Membership

 PRESIDENT

MENCHETTI PIER PAOLO MARIA, MD, FRCS (US)

Orthopaedic Surgeon. Aggregate Professor Palermo University – Italy

Corresponding Fellow EFORT

Fellow Royal College Physicians and Surgeons United States of America

American Academy of Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery 

Rome American Hospital, Via Longoni 69, www.hcir.it – Roma , Italy 

NCL – Neurological Centre of Latium, Via Patrica, 15, www.nclroma.it – Roma, Italy  

Email: menchetti@spineislass.org  

 

VICE PRESIDENT

BINI WALTER,  MD , PhD, FRCS(US), FMH

Chairman ISLASS Middle East Chapter

Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon, Healthpoint Hospital, Orthopaedic Dept, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Email: bini@spineislass.org

 

SECRETARY

CANERO GIANFRANCO, MD

Orthopaedic Surgeon, Casa di Cura San Feliciano – Roma, Italy

Email: canero@spineislass.org

 

 

ADVISERS

 

CHIU JOHN, MD, FRCS (US)

Chief AAMISMS (American Academy minimal invasive Spinal Medicine and Surgery), 

Past President ISMISS (International Society  of minimal Invasive Spinal Surgery)

CALIFORNIA SPINE INSTITUTE MEDICAL CENTER, INC., Thousand Oaks, CA, USA

www.spinecenter.com – Email: chiu@spinecenter.com

 

GAUCI CHARLES

Member of the Executive of  WIP (World Institute of Pain)

Department of Anatomy, University of Malta, La Valletta, Malta

Tal-Qroqq, Malta – Email: charles.gauci@btinternet.com

 

OERTEL JOACHIM, Prof. Dr. med.

Chairman of Neurosurgery Dept. University Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes

Homburg-Saar, Germany

Email: Joachim.Oertel@uks.eu

 

RUIZ LOPEZ RICARDO

Founder e Past President WIP (World Institute of Pain)

Clinica Vertebra – Spine and Pain Surgery – Barcelona, Spain

Email: ruizlopez@gmail.com

 

  

  

 

 

 

 

ISLASS members, *members at large, honorary members

 

ALGARA CARLOS

CLINICA DE NTRA. SRA. DEL PILAR, Balmes 271 – Barcellona, Spain

Email: admon.cdelpilar@terra.es, email: carlosalgara@yahoo.es

ADDUCI ALESSIA

Istituto di Anestesiologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy

Email: alessia.adduci@tiscali.it

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ABU SETTA GEHAD

Fellow Royal College of Surgeon, Glasgow, UK

Dept Orthopaedics,Sheikh Khalifa General Hospital, Umm Al Quwain, UAE

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Al SHEHRI SALEM

Orthopaedics Dept. Sheikh Khalifa General Hospital, Umm Al Quwain, UAE

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ASLAM UBAID

Hospital physician Orthopaedic Surgeon, Sheikh Khalifa General Hospital, Umm Al Quwain, UAE

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BALSANO MASSIMO

Responsabile UOC Ortopedia e Traumatologia dell’Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona, Verona, Italy

Email: massimo.balsano@gmail.com _______________________________________________________________________________________ 

*BARTELS RONALD

Dept Neurosurgery, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen – The Netherlands

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*BARZILAY YAIR

Orthopaedic Surgery, Spine Unit, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel

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*BECKER STEPHAN

Chief Medical Officer iBio Health Ltd, Salzburg, Austria

Email: Stephan.becker@medimpuls.at

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BINI WALTER, MD , PhD, FRCS(US), FMH

Chairman ISLASS Middle East Chapter

Senior Consultant of Neurosurgery Healthpoint Hospital, Dept.Orthopaedics, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Email: bini@spineislass.orgbinidr4@gmail.com

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BONALDI GIUSEPPE

Neuroradiologo, Ospedale RIUNITI DI BERGAMO. Dipartimento Neuroradiologia, Largo Barozzi 1,  Bergamo, Italy

Email: bbonaldi@yahoo.com

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BURKHARDT W. BENEDIKT

Saarland University Medical Center, Department of Neurosurgery, Homburg / Saar, Germany

