Board of Directors

President: Jacek Durmala - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Past President: Fabio Zaina - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

President elect: Michele Romano - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Secretary: Eric Parent - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Treasurer: Helmut Diers - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Member 1: Angelo Aulisa - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Member 2: Andrea Lebel - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Member 3: Lori Dolan - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Member 4: Jim Wynne - 

Chair of next meeting: Jean Claude de Mauroy

Advisory Board (Ethics & Nominations)

Joe O'Brien, Tomasz Kotwicki, Manuel Rigo, Toru Maruyama, Stefano Négrini, Jean Claude de Mauroy,

Brace Classification Study Group (BCSG)

Theo Grivas, Angelo G Aulisa, Jean Claude de Mauroy, Helmut Diers, Steve Glassman, Timothy Hresko, Tomasz Kotwicki, Patrick Knott, Toru Maruyama, Stefano Negrini, J O'Brien, Nigel Price, Manuel Rigo, Luke Stikeleather, John Thometz, James Wynne, Fabio Zaina

Communication

Jean Claude de Mauroy, Andrea Lebel, Mariette Zoer, Michael Bradley, Jason Black ( Newsletter: Mariette Zoer, Facebook: Andrea Lebel, Chis Diers, Linkedin; Larry Cohen, ResearchGate: Patrick Knott,)

Education

Josette Bettany Saltikov

Manuel Rigo

Membership

Mag. Petra Feistritzer-Gröbl
Sabrina Donzelli

Clinical & Resaerch

(Consensus & Terminology)

Stefano Négrini

Eric Parent

Statutes

Manuel Rigo

Dr Theodoros B. Grivas is the chief editor of “Scoliosis”, the official journal of our society. He is working, together with the editorial board, to improve the rating of the journal which has an unofficial impact factor of 1.31. This is very good after such a short period since his inauguration. The next steps are to obtain an official impact factor, and to succeed a rapid increase in the number of published papers. To do this we need the cooperation of all SOSORT members, who are kindly invited to submit papers for consideration, and possibly publication. Moreover, this step is required in order to become an active member.

Webmaster: Dr Jean Claude de Mauroy at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

SRS Non-Operative Committee

Theodoros Grivas was appointed as an advisory member of the SRS Non-Operative Management Committee

Letter Monday, 15 November 2010

European braces widely used for conservative scoliosis treatment

Dr Grivas was honoured by the SRS Non-Operative committee chair to present at Chicago 2012 the topic entitled: “Non-operative management of AIS - the SOSORT approach to brace treatment”.

2016 Board

President: Jacek Durmala (Poland) 
Past President: Fabio Zaina (Italy)  
Elect President: Michele Romano (Italy
Secretary: Eric Parent (Canada)
Treasurer: Helmut Diers (Germany)
Member: Andrea Lebel (Canada)
Member: Angelo Aulisa (Italy)

Member: lori Dolan (USA)

Member: Jim Wynne (USA)

2015 Board

President: Fabio Zaina (Italy)  
Past President: Patrick Knott (USA) 
Elect President: Jacek Durmala (Poland)
Secretary: Luke Stikeleather (USA)
Treasurer: Helmut Diers (Germany)
Editor-in-Chief of "Scoliosis": Theodoros B Grivas (Greece) 
Member: Nigel Price (USA)
Member: Angelo Aulisa (Italy)
Member: Cindy Marti (USA)

2014 Board

President: Patrick Knott (USA) 
Past President: Joe O'Brien (USA) 
Elect President: Fabio Zaina (Italy) 
Secretary: Luke Stikeleather (USA)
Treasurer: Helmut Diers (Germany)
Editor-in-Chief of "Scoliosis": Theodoros B Grivas (Greece) 
Member: Nigel Price (USA)
Member: Michele Romano (Italy)
Member: Cindy Marti (USA)

Elected in Wiesbaden, May, 2014

2013 Board

President: Joe O'Brien (USA)
Past President: Jean Claude de Mauroy (France)
Elect President: Patrick Knott (USA)
Secretary: Luke Stikeleather (USA)
Treasurer: Fabio Zaina (Italy) 
Editor-in-Chief of "Scoliosis": Theodoros B Grivas (Greece) 
Member: Josette Bettany Saltikov (UK) 
Member: Michele Romano (Italy)
Member: Jacek Durmala (Poland)

