Welcome to the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, bringing together individuals from across the globe for the purpose of research and clinical study into the lumbar spine. ISSLS serves as a forum for the exchange of information of both an investigative and clinical nature relating to low-back pain and disability.
2024/25 ISSLS Slate Announcement
Second Vice President: Jeffrey Lotz
Membership Committee: Dennis Hey
Fellowship Committee: Gen Inoue
Lifetime Achievement Award Committee: James D Kang
Scientific Representative: Koichi Sairyo
Regional Representative, Asia/Pacific: Paul Hodges
Regional Representative, Western U.S: Noah Bonnheim
Program Committee: Steve Brown
Regional Representative, UK: Vacant
Congratulations!
We thank those who are vacating their positions for their wonderful contributions to ISSLS and look forward to welcoming the new Slate.
ISSLS Prize 2024
Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 ISSLS Prize. Professor Helena Brisby (Chair) and the members of the ISSLS Prize Committee were once again impressed by the high quality of the submissions this year. The winning papers will be published in the European Spine Journal, along with the other accepted papers submitted for the 2024 ISSLS Prize. Full details of this year's winners can be found here.
31st Annual Meeting of the European Orthopaedic Research Society (EORS)
Recently held in the beautiful city of Porto (Portugal), hosted a special session entirely dedicated to ISSLS members entitled: “ISSLS Translational Symposium on Low Back Pain Research”.