Email: benedikt.burkhardt@uks.eu 

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BUSA ANANDAREDDY

Arzt beiNeuro, Ortho, Trauma und Wirbelsaulenchirurgie. Erfurt, Germany

Email: reddyananda9@yahoo.com

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*CACCIOLA FRANCESCO

UOC Neurochirurgia, Ospedale Policlinico Santa Maria delle Scotte, Siena, Italy

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*CAGGIARI GIANFILIPPO 

Specializzando in Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria, Sassari, Italy

Email: gianfilippocaggiari@gmail.com

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CANERO GIANFRANCO

Casa di Cura San Feliciano, via Val Cannuta, 132 –  Roma, Italy

Email: canero@spineislass.org

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CAPRIOTTI GABRIELA

Professore aggregato, Medicina Nucleare – Ospedale Sant’Andrea, Roma – Sapienza Università – Roma, Italy

Email: gabriela.capriotti@uniroma1.it

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CARBAJAL BRAULIO HERNANDEZ

SOCIEDAD MEXICANADE MINIMA INVASION DE COLUMNA

Tehuantepec No. 86-302 Col. Roma Sur 06760 – Mexico City,Mexico

Email: hegb@prodigy.net.mx

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*CARBONE STEFANO

Ortopedia, Casa di Cura San Feliciano, via Val Cannuta 132 – Roma, Italy

Email: stefcarbone@yahoo.it

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*CATHREIN PHILIPPE

Orthopaedics, Dorsomed, Blumenrain 87, 2503 Biel, Switzerland

Email: cathrein@dorsomed.ch

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CECCHETTI WALTER

UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI VENEZIA – DIPARTIMENTO DI FISICA, Venezia, Italy

Email: ceccwalt@unive.it 

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CHAABAN ABDO

CLINICA VILLACERRADA C/Caba, 22 Albacete,  Spain

POLICLINICA ANDALUCIA – Marbella, Spain

Email: chaaban@ono.com

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*CHIAZZOLLA FRANCESCO

Ortopedia, chirurgia vertebrale endoscopica, Concordia Hospital, Roma, Italy

Email: francesco.chiazzolla@gmail.com

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CHIERICHINI ANGELO 

Istituto di Anestesiologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy

Email: achierichini@gmail.com

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CHIU JOHN

CALIFORNIA SPINE INSTITUTE MEDICAL CENTER, INC.

Chief AAMISMS, Past President ISMISS

1001 Newbury Road 91320 Thousand Oaks, CA, USA

 www.spinecenter.com – Email: chiu@spinecenter.com

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DI DONATO ATTILIO

Chirurgia endoscopica vertebrale,  Concordia Hospital, Roma (Italy)

President Founder Social Medical Care

Email: a.didonato@terapiadolorevertebrale.it

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DI FELICE ARIBERTO

C/O CASA DI CURA SPATOCCO, Viale Amendola, 93  – Chieti , Italy

Email: ariberto.di.felice@tiscali.it

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DORIA CARLO

Professore Associato Malattie Apparato Locomotore, Università di Sassari, Direttore della U.O.C. di Clinica Ortopedica dell’Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Sassari, Sassari, Italy

Email: cdoria@uniss.itreemad@tiscali.it

 

*DUBOIS GILLES

Service de Neurochirurgie, Clinique de l’Union – St Jean, France

Email: gilles.dubois@clinique-union.fr

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DUNDAR MELIH

Consultant Neurosurgeon, Neuro Pain Hannover, Hannover, Germany

Email: melih@karin-schwarz-pr.de

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DUTTA ARINDAM

Anesthesiologist, Zulekha Hospital, Sharjah, UAE

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EL RAI SALAH

Head Radiology Dept, Sheikh Khalifa General Hospital, Umm Al Quwain, UAE

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FABRIS MONTERUMICI DANIELE 

Azienda Ospedaliera – Università di Padova Unità Operativa Complessa di Chirurgia del rachide  – SANDRO AGOSTINI, Padova, Italy 

Email: chirurgia.rachide@sanita.padova.it

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FINOCCHIARO FRANCESCO

Azienda Ospedaliera – Università di Padova Unità Operativa Complessa di Chirurgia del rachide  – SANDRO AGOSTINI, Padova, Italy

Email: fmfinocchiaro@libero.it

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FONTANELLA ANDREA

Neurochirurgia endoscopica, Casa di Cura Città di Parma, P.zza Athos Maestri, 5 – Parma, Italy 

