ОТЧЕТЫ О СОБЫТИЯХ Report on the SRS World Wide Course Novosibirsk, Siberia, Russian Federation November 28–29, 2014 in association with the Russian Association of Spinal Surgeons На фото: участники образовательного курса As the Scoliosis Research Society continues to develop into the global society for research and education in spinal deformity, the World Wide Courses provide a unique opportunity for SRS members to collaborate in education with surgeons in almost all the major countries and continents of the world. <...> A notable exception to that has been one of the largest and most scientifically developed countries in the world, Russia. <...> That changedwhen five members of the SRS: Ahmet Alanay, David Marks, Munish Gupta, Azmi Hamzaoglu and David Clements; the SRS Director Tressa Goulding and the Membership Manager Nilda Torres stepped off the plane in Novosibirsk, Siberia at 6:30AM on Wednesday November 27, 2014 into minus 30 degree snowy darkness. <...> After passing security to exit the airport (!) we were met with bear hugs by Professor Mikhail Mihailovsky, our co-chair and local host, and his team. <...> This WWC meeting was the dream of Ahmet Alanay and David Marks working with Marinus De Kleuver to finally open the doors to scientific and educational collaboration with surgeons in the Russian Federation. <...> An ambitious agenda of lectures, debates, case discussions and industry workshops was planned and carried out with great enthusiasm by 7 faculty members from all over the Russian Federation including all the SRS members and six SRS membersfrom the US, Britain, Turkey and France with the arrival of the intrepid Jean Dubousset and his wife. <...> The question/answer periods and case discussions in English (and occasionally Russian with translation) were especially enthusiastically embraced by participants from Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Bulgaria. <...> A faculty dinner the night before the meeting at a lodge in a forest on the outskirts of Novosibirsk (Russia’s third largest city) warmed up relations between all present with immediate friendships. <...> Professors Sadovoy and Mihailovsky entranced us the next night with an evening at the ballet and their warm hospitality. <...> Sergey Kolesov to have another Russia WWC. <...> By David H. Clements, MD, Mikhail Mihailovsky and Ahmet Alanay 115!
<...> As the Scoliosis Research Society continues to develop into the global society for research <...>