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| AOSpine International Board |
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Rajasekaran Shanmuganathan |
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| Education |
Emre Acaroglu |
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Research |
Dino Samartzis |
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| Community Development |
Norman Chutkan |
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AOSAP Chairperson |
Manabu Ito |
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| AOSEU Chairperson |
Lorin Benneker |
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AOSME Chairperson |
Mohammad El-Sharkawi |
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| AOSLA Chairperson |
Juan Emmerich |
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AOSNA Chairperson |
Michael Daubs |
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| Executive director |
Jayr Bass |
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Chairperson Elect |
Asdrubal Falavigna |
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| Member Representative |
Alexander Vaccaro |
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Member Representative Elect |
Alexander Vaccaro |
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| AOSpine Asia Pacific Board |
| The AOSpine Asia Pacific Board (AOSAP) is the operational body of AOSpine International focused on activities within Asia Pacific. AOSAP is a body of surgeons, who have responsibility and accountability for delivering valued products and services to Asia Pacific members. The AOSAP Board is elected by the delegate members of the AOSpine Asia Pacific Country Chapters. |
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| Chairperson |
Manabu Ito |
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| Past Chairperson |
Chung Chek Wong |
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Education (Ortho) |
Yoshiharu Kawaguchi |
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| Education (Neuro) |
Dong-Kyu Chin |
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Community Development |
Rushama Tandon |
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| Research |
Jason Cheung |
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Spine centers & fellowships |
Abhay Nene |
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| Regional director |
Kenneth Kam |
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| AOSpine European Board |
| The AOSpine European Board (AOSEU) is the operational body of AOSpine International focused on activities within Europe. AOSEU is a body of surgeons, who have responsibility and accountability for delivering valued products and services to European members. The AOSEU Board is elected by the delegate members of the AOSpine European Country Chapters. |
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| Chairperson |
Lorin Benneker |
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| Past Chairperson |
Giuseppe Barbagallo |
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Education |
Patrick Tropiano |
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| Community Development |
Markus Schultheiss |
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Spine centers & fellowships |
Pedro Berjano |
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| Research |
Marko Neva |
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Regional director |
Staffan Källbäck |
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| AOSpine Latin American Board |
| The AOSpine Latin American Board (AOSLA) is the operational body of AOSpine International focused on activities within Latin America. AOSLA is a body of surgeons, who have responsibility and accountability for delivering valued products and services to Latin American & Central American members. The AOSLA Board is elected by the delegate members of the AOSpine Latin American Country Chapters. |
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| Chairperson |
Juan Emmerich |
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| Spine centers & fellowships |
Fernando Alvarado Gomez |
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Research |
Marcelo Valacco |
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| Community Development |
H. Michael Dittmar |
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Regional director |
Antonio Machado |
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| Education |
Luiz Gustavo Dal Oglio da Rocha |
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| AOSpine North America Board |
| The AOSpine North America Board (AOSNA) is the operational body of AOSpine International focused on activities within North America. AOSNA is a body of surgeons, who have responsibility and accountability for delivering valued products and services to North American members. The AOSNA Board is elected by the delegate members of North America. |
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| Chairperson |
Michael Daubs |
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| Past Chairperson |
Darrel Brodke |
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Education |
Richard Bransford |
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| Research |
Daniel Sciubba |
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Community Development |
Brandon Lawrence |
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| Member at large |
Michelle Clarke |
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Regional director |
Elizabeth Walker |
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| Fellowships |
Eric Klineberg |
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| AOSpine Middle East Board |
| The AO Spine Middle East and Northern Africa Board (AOSMENA) is the operational body of AO Spine International focused on activities within the Middle East and Northern Africa. AOSMENA is a body of surgeons, who have responsibility and accountability for delivering valued products and services to Middle Eastern and North African members. The AOSMENA Board is elected by the delegate members of the AO Spine Middle East and Northern African Country Chapters. |
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| Chairperson |
Mohammad El-Sharkawi |
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| Chairperson Elect |
Amer Aziz |
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Education (Ortho) |
Prof. Atiq Uz Zaman |
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| Community Development |
Ali Abou-Madawi |
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Spine centers & fellowships |
Muhammed Assous |
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| Research |
Waleed Awwad |
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Regional director |
Mary Anne Smith |
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| AOSpine Education Commission |
The AOSpine Education Commission (AOSEC) is the education steering body of AOSpine International. Its role is to:
a) develop consistent and practical educational programs, strategies, and tools for implementation by the AOSpine Regions
b) leverage and share educational resources across the AOSpine Regions
c) plan and manage multi-regional educational events
The Commission consists of a Chairperson, who is an Executive Member of the AOSpine International Board, the past Chairperson, and an education representative (1 per region) of each of the AOSpine Regional Boards.
