Paul Pavlov honored with the AO Recognition Award 2010
The AO Recognition Award is the most prestigious prize awarded by the AO Foundation for life-time achievement. This year’s recipient Paul Pavlov from Nijmegen, The Netherlands received the AO Recognition award for his exceptional contributions to the development of new treatment options in spine surgery, and his leadership in the AO TK System and the AOSpine Specialty. The prize has been awarded only 8 times since its inception 18 years ago and recent recipients include Jörg Auer (2008) Ted Hansen (2006) and Stephan Perren (2004).
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Local AO surgeon launches appeal for donations to the flood victims in Pakistan

The following report was sent by local AO surgeon and member of the AOCMF Middle East Board, Jehanzeb Mughal, based in Karachi—capital of Pakistan's Sindh province.
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Global Spine Congress 2011 - Registration & Abstract Submission are now open

The registration and abstract submission sites for the Global Spine Congress 2011, Barcelona (March 24-26) are now officially open.
This multidisciplinary meeting will continue on the success of the first Global Spine Congress held in San Francisco in 2009, and will bring together spine surgeons and researchers to present the latest ideas and innovations for the future.
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The World Forum for Spine Research—The Intervertebral Disc

The World Forum for Spine Research was held in Montreal from 5–8 July. More than 200 participants from 40 countries gathered in the cultural heart of Quebec to discuss state-of-the-art knowledge and research on the intervertebral disc.

Post conference report available now!
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Q&A with Vincent Arlet—driving force behind Scolisoft

Vincent Arlet talks about the challenges involved in getting quality case submissions for this online database and discusses the regional differences in the case documentations. He explains why Scolisoft has become such a valuable teaching tool and how it has set a new trend in the overall assessment of cosmesis for patients with scoliosis.
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AO Dialogue Issue 1, 2010

AO Foundation release the first edition of AO Dialogue. This edition of AO Dialogue focuses on issues, reports, and activities from January to June 2010.
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The AO Foundation Annual Report 2009 is now available for download

The AO Foundation Annual Report 2009 is now available. This 60 page publication highlights AO activities including AOSpine in 2009 from around the globe.
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AOSpine North American Board Member Alex Vaccaro gets a Haitian teen back on his feet
AOSpine launches its newest Membership Benefit—Scolisoft
Q&A with Jens Chapman—Editor-in-Chief and Scientific Editor-in-Chief of the Evidence-Based Spine-Care Journal (EBSJ)
Global Spine Congress—Abstract Submission Site is open now!
AOSpine members awarded the prestigious ISSLS prize in the Basic Science category
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