AO Spine

AO Spine AO Spine is an international community of spine surgeons generating, dis­trib­uting, and exchanging knowledge to advance worldwide spine care.

AO Spine is an international community of spine surgeons generating, distributing, and exchanging knowledge to advance science and the spine care profession through research, education, and community development. With this collaborative approach AO Spine continues to advance spine care worldwide. Education
AO Spine develops consistent and practical educational programs, strategies, and tools for worldwide implementation in over 150 educational events, covering all pathologies, and the different stages in a surgeon's career. AO Spine courses, symposia, and academic congresses provide an opportunity for hands-on learning, alongside constructive discussions with AO Spine Faculty and colleagues in stimulating environments. Research
AO Spine Research is driving the transformation of spine care through the AO Spine Research Network and the AO Spine Knowledge Forums, which are pathology focused working groups of key opinion leaders aiming to generate knowledge by way of clinical studies and publishing of evidence-based recommendations. In the process, they integrate the latest advances and outcomes of treatment and techniques into AO Spine's education programs. Community Development
AO Spine fosters a global community of spine care professionals who are passionate about furthering science, improving patients' lives, and advancing professional careers through the exchange of knowledge and professional networking. AO Spine Membership gives you privileged access to this global spine care community, and benefits aimed to facilitate knowledge access and promote knowledge exchange. Vision
AO Spine—the leading global academic community for innovative education and research in spine care, inspiring lifelong learning and improving patients' lives.

🤝 Curious about how to shape truly inclusive leadership? We've got something for you!📚 AO Access has just launched a ...
10/11/2025

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Curious about how to shape truly inclusive leadership? We've got something for you!

📚 AO Access has just launched a new training module! The Power of Choice: Guiding Principles for AO Nominating Committees and AO Officers.

🖥️ A one-hour, self-paced online course designed to ensure fair, transparent, competency-based selection practices across AO leadership.

🔍 What's inside?
🔹Targeted exercises for competency-based candidate selection
🔹Practical strategies to recognize and reduce bias
🔹The AO NomCom checklist for fairness and accountability

Led by Tim Pohlemann, AO Immediate Past President and AO Access Steering Committee Chair, and endorsed by the AO Foundation Board, this module reinforces AO's commitment to inclusion and transparency.

💡 Inclusive leadership isn't optional—it's essential.

🕵️ Explore the AO Access NomCom module:

The AO Spine Hospital-Based Seminar is a 1/2 day compact educational event covering the fundamentals of a particular spi...
08/11/2025

The AO Spine Hospital-Based Seminar is a 1/2 day compact educational event covering the fundamentals of a particular spine condition: today sagittal alignment and deformity.

With the help of case studies, the treatment of various conditions will be assessed from physical examination through imaging interpretation, and surgical potential approaches.

AO Spine Hospital Based Seminar—Sagittal alignment and deformity
Principles Seminar

🗓 December 18, 2025
📍 HEGP Paris, France
🔊 French
Free event
Learn more
https://ow.ly/ICK150XnK6C

🎉 We would like to congratulate the Global Spine Journal Reviewer of the Month Dr Deya AlWady at the Center for Spinal S...
07/11/2025

🎉 We would like to congratulate the Global Spine Journal Reviewer of the Month Dr Deya AlWady at the Center for Spinal Studies, Queen’s Medical Center, Nottingham University Hospital, UK.

🧑‍🔬Peer review ensures that the articles GSJ publishes meet the highest standards of scientific rigor, clinical relevance, and methodological transparency. The reviewers' feedback strengthens the quality of the work, new knowledge, and treatment recommendations the GSJ publishes and, by extension, the quality of care that spine patients ultimately receive.

More about peer-review and all GSJ Top Reviewers of the month 2025 🔗https://ow.ly/c4be50XokuU

📢 Most cited article alert!👨‍⚕️A Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Patients With Acute Spinal Cord Injur...
07/11/2025

📢 Most cited article alert!

👨‍⚕️A Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Patients With Acute Spinal Cord Injury (SCI): Recommendations on Hemodynamic Management by Brian K. Kwon, Lindsay A. Tetreault, Allan R. Martin, et al.

💡The AO Spine Knowledge Forum SCI and Praxis Spinal Cord Institute Guidelines combine top evidence and expert opinions to offer clinicians evidence-based treatment recommendations, including recommendations for blood pressure management after acute SCI. The low quality of existing evidence and uncertainty around the relationship between mean arterial pressure (MAP) and neurologic recovery justified a greater range of MAP to target, and for a broader range of days post-injury than recommended in previous guidelines.

