Spine Phenotypes

ISSLS members, Dino Samartzis, Jaro Karppinen and Frances Williams are generously donating their royalties from the sale of this book to ISSLS. To purchase Spine Phenotypes at a 30% discount and receive free global shipping, enter code: BIOMED30 at the checkout at www.elsevier.com
Women’s ISSLS
Women’s ISSLS
Join us for the Women’s ISSLS Reception at the Yard House Restaurant, 2nd floor of the Boston Marriott Copley, Monday, May 9th from 4:00-5:30 pm. (women only)
Drinks and appetizers will be available along with great conversations, networking, and reuniting. No registration is required
Welcome
Christy Tomkins-Lane, Jeannie Bailey and Marit E Johnson
Invited Guest Speaker – James H. Stock: The Macroeconomics of Climate Change

James H. Stock is Vice Provost for Climate and Sustainability, Harvard University; the Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy, Faculty of Arts and Sciences; and a member of the faculty at the Harvard Kennedy School.
Day and time: Tuesday May 10 at 11:30-12:15
Covid-19: How Science Bent to Politics

This year’s Harry Farfan Presidential Lecture will be presented by Nicole Saphier, best selling author, senior medical contributor on Fox News and Director of Breast Imaging at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, amongst other prominent roles
Day and time: Wednesday May 11 at 11:40 – 12:20
News in the meeting program

ISSLS – ORS Spine Section: Artificial Intelligence-Based Spine Care and Research: Current Technology and Future Developments
Chair: Morgan Giers and Dino Samartzis
Tuesday May 10, 16:30-17:10
Professor Shinichi Kikuchi
1946–2022

Shinichi Kikuchi, Professor of Orthopaedics, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan passed away on February 2, 2022 at the age of 75 years, after a short illness.
Read the full obituary written by Shin-ichi Konno and Björn Rydevik here
“Reflections from two ISSLS Founding Members“

It is with great pleasure we can announce that two of our ISSLS Founding Members, Augustus A. White and Manohar M. Panjabi, will be attending the meeting in Boston and to talk about the ISSLS History.
Day and time: Thursday May 12 at 11:30 – 12:30
Young Investigator Travel Grant
In 2022, ISSLS will offer a limited number of Young Investigator Travel Grants. The number of grants available will be announced in April.
Full details, eligibility criteria and application form can be found here.
Closing date: April 1, 2022
Registration is now open

You can now register for the ISSLS Annual meeting taking place in Boston on May 9-12.
All information about the meeting can be found here.