Elected in Chicago, May, 2013

2012 Board

President: Jean Claude de Mauroy (France) 
Past President: Stefano Négrini (Italy) 
Elect President: Joe O'Brien (USA) 
Secretary: Patrick Knott (USA)
Treasurer: Fabio Zaina (Italy) 
Editor-in-Chief of "Scoliosis": Theodoros B Grivas (Greece) 
Member: Josette Bettany Saltikov (UK) 
Member: Luke Stikeleather (USA) 
Member: Jacek Durmala (Poland)

Elected in Milan, May, 2012

2011 Board

President: Stefano Négrini (Italy) 
Past President: Toru Maruyamai (Japan) 
Elect President: Jean Claude de Mauroy (France) 
Secretary: Patrick Knott (USA)
Treasurer: Fabio Zaina (Italy) 
Editor-in-Chief of "Scoliosis": Theodoros B Grivas (Greece) 
Member: Josette Bettan (France) 
Member: Monica Villagrasa (Spain) 
Member: Fabio Zaina (Italy)

Elected in Barcelona, May 2011

2010 Board

President: Toru Maruyama (Japan) 
Past President: Tomasz Kotwicki (Poland) 
Elect President: Stefano Négrini (Italy) 
Secretary: Patrick Knott (USA)
Treasurer: Joe P O'Brien (USA) 
Editor-in-Chief of "Scoliosis": Theodoros B Grivas (Greece) 
Member: Jean Claude de Mauroy (France) 
Member: Monica Villagrasa (Spain) 
Member: Fabio Zaina (Italy)

Elected in Montreal, 17.05.2010

2009 Board

President: Tomasz Kotwicki (Poland) 
Past President: Theodoros B Grivas (Greece) 
Next President: Toru Maruyama (Japan) 
Secretary: Stefano Négrini (Italy) 
Treasurer: Joe P O'Brien (USA) 
Editor-in-Chief of "Scoliosis": Theodoros B Grivas (Greece) 
Member: Jean Claude de Mauroy (France) 
Member: Monica Villagrasa (Spain) 
Member: Fabio Zaina (Italy)

Elected in Lyon, 22.05.2009

2008 Board

President: Theodoros B Grivas (Greece) 
Past President: Manuel Rigo (Spain) 
Next President: Tomasz Kotwicki (Poland) 
Secretary: Stefano Negrini (Italy) 
Treasurer: Joe P O'Brien (USA) 
Editor-in-Chief of "Scoliosis": Theodoros B Grivas (Greece) 
Member: Tamar Neuhaus (Israel) 
Member: Elias Vasiliadis (Greece) 
Member: Toru Maruyama (Japan)

Elected in Poznan, 7.04.2006

2007 Board

President: Manuel Rigo (Spain) 
Past President: Tomasz Kotwicki (Poland) 
Elected President: Theodoros B. Grivas (Greece) 
Secretary: Stefano Negrini (Italy) 
Treasurer: Elias Vasiliadis (Greece) 
Editor-in-Chief of "Scoliosis": Hans Rudolf Weiss (Germany) 
Member: Tamar Neuhaus (Israel) 
Member: Joe P. O'Brien (USA) 
Member: Toru Maruyama (Japan)

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SOSORT Foundators, Milan , Jan 

Toru Maruyama, MD

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
University School of Medicine
Tokyo, Japan

Manuel Rigo, MD
Elena Salva Institute
Barcelona, Spain

Stefano Negrini, MD
Scientific Director of ISICO
Italian Scientific Spine Institute
Milan, Italy

Theodoros B Grivas, MD
Orthopaedic and Spinal Surgeon
Director of the Trauma and Orthopaedic Department
“Tzanio” General Hospital of Piraeus, Piraeus, Greece.

Tomasz Kotwicki, MD
Orthopedic Surgeon, Spine Surgery
University Department of Pediatric Orthopedics
Poznan, Poland

Hans-Rudolf Weiss, MD
Orthopedic Surgeon, Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Medical Director of the
Asklepios Katharina Schroth Spinal Deformities Rehabilitation Centre
Bad Sobernheim, Germany

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