Milwaukee, WI – During the 31st International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques (IMAST), the Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) announced the winners of the Thomas E. Whitecloud Awards given to the best basic science/translational and best clinical papers.
This year’s winner for best basic science/translational research paper : Paper #7- Pseudotime Analysis and Mrna-Lncrna-Mirna Network Co-Analysis Reveals Abnormal Bone Marrow Niche Leads to Reduced Osteogenesis and Chondrogenesis of Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Patients
This year’s winner for best clinical research paper is Paper #14- Cervical Spinal Cord Signal Changes in The Absence of Apparent Compression Indicate Dynamic Compression - Insights from Load-Bearing Positional Sitting MRI in Patients with Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy
Named after Dr. Thomas E. Whitecloud, co-founder of IMAST, the nominees are selected from abstracts submitted for IMAST. Click here to review past winners.
This year also saw the Inaugural Innovation Award, presented to the most innovative paper of the more than 90 papers submitted. IMAST Innovation Award winner: Paper #6- Radiation-Free Assessment of The 3D Morphology of The Adolescent Scoliotic Spine: a Feasibility Study in Synthetic (S)Ct
Review these abstracts in the final program for more information: Final Program
IMAST is a scientific forum for leading spine surgeons, innovative researchers, and the most advanced spine technologies from around the world to come together to demonstrate recent advances in spine surgery. For more information on this international meeting, visit our website.
About Thomas Whitecloud III, MD
Dr. Whitecloud was a board member of the Scoliosis Research Society and the North American Spine Society. He served as one of the co-chairs for the first International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques. He was an outstanding educator and extremely passionate about the IMAST course. His contributions to the success of IMAST and spine surgery in general can never be adequately acknowledged.
About Scoliosis Research Society
The Scoliosis Research Society is a non-profit, professional organization, made up of physicians and allied health personnel. Our primary focus is on providing continuing medical education for health care professionals and on funding/supporting research in spinal deformities. Founded in 1966, SRS has gained recognition as the world's premier spine deformity society. Please visit www.srs.org for further information. Also follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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