Email: andreafontanella@miaposta.it

FERRONE GIULIANO

Istituto di Anestesiologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy

Email: giulianoferrone@gmail.com

FLEITES MARRERO ERNESTO

Ortopedia, Cirugia Espinal, Clinica Central Cira Garcia, Cuba

www.cirag.cu

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*FRASSANITO LUCIANO

Istituto di Anestesiologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy

Email: lucfras75@hotmail.com

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FREUDIGER STEFAN

Biomechanical Engineering Dept

Ingenirurburo Flugwesen und Biomechanik IFB AG – Bremgarten,  Switzerland

Email: Stefan.freudiger@ifbag.ch

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*GALLO MASSIMILIANO

U.O. Ortopedia e Traumatologia, AOU Sassari, Italy

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GALVANO GIANLUCA 

Responsabile U.O.S. Neuroradiologia, Ospedale Garibaldi – Catania, Italy

Email: gianlucagalvano@gmail.com

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GAUCI CHARLES

Member of the Executive of  WIP (World Institute of Pain)

Department of Anatomy, University of MaltaTal-Qroqq, Malta  

Email: charles.gauci@btinternet.com

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*HABERLAND NILS

Spinal neurosurgery, Spine Clinic, Frankfurt, Germany

www.haberland-ffm.de

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HELLINGER STEPHAN

Nova MED KLINIK, Münich,  Germany

Email: hellinger@gmx.de

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HESS MICHAEL

Past President German Interventional Spine Society (GIW) 

Consultant Orthopaedics KIMS Hospital, Kent, UK

https://kims.org.uk

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KAMSON SOLOMON

Spine Institute North West, Tacoma, WA, USA

Email: info@spineinstitutenw.com

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*KLEIN RALF, Dept Radi Med Laser, Bochum, Germany

Email: klein@radimed.de

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JONGH COBO ENRIQUE

Presidente Sociedad Cubana Neurologia y Neurocirugia, Clinica Central Cira Garcia, La Habana,  Cuba

www.cirag.cu

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KOSTERIN SERGEY

Sytenko Insitute of Spine and Joint Pathology, Orthopaedics, National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Email: ortop.kosterin@gmail.com

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*LERCH A.

Service de Neurochirurgie, Clinique del’Union, St Jean, France

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*LETIZIA MAURO GIULIA

Direttore Scuola Spec. Medicina Fisica e Riabilitazione, Università di Palermo, Palermo,Italy

Email: giulia.letiziamauro@unipa.it

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LOPEZ ELIXENA

Neurosurgery Dept., Hospital Juan Manuel Marquez, La Habana, Cuba

Email: elixena@infomed.sid.cu

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*MALECI ALBERTO 

Direttore cattedra di  Neurochirurgia, Università di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

Email: alberto.maleci@gmail.com

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MANFRÈ LUIGI

Interventistica Spinale Mini invasiva, Istituto Oncologico Mediterraneo – Catania, Italy

Chairman of Diagnostic and Interventional Spine –  ESNR (European Society of Neuroradiology)

Email: manfreluigi@gmail.com

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MARCIA STEFANO

Dipartimento Radiologia, Ospedale SS Trinità – Cagliari, Italy

Email: stemarcia@gmail.com

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MASALA SALVATORE

Responsabile Dipartimento Radiologia, Ospedale San Giovanni, Professor Associato Sapienza Università –  Roma, Italy

Email: salva.masala@tiscali.it

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MENCHETTI PIER PAOLO MARIA

Rome American Hospital, via Longoni, 69 00155, Roma, Italy . Tel: +390622551 – www.hcir.it

NCL – Neurological Centre of Latium, via Patrica, 15 – Roma, Italy .  www.nclroma.it

Casa di Cura Columbus, via Michelangelo Buonarroti, 48 – Milano, Italy.  