Read the full results open access in the Global Spine Journal
🔗 https://ow.ly/ivoq50XnBB3

📣Register now for the Trauma online module! Join the first edition of this new standalone module in 2026! 🧑‍🎓Advance you...
06/11/2025

📣Register now for the Trauma online module! Join the first edition of this new standalone module in 2026!

🧑‍🎓Advance your knowledge in spinal trauma care with this focused 8-week online module—available as a standalone course or as part of the Global Spine Diploma Program.

✍️The first cohort runs from 26 January–22 March, 2026, with an average of 3–5 hours of learning per week, combining expert lectures, case discussions, and interactive assignments.
➡️ https://ow.ly/iuZR50XnGCM

Curious about our hands-on spine trauma courses? 🔗 https://ow.ly/eih950XnGCL

Join the AO Spine Masters Level Specimen Course—Spinal Endoscopy and Minimally Invasive Decompression Masters Specimen C...
05/11/2025

Join the AO Spine Masters Level Specimen Course—Spinal Endoscopy and Minimally Invasive Decompression Masters Specimen Course!
The course builds upon participants' existing knowledge and skills in spinal surgery, focusing specifically on the latest advancements in minimally invasive spine surgery techniques, particularly spinal endoscopy and minimally invasive decompression (MID).

🗓 January 28–30, 2026
📍 Jablonna (Warsaw), Poland
🔊 English

Register now
https://ow.ly/V8Pp50XeUXC

🎉2 days to go until the Virtual Global Spine Journal Club!This live virtual session, hosted by Drs David Gendelberg, Ash...
05/11/2025

🎉2 days to go until the Virtual Global Spine Journal Club!

This live virtual session, hosted by Drs David Gendelberg, Ashraf El Naga and Jens Chapman, offers article presentations followed by expert-led discussion, providing valuable insights into current spine trauma research. 🔬

🗓️ Friday, November 7, 2025
🕕 6:00–7:00 AM PST
🧠 Topic: Spine Trauma
🔗 https://ow.ly/Vo7P50XjAMH

📚 Articles presented by Drs Matthew Easton, Sara Kiani, and Mohamed Al-Amoodi:

✨ Pidd, Kristina T., et al. "Which is the superior thoracolumbar injury classification tool? TLICS Versus AOSpine 2013: a systematic review." Global spine journal 15.4 (2025): 2536-2546. https://ow.ly/17Xn50XjAML

✨ Dvorak MF, Öner CF, Dandurand C, et al. Surgical versus Non-Surgical Treatment of Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures in Neurologically Intact Patients: A Prospective International Multicentre Cohort Study. Global Spine Journal. 2025;0(0). doi:10.1177/21925682251356910 https://ow.ly/A6SB50XjAMK

✨ Mohanty S, von Riegen H, Akodu M, et al. Timing of Chemical Anticoagulant Administration in Spine Trauma and its Impact on VTE, Bleeding, and Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Global Spine Journal. 2025;0(0). doi:10.1177/21925682251353138 https://ow.ly/xN9M50XjAMM

📢 We are proud to announce the new AO Spine Trauma Curriculum Courses—a landmark initiative designed to provide surgeons...
04/11/2025

📢 We are proud to announce the new AO Spine Trauma Curriculum Courses—a landmark initiative designed to provide surgeons with the most comprehensive, evidence-based, and hands-on training available.

This is the first course in Europe, sign up for it! 🌍

AO Spine Course—Spinal Trauma: Advanced Techniques and Complex Cases
Chairperson(s): Carla Reizinho (Portugal)
Educational Advisor Thomas Blattert, Germany

Advanced Specimen Course
🗓 March 19–20, 2026
📍 Lisbon, Portugal
🔊 English

Registration just opened
🔗 https://eduevents.aofoundation.org/evt/s/evt-event/a1oTG00000Bl8cO

✨ Highlights from another successful DKOU—Germany’s leading orthopedic trauma congress!🎉The AO returned to DKOU, uniting...
04/11/2025

✨ Highlights from another successful DKOU—Germany’s leading orthopedic trauma congress!🎉

The AO returned to DKOU, uniting global experts from the AO Innovation Translation Center (AO ITC), AO Research Institute Davos (ARI), AO Education Institute (AO EI), AO Trauma, AO Spine, AO Recon, and AO Sports. From top-tier symposia to hands-on booth activities, the AO showcased its leadership in innovation, research, education, and community 🌍.

