Registration Now Open
THEhotel at Mandalay Bay & the MERIN Laboratory
Las Vegas, NV
The 2008 SMISS Board of Directors would like to wholeheartedly thank all the attendees for their time and contributions that made SMISS 2008 the success it was. We hope that you join us for the 2009 meeting!
The SMISS 2009 Annual Meeting will be held at THEhotel at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, NV from October 9-12, 2009. Once again we expect it to be the “can’t miss” event in MISS techniques and technology. This year’s expanded SMISS meeting will feature ...
SMISS Resource Center on SpineUniverse.com
If you have not have done so already, please take a few moments to visit the SMISS-Sponsored Patient Resource Center on SpineUniverse.com. On the SMISS Resource Center, patients can learn about MIS, who may benefit from MIS, what types of conditions may be treated by MIS, and much more. The Resource Center was designed with the patient in mind, and it is our sincere hope that it will serve not only as an educational tool for a patient’s particular condition, but it may also serve as a potential referral source for SMISS members.
We invite you to visit and link to our new SMISS Resource Center. You are just one click away from a wealth of information!
New Featured Articles Program
Welcome to the newest addition to the Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (SMISS) Web site Home Page. We are excited to present for the first time on our web site a new article written for you by one of our SMISS members on different subjects related to different spinal conditions, treatments and on the latest, cutting edge research and technology being performed by our members all over the United States, indeed, all over the world.
We anticipate these articles will begin in the Spring of 2009 and anticipate they will be educational not only for the spine patient but to all who access our web site. Minimally Invasive Surgery has made great strides in recent years as demonstrated by two upcoming orthopedic conferences where MIS has been recognized as it never has been before.
On February 25, 2009, the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons will convene in Las Vegas, Nevada for their Annual Meeting. What is noteworthy at this meeting is that they have accepted for the first time, an Instructional Course Lecture (ICL) on Minimally Invasive Surgery. It will be presented by three of our SMISS members, Drs. Frank Phillips, D. Greg Anderson and James Schwender. The Course Director will be Dr. Choll W. Kim, the Executive Director of SMISS. This is significant because they do not choose ICL topics easily. SMISS is extremely proud of the combined efforts of our physicians in having their ICL topic being accepted in addition to having their own extremely busy practices.
Another milestone occurs on April 29, 2009, when the Spine Arthoplasty Society meets in London England for their Annual Meeting – SAS9. For the first time, this Society has added a MIS committee to their Society. SMISS is again proud to announce that SMISS Executive Director Choll W. Kim has been selected as that committee’s First Chairperson.
Congratulations to all of our SMISS physicians for representing SMISS so proudly around the world!
