THE ISSLS CLINICAL TRAVELLING FELLOWSHIP – SPONSORED BY NIPPON ZOKI

International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine | Fellowships and Awards | The ISSLS Clinical Travelling Fellowship – sponsored by Nippon Zoki

The ISSLS Clinical Travelling Fellowship, sponsored by Nippon Zoki, carries prize money of US$5,000 towards travel and accommodation costs.  It is open to junior faculty members (in practice for fewer than 10 years) from any country or part of the world. It is judged by the ISSLS Fellowship Committee, who review each application and make a decision, which is based on merit and qualifications, with an emphasis on scholarly activities and clinical experience. The winner is announced during the Fellowship Ceremony at the ISSLS Annual Meeting.

Judged by the Fellowship Committee:

  • Fabio Galbusera (Chair)

  • Nam Vo

  • Gen Inoue

  • Peter Robertson (ISSLS President)

  • Daisuke Sakai (ISSLS Secretary)

Applications for the 2025 Fellowship are now open.

Submission Deadline: 28th February 2025

Application criteria   

Please provide the following:

  • Curriculum vitae

  • Two letters of reference from active ISSLS members

  • Invitation letter from the ISSLS member you wish to visit during your fellowship – duration of fellowship: one to four weeks

  • Description of the reasons for seeking the fellowship that includes:

    1. The candidate’s background, training, practice type and hospital appointment(s)

    2. Identified goals of the fellowship and post-fellowship plans.

Following completion of Fellowship

The recipient must prepare a report for submission to the ISSLS Fellowship Committee and attend the ISSLS Annual Meeting in the following year to present their report at the Fellowship Ceremony.

Send completed application documents to the ISSLS Secretariat:  ISSLS@asnevents.net.au.

2024 Clinical Travelling Fellowship recipient announced   

Congratulations to Dr Dennis Hey, winner of the 2024 ISSLS Clinical Travelling Fellowship (sponsored by Nippon Zoki)

Dr Hey will visit Dr Richard Guyer and Dr Scott Blumenthal at the Texas Back Institute, USA to undertake his Fellowship

Previous Fellowship winners

  • 2023 - Hong-Jae Lee, South Korea visiting James D. Kang, Boston USA - Read the report

  • 2020 – Peng Yin, Department of Orthopaedics, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, China, visiting Richard Guyer, Texas Back Institute, Plano, USA (The 2020 ISSLS Clinical Travelling Fellowship was awarded to Dr Peng Yin from the Department of Orthopaedics, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, China. He will visit Dr Richard Guyer at the Texas Back Institute in Plano, Texas, USA. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and associated travel restrictions, Dr Yin will complete his fellowship when international travel is again possible.)

  • 2019 – Shashidhar Bangalore Kantharajanna, Bangalore, India, visiting Christoph Siepe, Munich, Germany Read the report

  • 2018 – Xiao-Long Chen, Beijing, China visiting Ashish Diwan, Sydney Australia Read the report

  • 2017 – Gianluca Vadalà, Italy, visiting Daisuke Sakai, Japan Read the report