🏆 A special highlight: The prestigious Tscherne Award, presented in honor of Prof Dr Harald Tscherne. This year, we were privileged to have Theodore Miclau, US, Chair of the AO ITC Clinical Science Advisory Commission, deliver the lecture titled "Advancing Global Orthopaedic Trauma Care." 🎓 Congratulations on this esteemed recognition! 🙌

Learn more about our activities ▶️ https://brnw.ch/21wO6jV

💡 AO Spine Knowledge Forum Spinal Cord Injury (KFSCI) is assessing the Constraints, Care Pathways, and Equity in Spinal ...
02/11/2025

💡 AO Spine Knowledge Forum Spinal Cord Injury (KFSCI) is assessing the Constraints, Care Pathways, and Equity in Spinal Cord Injury Care!

The AO Spine KF SCI invites you to the ACCESS-SCI SURVEY that aims to better understand the real-world challenges, gaps, and variability in acute spinal cord injury (SCI) care across different regions, institutions, and healthcare systems.

💭 Your insights—as a healthcare professional actively involved in SCI management—are essential.

🌎 By sharing your local experience, you will help us identify barriers, map care pathways, and develop practical, evidence-based recommendations to improve SCI care worldwide 🔗 https://ow.ly/z5XV50XkbTE

This survey is also available in Chinese, Portuguese, and Spanish and you can select your preferred language in the top right corner. This survey will take approximately 15 minutes to complete.

Thank you for your contribution to spine care!
Ricardo Rodrigues-Pinto, Lukas Grassner, Paul Koljonen, Charles Carazzo, Kabir Abubakar, and
Jetan Badhiwala on behalf of AO Spine Knowledge Forum Spinal Cord Injury

AO Spine Course—Advanced MISS Techniques (With Human Anatomical Specimens)Chairpersons:Marcin Czyz (United Kingdom), Nit...
01/11/2025

AO Spine Course—Advanced MISS Techniques (With Human Anatomical Specimens)

Chairpersons:
Marcin Czyz (United Kingdom), Nitin Shetty (United Kingdom)
Educational Advisor: Sashin Ahuja

Advanced Specimen Course

🗓 May 9–10, 2026
📍 Cambridge, United Kingdom
🔊 English
Registration just opened
Register now
https://ow.ly/bitF50X3w6Q

🎉Join us in congratulating Manoj Khatri, the new council chairperson of AO Spine UK & Ireland!As chairperson, Khatri aim...
01/11/2025

🎉Join us in congratulating Manoj Khatri, the new council chairperson of AO Spine UK & Ireland!

As chairperson, Khatri aims to provide collaborative leadership and engage AO Spine members to contribute, to innovate and lead, and to deliver to education and research by using traditional teaching methods and newer technologies.

"Engagement, involvement, and networking of AO Spine community will be a key focus."

We warmly welcome the newly elected council chairperson and wish him all the best in his new role! 🔗https://ow.ly/Mqnl50Xkj65

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AO Spine is an international community of spine surgeons generating, dis­trib­uting, and exchanging knowledge to advance science and the spine care profession through research, education, and community development. With this collaborative approach AO Spine continues to advance spine care worldwide. Education AO Spine develops consistent and practical educational programs, strategies, and tools for worldwide implementation in over 150 educational events, covering all pathologies, and the different stages in a surgeon's career. AO Spine courses, symposia and academic congresses provide an opportunity for hands-on learning, alongside constructive discussions with AO Spine Faculty and colleagues in stimulating environments. Research AO Spine Research is driving the transformation of spine care through the AO Spine Research Network and the AO Spine Knowledge Forums; which are pathology focused working groups of key opinion leaders aiming to generate knowledge by way of clinical studies, and publishing of evidence-based recommendations. In the process, they integrate the latest advances and outcomes of treatment and techniques into AO Spine's education programs. Community Development AO Spine fosters a global community of spine care professionals who are passionate about furthering science, improving patients' lives, and advancing professional careers through the exchange of knowledge and professional networking. AO Spine Membership gives you privileged access to this global spine care community, and benefits aimed to facilitate knowledge access and promote knowledge exchange. Vision AO Spine—the leading global academic community for innovative education and research in spine care, inspiring lifelong learning and improving patients' lives.