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AVA Digital awards, Category Video Production/Long Form Films /Medical, have been granted again to MEM MEDIA Foundation’s video products published on this OOT education platform.

• Platinium winner: Posterior Foraminotomy for lateral Cervical Disc Herniation 
• Gold winner: Fully endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy Via Interlaminar approach

These awards enhance the collection of OOT awards as a postgraduate and continuous education video platform in spine surgery from 7 to 9 international distinctions. It honors the quality feature of the curated surgical videos, initiated by the MEM MEDIA Foundation and the European Spine Journal, before most other scientific journals started such a tool.

The upcoming annual EUROSPINE meeting and congress in Barcelona on the 19-21 September 2018 will be one of the scientific highlights of the year for all spine professionals and experts in Europe and beyond.

EUROSPINE 2018 will provide a very attractive programme which will allow all meeting participants to enjoy striking presentations, excellent seminars and research panels, allowing you to take up-the latest information and techniques and to bring them back home.

Eurospine 2018 has scheduled a special “Learning from the Experts” Lunch Symposia. Open Operating Theatre surgery videos will be used in case presentations under the topic of “Cervical and Thoracolumbar Osteotomies”. The presenters will include Hossein Mehdian UK, Claudio Lamartina Italy, Ibrahim Obeid France and Klaus Schnake Germany. They will discuss their surgeries and take on Questions and Answers. This is always a very popular event, so be sure to arrive early!

Further information: www.eurospinemeeting.org

Open Operating Theatre presents Lectures and Case Discussions, focusing on sagittal balance, from the 2018 Spine Sciences “Meet the Experts” Forum in Madrid

Because the promotion of quality management is so essential, the European Spine Journal organised its second Spine Sciences “Meet the Experts” Forum, featuring carefully selected international experts in the field of sagittal balance.

The Spine Sciences “Meet the Experts” Forum aims at optimizing the exchange of knowledge. This peer-reviewed meeting is, by design, highly interactive. The format of the meeting consists of interactive case-based discussions between participants and world experts.

Watch the Spine Sciences “Meet the Experts” Forum

The Omni Awards recognizes outstanding achievements in film/video, web and mobile media. The Omni Awards based in the United States, has had entries from 48 countries worldwide. The Omni Award carries with it the distinction of being chosen by film-making peers as an example of excellence. The awards are a testament to one’s level of success and professionalism. The judging process is rigorous and is patterned after the Emmy Awards.

Open Operating Theatre has been honored with 3 Silver Omni Awards in the categories of Education, as well as Non-Profit.

Further information: www.omniawards.com

The Aurora Awards recognizes media creators around the world who demonstrate the ability to captivate audiences by their creative displays of grand execution and brilliant content. The awards are known for having professional standard of excellence which  focuses on productions in Film, Video and Motion Media.

The Aurora Awards has announced that the Open Operating Theatre has won two Gold Awards in the category of Medical Education and Training.

Further information: www.auroraawards.com

The winner of the Grammer Award 2017, for the best Basic Science and Applied Research paper (20‘000.00 Euro), published in the European Spine Journal is:

The effect of simulated microgravity on lumbar spine biomechanics: an in vitro study

Authors: Cory J. Laws, Britta Berg-Johansen, Alan R. Hargens and Jeffrey C. Lotz. Eur Spine J (2016) 25:2889-2897

Congratulations!

Further information: Grammer Award and Springer Link

The winners of the 13th Annual Davey Awards have been announced by the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts. With nearly 4,000 entries from across the US and around the world, the Davey Awards honors the finest creative work from the best small agencies, firms, and companies worldwide.

Open Operating Theatre was recognized by the Davey Awards with a Silver Award in the category “Film/Video-Education”.

Further information: www.daveyawards.com

The EUROSPINE 2017 will be attended by health professionals such as doctors, surgeons, medical researchers from across the nation and around the world who will gather in Dublin, Ireland, to exchange information on the latest problems, discuss treatment outcomes, and interact with colleagues at this must-attend event.

The EUROSPINE Annual Congress 2017 will be held at CCD - Convention Centre Dublin Durban, Ireland, from 11 October to 13 October, 2017.

You can find the Open Operating Theatre at the EUROSPINE Booth in Foyer 3 in front of the Plenary Hall.

The Videographer Awards has announced the winners for their 2017 International Awards Competition, which recognizes outstanding achievement in video and digital production. There were more than 1,400 entries from the United States and 13 other countries.

Winners were selected in the areas of Video Production, Web Based Production and Television Production. MEM Media Foundation, the producer of OOT Videos, was awarded 1 “Excellence”  and 2 “Distinction” Awards in the Educational and Medical categories.

MEM Media is proud of these awards and is committed to continue producing valuable OOT Educational Videos and Content at the highest standards.

Further information: www.videoawards.com

Max Aebi (Bern, Switzerland), executive chairman of eccElearning, at NSpine 2017. He discussed the ways that online learning platforms will transform medical education from large lecture-based conference teaching to digital lessons enriched by small, case-based meetings.

