Spine 2018 Report

In the presence of spine surgeons, professional researchers, scientists, practitioners and medical students involved in the development of high-quality education in all aspects of clinical skills, Spine Meetings 3^rd International Conference on Spine and Spinal Disorders was held during June 11-12, 2018 in London, UK.

Spine Meetings played host to a diverse panel of key members of the Spine 2018 community from research lab, industry, academia and financial investment practices, discussing the future of Spine Health. This event was really aimed for examining where the real Spine specialties are going to the future and purpose of the event was to provide an opportunity for cross-fertilization of ideas and development of ideas, in the field of Spine Health.

Spine 2018 Organizing Committee would like to thank the Moderator of the conference – Lorena Pena, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias (Oviedo), Spain who contributed a lot for the smooth functioning of this event.

We would also like to thank our Organizing Members Prof. Walter Bini, Health point Hospital, UAE; Prof. Wagih El-Masri, Keele University, UK; Prof. Thamer A. Hamdan, Basrah University, Iraq for the continuous support throughout.

The conference was embarked with an opening ceremony followed by Keynote sessions and followed by series of lectures delivered by members of the Keynote forum. The highlights of the meeting were the lectures, delivered by:

Walter Bini, Healthpoint Hospital, UAE

Wagih El-Masri, Keele University, UK

Thamer A. Hamdan, University of Basrah, Iraq

Pier Paolo Maria Menchetti, President of ISLASS, Italy

Naveen Kumar, Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, UK

Eric M. Massicotte, University of Toronto, Canada

Pavol Kostka, Slovak Medical University-Bratislava, Slovakia

Manish Desai, London Spinal Cord Injuries Centre-Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust, UK   

Tao Fan, Capital Medical University Sanbo Brain Hospital, China

Slobodan Marinković, University of Belgrade, Serbia

Alena Cepkova, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia

Lorena Pena, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias (Oviedo), Spain

Pavol Kostka, Slovak Medical University in Bratislava, Slovakia

Nikunj Davda, St George’s Hospital, UK

Sharif Almutiri, Shaqra University, Saudi Arabia

These talks were of great interest to the spine specialists and were enormously informative.

3^rd International Conference on Spine and Spinal Disorders was a great success with the support of international, multi-professional steering committee and coordinated by the International Journal of Neurosurgery & Spine, Journal of Spie & Journal of Neurological Disorders. We are happy to announce our 5^th International Conference on Spine and Spinal Disorders, which will be held during April 25-26, 2019 in Rome, Italy.