Emeritus Chairperson: Germán Ochoa |
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| Chairperson |
Emre Acaroglu |
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| Commission member |
Prof. Atiq Uz Zaman |
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Richard Bransford |
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| Commission member |
Luiz Gustavo Dal Oglio da Rocha |
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Commission member |
Yoshiharu Kawaguchi |
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| Commission member |
Patrick Tropiano |
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Past Chairperson |
Bryan Ashman |
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| AOSpine Research Commission |
| Responsible for running global research initiatives, sharing expertise, and leveraging resources across regions. This body defines, integrates, and implements coherent policies for the good of the whole organization. |
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| Chairperson |
Dino Samartzis |
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| North America Representative |
Daniel Sciubba |
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Middle East Representative |
Waleed Awwad |
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| Asia Pacific Representative |
Jason Cheung |
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Europe Representative |
Marko Neva |
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| Latin America Representative |
Marcelo Valacco |
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Knowledge Forum Deformity Representative |
Stephen Lewis |
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| Knowledge Forum Tumor Representative |
Laurence Rhines |
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Commission member |
Muhammed Assous |
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| Knowledge Forum Degenerative/Biologics Representative |
S. Yoon |
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Knowledge Forum Spinal Cord Injury Representative |
Brian Kwon |
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| Knowledge Forum Trauma Representative |
Cumhur Oner |
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| AOSpine Community Development Commission |
The AOSpine Community Development Commission (AOSCDC) is the Marketing Steering body of AOSpine International. It's role is to:
a) develop consistent and practical marketing programs, strategies, and tools for implementation by the AOSpine Regions
b) leverage and share marketing resources across the AOSpine Regions
c) enforce AOSpine's brand and corporate identity
d) manage alliances been AOSpine and other academic bodies
e) develop and run the AOSpine website
The Commission consists of a Chairperson, who is an Executive Member of the AOSpine International Board, the past Chairperson, and marketing representatives of each of the AOSpine Regional Boards. |
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| Chairperson |
Norman Chutkan |
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| Commission member |
Ali Abou-Madawi |
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H. Michael Dittmar |
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| Commission member |
Brandon Lawrence |
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Markus Schultheiss |
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Rushama Tandon |
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| AOSpine Technical Commission |
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| Commission member |
Christian Mazel |
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Jean Ouellet |
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Bangping Qian |
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| Commission member |
Jack Zigler |
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| AOSpine Argentina Council |
The AOSpine Argentina Council (AOSAR) is the Steering body of AOSpine Argentina Country Chapter. The Chairperson of AOSAR reports into the AOSpine Latin American (AOSLA) Board, and the Councilors report to the respective AOSLA Board members via the relevant pan Latin American committee. The role of AOSAR Council is to:
a) To develop local (national) programs, forums, and activities that makes membership of AOSpine attractive and appealing
b) To encourage AOSpine members within their national boundary to interact and work to advance AOSpine's vision and mission
c) To create a democratic network of spine specialists as members of AOSpine within the country
d) To ensure local diversity, needs, and aspirations of AOSpine members are fully expressed, represented, and promoted to the AOSLA Board
e) To build alliances and relations between the Country Chapter and other academic associations within the country
The AOSAR Council is democratically elected every three years by all delegates of the AOSpine Argentina Country Chapter. |
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| Education (Neuro) |
Ignacio Barrenechea |
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| AOSpine Australia/New Zealand Council |
The AOSpine Australia/New Zealand Council (AOSAUNZ) is the Steering body of AOSpine Australia/New Zealand Country Chapters. The Chairperson of AOSAUNZ reports into the AOSpine Asia Pacific (AOSAP) Board, and the Councilors report to the respective AOSAP Board members via the relevant pan Asia Pacific committee. The role of AOSAUNZ Council is to:
a) To develop local (national) programs, forums, and activities that makes membership of AOSpine attractive and appealing
b) To encourage AOSpine members within their national boundary to interact and work to advance AOSpine's vision and mission
c) To create a democratic network of spine specialists as members of AOSpine within the country
d) To ensure local diversity, needs, and aspirations of AOSpine members are fully expressed, represented, and promoted to the AOSAP Board
e) To build alliances and relations between the Country Chapter and other academic associations within the country
The AOSAUNZ Council is democratically elected every three years by all delegates of the AOSpine Australia/New Zealand Country Chapter.
