WEBINAR – 2020 ISSLS PRIZE WINNERS
International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine | Meetings | Webinar – 2020 ISSLS Prize Winners
Did you miss the ISSLS Prize webinar or wish to view it again? Now you have the chance to listen to the presentations and you can also contact the presenters via e-mail if you wish to ask questions or discuss the papers.
The reliability and interpretability of score change in lumbar spine research
Catharina Parai, Olle Hägg, Bengt Lind, Helena Brisby, Sweden
Contact info: catharina.parai@spinecenter.se
Examining causal effects of body mass index on back pain: a Mendelian randomization study
Elizaveta E. Elgaeva, Yakov Tsepilov, Maxim B. Freidin, Frances M.K. Williams, Yurii Aulchenko, Pradeep Suri,
Contact info: pradeepsuri1@gmail.com
PROGRAM
Introduction (5 min)
ISSLS Prize (5 min)
Background, Prize Committee and introduction of winners
European Spine Journal (5 min)
ISSLS Prize – Clinical Science (10 min)
“The reliability and interpretability of score change in lumbar spine research”
Discussion (10 min)
ISSLS Prize – Clinical Science (10 min)
“Examining causal effects of body mass index on back pain: a Mendelian randomization study”
Discussion (10 min)
ISSLS Prize – Basic Science (10 min)
“Beyond microstructure: circumferential specialization within the lumbar intervertebral disc annulus extends to collagen nanostructure, with counterintuitive relationships to macroscal material properties”
Discussion (10 min)
Final remarks
Presenters
Dino Samartzis
Björn Rydevik
Robert Gunzburg
Catharina Parai, Olle Hägg, Bengt Lind, Helena Brisby, Sweden
Elizaveta E. Elgaeva, Yakov Tsepilov, Maxim B. Freidin, Frances M.K. Williams, Yurii Aulchenko, Pradeep Suri, USA
Tyler W Herod, Sam P. Veres, Canada
Björn Rydevik & Dino Samartzis
Dr. Björn Rydevik (Chair, ISSLS Prize Committee)
Professor, Department of Orthopaedics,
University of Gothenburg,
Gothenburg, Sweden
Dr. Dino Samartzis (Treasurer ISSLS)
Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery RUSH University Medical Center Chicago, USA.
Director International Spine Research and Innovation Initiative, RUSH University Medical Center, Chicago, USA
ISSLS PRIZE – Clinical Science
“The reliability and interpretability of score change in lumbar spine research”
Catharina Parai, Olle Hägg, Bengt Lind, Helena Brisby, Sweden
To view the article, click here
Dr. Catharina Parai graduated from medical school at The Uppsala University in 2004,
completed her orthopaedic surgery residency at the Central Hospital in Karlstad in 2012. That same year, she started her spine surgery fellowship at the GHP Gothenburg Spine Center and became a full-time employee in 2014. She defended her thesis “Measurement of outcome in lumbar spine surgery. Validity and interpretability of frequently used outcome measures in the Swespine register” at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, in April 2020.
ISSLS PRIZE – Clinical Science
“Examining causal effects of body mass index on back pain: a Mendelian randomization study”
Elizaveta E. Elgaeva, Yakov Tsepilov, Maxim B. Freidin, Frances M. K. Williams, Yurii Aulchenko, Pradeep Suri, USA
To view the article, click here
Dr. Pradeep Suri is a Staff Physician at the Veterans Affairs (VA) Puget Sound Health Care System, Epidemiologist at the Seattle Epidemiologic Research and Information Center (ERIC), Associate Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Washington, and Associate Director of the Resource Core for the Clinical Learning, Evidence, and Research (CLEAR) Center for Musculoskeletal Research at the University of Washington. He is a physician specializing in rehabilitation medicine, and a practicing clinical spine specialist. Dr. Suri’s areas of research expertise include musculoskeletal epidemiology and clinical trials.
ISSLS PRIZE – Basic Science
“Beyond microstructure: circumferential specialization within the lumbar intervertebral disc annulus extends to collagen nanostructure, with counterintuitive relationships to macroscale material properties”
Tyler W Herod, Sam P. Veres, Canada
To view the article, click here
Dr. Sam Veres studies structure-function relationships in collagenous tissues with the goal of understanding the development and maintenance of physiologic performance in healthy tissue, and the interplay between disruption or alteration to tissue structure and disease. Investigations are often multiscale in nature, extending through the collagen hierarchy from macro to nanoscale. In relation to pathology, key areas of focus have included overload strain injury and repetitive overuse injury in tendon, and development of annular tears and herniation in intervertebral discs. Sam earned a Bachelor of Engineering (mechanical) from Dalhousie University (Halifax, Canada), and a PhD in Chemical and Materials Engineering from the University of Auckland (New Zealand) under the supervision of Dr. Neil Broom. This was followed by a Killam post-doctoral fellowship at Dalhousie’s School of Biomedical Engineering working with Dr. J. Michael Lee. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Division of Engineering at Saint Mary’s University (Halifax, Canada).
Dr. Robert Gunzburg
Editor-in-Chief, European Spine Journal
Consultant Spine Surgeon
Clinique Edith Cavell, Groupe CHIREC, Uccle, Belgium
Eeuwfeestkliniek, Antwerp, Belgium