- 2002 – Dr. Markus Kroeber – St. Gallen, Switzerland
- 2001 – Dr. Hiroshi Miyamoto – Kobe, Japan
- 2000 – Dr. Justin Hunt – Adelaide, Australia
- 1999 – Dr. Gregory Kawchuk – Edmonton, Canada
- 1998 – Dr. Daniel Balasa – Romania
Sponsors
ISSLS Clinical Science Research Grant, sponsored by Medtronic 
ISSLS Basic Research Grant sponsored by Kaken Pharmaceutical Co Ltd and Seikagaku Corporation 
ISSLS Young Investigator Travel Grant and ISSLS Clinical Travelling Fellowship, sponsored by Nippon Zoki
With sincere appreciation, the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine thanks the following companies for their sponsorship of the 48th ISSLS Annual Meeting in Boston, USA