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| Chairperson |
Ashish Diwan |
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Jeremy Evison |
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Education (Ortho) |
Brian Hsu |
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| Education (Neuro) |
Rajesh Reddy |
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Community Development |
Kristian Dalzell |
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| Research |
Uphar Chamoli |
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Spine centers & fellowships |
Mitchell Hansen |
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| AOSpine Austria Council |
The AOSpine Austria Council (AOSAT) is the Steering body of AOSpine Austria Country Chapter. The Chairperson of AOSAT reports into the AOSpine European (AOSEU) Board, and the Councilors report to the respective AOSEU Board members via the relevant pan European committee. The role of AOSAT Council is to:
a) To develop local (national) programs, forums, and activities that makes membership of AOSpine attractive and appealing
b) To encourage AOSpine members within their national boundary to interact and work to advance AOSpine's vision and mission
c) To create a democratic network of spine specialists as members of AOSpine within the country
d) To ensure local diversity, needs, and aspirations of AOSpine members are fully expressed, represented, and promoted to the AOSEU Board
e) To build alliances and relations between the Country Chapter and other academic associations within the country
The AOSAT Council is democratically elected every three years by all delegates of the AOSpine Austria Country Chapter.
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| Chairperson |
Sven Ziegler |
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| Education (Ortho) |
Gholam Pajenda |
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Education (Neuro) |
Pujan Kavakebi |
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| Education (Trauma) |
Gholam Pajenda |
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| AO Spine Brazil Council |
The AOSpine Brasil Council (AOSBR) is the Steering body of AOSpine Brasil Country Chapter. The Chairperson of AOSBR reports into the AOSpine Latin American (AOSLA) Board, and the Councilors report to the respective AOSLA Board members via the relevant pan Latin American committee. The role of AOSBR Council is to:
a) To develop local (national) programs, forums, and activities that makes membership of AOSpine attractive and appealing
b) To encourage AOSpine members within their national boundary to interact and work to advance AOSpine's vision and mission
c) To create a democratic network of spine specialists as members of AOSpine within the country
d) To ensure local diversity, needs, and aspirations of AOSpine members are fully expressed, represented, and promoted to the AOSLA Board
e) To build alliances and relations between the Country Chapter and other academic associations within the country
The AOSBR Council is democratically elected every three years by all delegates of the AOSpine Brasil Country Chapter. |
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| Chairperson |
Jerônimo Milano |
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| Education (Ortho) |
Cristiano Menezes |
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Rafael Souza |
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| AOSpine Bulgaria Council |
The AOSpine Bulgaria (AOSBG) Country Representative represents the AOSpine Bulgaria Country Chapter with less than 25 members. The Country Representative reports into the AOSpine European (AOSEU) Board. The role of AOSBG Country Representative is to: a) To encourage AOSpine members within their national boundary to interact and work to advance AOSpine's vision and mission b) To create a democratic network of spine specialists as members of AOSpine within the country with the aim of a stable membership figure of +25 in the country, in order to re-establish a Country Council c) To ensure local diversity, needs, and aspirations of AOSpine members are fully expressed, represented, and promoted to the AOSEU Board d) To build alliances and relations between the Country Chapter and other academic associations within the country The AOSBG Country Representative is appointed by the former AOSBG Country Council and the AOSEU Board. The position is reviewed after three years by the AOSEU Board.
