Call For Papers: ISASS Accepting Abstract Submissions for ISASS12

July 11, 2011 - PRLog -- The ISASS-International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery is now accepting abstract submissions for the 12th Annual Meeting (ISASS12) to be held March 20-23, 2012, in Barcelona, Spain.  Deadline for submitting abstracts is September 16, 2011.

Topics Include:
Cervical Therapies and Outcomes
Lumbar Therapies and Outcomes
MIS Technique and Results
Biologic Therapies and Research
Navigation, Image Guided Surgery and Robotic Assistance
Conservative Care and Injection Therapies
Biomechanics/Basic Science
Sports and Spine
Reimbursement and Coding, Regulatories
Innovations Non-Conventional

For complete details on topics as well as author instructions and submission information, please visit http://www.abstractserver.com/isass12/absmgm/

Overall Program Chairs, James Yue, MD and Carlos Villanueva, MD will guide the ISASS12 program.  Program Chairs and their committee members will review all written submissions through a blind scoring system in which authors’ names will be omitted to avoid bias.  Program Chairs for ISASS12 are:
Basic Science Co-Chairs:  Lisa Ferrara, PhD and Leonard Voronov, MD, PhD
Clinical Science Chair: Robert Gunzburg, MD, PhD
Poster Chair: Richard Kube, MD
MIS Chair: Richard Assaker, MD

ISASS President Jean Charles LeHuec MD, PhD will oversee all activities.

About ISASS-International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery
ISASS- The International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery is an international, scientific and educational society organized to discuss and assess existing strategies and innovative ideas in the clinical and basic sciences related to spine surgery and to enhance patient care.  http://www.isass.org