PRESS RELEASE

San Diego spine surgeon receives

Lifetime Achievement Award!

 

The International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS) has awarded

the 2008 Wiltse Lifetime Achievement Award in Lumbar Spine Research

to Dr. Vert Mooney of the US Spine&Sport Foundation in San Diego, CA.

 

Award: ISSLS Wiltse Lifetime Achievement Award for Lumbar Spine Research

 

Awardee: The International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine

The purpose of the ISSLS, a non-profit organization founded in 1974, is to bring together those individuals

throughout the world, who, by their contributions and activities both in the area of research and clinical

study, have, or are indicating interest in the lumbar spine in health and in disease.
Its further purpose is to serve as a forum for the exchange of information of both an investigative and clinical

nature which relates to low back pain and disability.  (http://www.issls.org)

Award History:

  • 2000: Professor Alf Nachemson of Sweden
  • 2001: Dr. John Frymoyer of Burlington, VT, USA
  • 2002: Dr. Gunnar Andersson of Chicago, IL, USA
  • 2003: Dr. Malcolm Pope of Aberdeen, Scotland
  • 2004: Dr. Kiyoshi Kaneda of Sapporo, Japan
  • 2005: Dr. Manohar Panjabi of New Haven, CT, USA
  • 2006: Dr. James Weinstein of Dartmouth University, Hanover, NH, USA
  • 2007: Dr. Jill Urban, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
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