Email: menchetti@spineislass.org,  ppm.menchetti@libero.it

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MILIA FABIO 

Ortopedia, dirigente medico Clinica Ortopedica, AOU Sassari,  Italy

Email: fabiomilia@virgilio.it

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MOLINA GUILLERMO FERNANDEZ

Istituto Medico De Neurosciencias Columna Vertebral e Dolor 38 – 740 (1900), La Plata (BsAs), Argentina

Email: fernandezmolina@inecod.com.ar

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MORGENSTERN RUDOLF, MD, PHD

Orthopaedics Spine Surgery Unit, Centro Medico Teknon, Barcelona – Spain

Mail: rudolf@morgenstern.es

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MORGENSTERN CHRISTIAN, MD, PHD

Centrum fur Muskulosketale Chirurgie, Charitė Hospital, Berlin – Germany

Mail: christian.morgenstern@charite.de

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MURESU FRANCESCO 

Specialista in Ortopedia e Traumatologia, ATS Sardegna, Cagliari, Italy

Email. francescomuresu@gmail.com

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NEGROTTO ALLYS

MEDICA URUGUAYA CORPORATION DE ASSISTENCIA MEDICA

Chairman Dept. Neurosurgery, Montevideo , Uruguay

Email: allys@mednet.org.uy

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NIN FERNANDO

PRESIDENTE SOCIETÀ ORTOPEDIA E TRAUMATOLOGIA URUGUAY

Montevideo, Uruguay 

Email: ninfernando@hotmail.com

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*OERTEL JOACHIM

Chief Neurosurgery Dept Saarland University Medical Center – Homburg / Saar,  Germany

Email: Joachim.Oertel@uks.eu

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ORTNER STEPHAN

Orthopaedics. Emirates Integra Medical and Surgery Center, Dubai Healthcare City, Dubai, UAE 

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*PERI DANIELE

Dipartimento Ingegneria Biomedica, Università di Palermo, Italy

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*PERI GIOVANNI

Dipartimento Anatomia, Università di Palermo, Italy

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*PERRINI PAOLO

Neurochirurgia, AOUP, Pisa, Italy

Email: p.perrini@ao-pisa.toscana.it

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RADCHENKO VLADIMIR

SYTENKO Institute, Dept Spinal Surgery, Kharkiv, Ukraine

www.sytenkoistitute.com, email: volod56@hotmail.com

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RICCI GIOVANNI

Centro chirurgico Toscano – Ortopedia, Arezzo, Italy

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RUIZ LOPEZ RICARDO

Founder e Past President WIP (World Institute of Pain)

Clinica Vertebra – Spine and Pain Surgery – Barcelona, Spain

Email: ruizlopez@gmail.com

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*SANFILIPPO ANTONINO

Direttore Scuola Spec. Ortopedia e Traumatologia – Università di Palermo, Italy

Email: antonino.sanfilippo@unipa.it

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*SIEMIONOW KRIS B.

Dept. Orthopaedics, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA

Email: Ksiem@myissc.com

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SO-HYANG IM

Consultant Neurosurgeon Dept., Sheikh Khalifa General Hospital, Umm Al Quwain, UAE

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*SOMMER FRANK, Spine Unit Dept, Medical Center of Spinal Disorders, Munich/TaufKirchen, Germany

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*STURESSON BENGT

Ortopeadic Dept., Ängelholm County Hospital, Ängelholm, Sweden

Email: sturesson.bengt@gmail.com

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TACCONI LEONELLO

Responsabile UO Neurochirurgia, Ospedali Riuniti – Trieste, Italy

Email: leonello.tacconi@asuits.sanita.fvg.it

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*THOMPKINS A.A.

Orthopaedic Dept, Lakeshore Bone and Joint Institute, Chesterton, IN, USA

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TOLGAY SATANA

Orthopaedics. Istanbul Aydin University, Istanbul – Turkey

ISLASS Chairman National Chapter ISLASS TURKEY pdf

Email: tolgay@doctor.com

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VAUGHAN THOMAS, Physio Centre – DHCC , Dubai UAE. 

Email: vthomas@physiocentre.ae

 

 

 

 

 

Honorary Members

DESTANDAU JEAN

President World Endoscopic Spine Society (WESS)

Founding member ISLASS

Clinique Bagatelle rue de la Pelouse de Douet, 145 – Bordeaux, France

Email: docteur.destandau@wanadoo.fr

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DI LORENZO NICOLA

Past Clinical professor of Neurosurgery, Florence University, Italy 

NCL – Neurological Centre of Latium, Via Patrica, 15 – ROMA (RM) – www.nclroma.it, 

Email: nicoladilorenzo@outlook.it

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MC CORMACK BRUCE M.

Dept. Neurosurgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA

Email: bruce@neurospine.org

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PIL SUN CHOI

Founder President of World Federation of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and Techniques – University San Paolo,  Brasil.  www.drpil.com.br

Email: pilsunchoi@hotmail.com