Further Information about eccElearning: www.eccelearning.com

Pedro Berjano MD interviews Prof. Max Aebi, on the topic of Open Operating Theatre, at the Global Spine Congress 2017 in Milan.

Further Information: www.gsc2017.org

Judging has been completed for submissions to this year’s prestigious Telly Awards, which recognizes excellence in video and film production across the globe. MEM Media Foundation, producer of OOT films, was awarded a Telly in both the “General Education” and “Not-for-Profit” categories.

We are proud of these awards and will continue our commitment to producing high quality films, with great educational value!

Further information: www.tellyawards.com

The Health Information Resource Center has announced that OOT producer, MEM Media Foundation, has been recognized as a “Silver Winner” in 2017 spring session of the Digital Health Awards. The award, which honors the world’s best digital resources, was given to MEM Media for it’s contribution of Digital Health Media Web-based Video, for Education of Health Professionals.

Further information: www.healthawards.com

Open Operating Theatre took part in the MEDEA Awards 2017. MEDEA rated the OOT contribution “MIS revision of de novo scoliosis and stenosis, following open spinal instrumentation” as highly recommended.

The aim of the MEDEA Awards is to encourage innovation and good practice in the use of media (audio, video, graphics and animation) in education. The awards also recognise and promote excellence in the production and pedagogical design of media-rich learning resources.

Further Informations: www.medea-awards.com

Global Spine Congress, May 3-6 2017, Milan Italy

In 2017, the Global Spine heads to Milan. It will feature an exciting and unique scientific program, with parallel sessions covering a broad range of more than 40 topics. It's the ideal chance to discover all the latest technologies and hear about fascinating innovations in spine surgery.

Visit the Open Operating Theatre at Booth 35

“Changes in Perfusion And Diffusion In The Endplate Regions Of Degenerating Intervertebral Discs: A DCE-MRI Study”

Published in the European Spine Journal in November 2015 (Eur Spine J (2015) 24:2458-2467)

Authors: Volkan Emre Arpinar, Scott D. Rand, Andrew P. Klein, Dennis J. Maiman, L. Tugan Muftuler

Congratulations from GRAMMER AG, the European Spine Journal and the Award Committee.

Professor Richard Assaker MD, from Hôpital Roger Salengro at Université de Lille, France, was the recipient of the first Max Aebi Award. The award, which includes payment of 20’000 Euros, is given for the best clinical paper, published in the European Spine Journal over a period of one year.

The study is titled "Maverick total disc replacement in a real-world patient population: a prospective, multicentre, observational study". It was published in the ESJ in September 2015, Volume 24, Issue 9, pp2047-2055.

We congratulate Professor Assaker and his team on being honoured with this award.

The EUROSPINE Annual Congress 2016 will be held at CCB - CityCube Berlin in Berlin, Germany, from 5th October to 7th October, 2016.

You can find the Open Operating Theatre at Booth SV4 at EUROSPINE 2016, Berlin/Germany

SpineWeek 2016 - 16-20 May at the Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre, Singapore. The 4th edition of this congress with participation of societies from India and China.

You can find Open Operating Theatre at Booth I12 at SpineWeek, Singapore.

‘The potential role of heat shock proteins in acute spinal cord injury’

Published in the European Spine Journal in July 2014 (Eur Spine J (2014) 23:1480-1490)

Authors: Yijun Zhou, Leilei Xu, Xinghua Song, Liwen Ding, Jiangtao Chen, Chong Wang, Yuling Gan, Xiaomeng Zhu, Yipin Yu, Qiuzhen Liang

XinJiang Medical University and Orthopaedic Department, The first Affiliated Hospital of XinJiang Medical University, Ürümqi, China

Congratulations from GRAMMER AG, the European Spine Journal and the Award Committee

Join us for a free webinar, presented by Max Aebi, Pedro Berjano, Christian Etter and Thomas Hofstetter. We providing a live and interactive learning opportunity created for surgeons at a principles level of experience.

Topics:
- Indications
- Approach (thoraco-lumbar spine included)
- Technical considerations in deformity
- Preop MRI analysis lumbosacral plexus
- Neuromonitoring
- XLIF vs. PLIF and ALIF

Further information

NSpine June 25th - 27th 2015

We are excited to announce that NSpine 2015 will be streamed live to global audiences and will be made available post event for on demand viewing! If you are unable to make it to Nottingham, now you can join in online. Further information

You can read our latest Newsletter online.

March 20th - 21th, 2015 / Barcelona, Spain. Meeting Spine Sciences, Meet the Experts Forum “Spinal Osteotomies”. Further information

After 23 years, the European Spine Journal’s commitment to content quality has been officially recognized. The newest ‘Impact Factor’ results rank the journal at number 2 among the world’s Journals dedicated to spine.

Films can now be purchased directly in our App. You can download the latest version in your App Store.

The Grammer Award is granted annually to the authors of a paper devoted to basic science of spinal disorders, which has been published in the European Spine Journal during the 2014/2015 academic year.

The winning author team will receive the prize sum of EUR 20’000

Khaled Fendri MD, Grammer Award Winner at the  Eurospine Meeting in Lyon on October 2, 2014.