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Nikolay Gabrovsky |
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| AOSpine Chile Council |
The AOSpine Chile Council (AOSCL) is the Steering body of AOSpine Chile Country Chapter. The Chairperson of AOSCL reports into the AOSpine Latin American (AOSLA) Board, and the Councilors report to the respective AOSLA Board members via the relevant pan Latin American committee. The role of AOSCL Council is to:
a) To develop local (national) programs, forums, and activities that makes membership of AOSpine attractive and appealing
b) To encourage AOSpine members within their national boundary to interact and work to advance AOSpine's vision and mission
c) To create a democratic network of spine specialists as members of AOSpine within the country
d) To ensure local diversity, needs, and aspirations of AOSpine members are fully expressed, represented, and promoted to the AOSLA Board
e) To build alliances and relations between the Country Chapter and other academic associations within the country
The AOSCL Council is democratically elected every three years by all delegates of the AOSpine Chile Country Chapter. |
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| Chairperson |
Ratko Yurac |
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| Education (Ortho) |
Marcelo Molina |
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Felipe Rossel |
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| AOSpine China Council |
The AOSpine China Council (AOSCN) is the Steering body of AOSpine China Country Chapter. The Chairperson of AOSCN reports into the AOSpine Asia Pacific (AOSAP) Board, and the Councilors report to the respective AOSAP Board members via the relevant pan Asia Pacific committee. The role of AOSCN Council is to:
a) To develop local (national) programs, forums, and activities that makes membership of AOSpine attractive and appealing
b) To encourage AOSpine members within their national boundary to interact and work to advance AOSpine's vision and mission
c) To create a democratic network of spine specialists as members of AOSpine within the country
d) To ensure local diversity, needs, and aspirations of AOSpine members are fully expressed, represented, and promoted to the AOSAP Board
e) To build alliances and relations between the Country Chapter and other academic associations within the country
The AOSCN Council is democratically elected every three years by all delegates of the AOSpine China Country Chapter.
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| Chairperson |
Zhuojing Luo |
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Yong Qiu |
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Education (Ortho) |
weishi li |
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| Education (Neuro) |
Fengzeng Jian |
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Community Development |
Bangping Qian |
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| Research |
Zezhang Zhu |
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Wen Yuan |
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| AOSpine Colombia Council |
The AOSpine Colombia Council (AOSCO) is the Steering body of AOSpine Colombia Country Chapter. The Chairperson of AOSCO reports into the AOSpine Latin American (AOSLA) Board, and the Councilors report to the respective AOSLA Board members via the relevant pan Latin American committee. The role of AOSCO Council is to:
a) To develop local (national) programs, forums, and activities that makes membership of AOSpine attractive and appealing
b) To encourage AOSpine members within their national boundary to interact and work to advance AOSpine's vision and mission
c) To create a democratic network of spine specialists as members of AOSpine within the country
d) To ensure local diversity, needs, and aspirations of AOSpine members are fully expressed, represented, and promoted to the AOSLA Board
e) To build alliances and relations between the Country Chapter and other academic associations within the country
The AOSCO Council is democratically elected every three years by all delegates of the AOSpine Colombia Country Chapter.
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| Chairperson |
Rodolfo Páez Gonzalez |
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| Education (Ortho) |
Juan Sierra |
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Education (Neuro) |
Julián España Peña |
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| AOSpine Dominican Republic Council |
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Iohan Fernandez |
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| Education (Neuro) |
Freddy Flores Lebron |
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Miguel Luna Ortiz |
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| AOSpine East Asia Council |
The AOSpine East Asia Council (AOSEA) is the Steering body of AOSpine East Asia Chapter. The Chairperson of AOSEA reports into the AOSpine Asia Pacific (AOSAP) Board, and the Councilors report to the respective AOSAP Board members via the relevant pan Asia Pacific committee. The role of AOSEA Council is to:
a) To develop local (national) programs, forums, and activities that makes membership of AOSpine attractive and appealing
b) To encourage AOSpine members within their national boundary to interact and work to advance AOSpine's vision and mission
c) To create a democratic network of spine specialists as members of AOSpine within the country
d) To ensure local diversity, needs, and aspirations of AOSpine members are fully expressed, represented, and promoted to the AOSAP Board
e) To build alliances and relations between the Country Chapter and other academic associations within the country
The AOSEA Council is democratically elected every three years by all delegates of the AOSpine East Asia Country Chapter.
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| Chairperson |
Gabriel Liu |
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| Education (Ortho) |
Mohd Hisam Muhamad Ariffin |
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Education (Neuro) |
Wattana Mahattanakul |
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| Community Development |
Gamaliel Tan |
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Research |
Kenny Kwan |
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| Spine centers & fellowships |
Yen-Jen Chen |
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