are thinking of submitting an abstract to the Spine Society (or indeed any other scientific meeting) this may be useful.
| | 29 Jun 2007 | Robert Fraser awarded AM -
In the 2007 Queens Birthday honours list, the Spine Society's inaugural President, Professor Robert Fraser was made a
Member of the Order of Australia. The citation for the honour reads:
'For service to medicine, particularly in the area of spinal surgery as a clinician, to medical education and research, and through contributions to a range of professional organisations.'
The Society congratulates Professor Fraser on the award of such a prestigious honour.
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