The Fellow’s Best Paper Award is awarded annually at the Canadian Spine Society’s Annual Scientific Conference.  The winner is awarded a $500 prize, funded by the Canadian Spine Society. The winners are determined by the CSS Program Committee and one member at large as selected by the Program Committee Chair. All judges are members of the Canadian Spine Society.

2024 The Fellow’s Best Paper Winner

Dr. Newton Cho for his paper entitled: Circuit Interrogation of whole brain reveals a novel neuromodulatory target to improve locomotion after traumatic spinal cord injury

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Past Winners:

2023 – Ragavan Manoharan
Distal lordosis is associated with reoperation for adjacent segment pathology in degenerative lumbar fusion patient
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2022 – Richard Cowley
The Ames International Spine Study Group Cervical Deformity Classification Should Not Be Utilised in Isolation as an Indicator for Realignment Surgery
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In 2022 the Fellow and Resident’s Best paper award was combined and given to a Fellow/Resident or Medical Student.

2021 – Samantha Rogers
Impact of undergoing thoracolumbar spine surgery on patient psychosocial health
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In 2021 the Fellow and Resident’s Best paper award was combined and given to a Fellow/Resident or Medical Student.

2020 – Dr. Eric Crawford
Econometric Modelling – Development of a Surgical Cost Calculator for Degenerative Conditions of the Lumbar Spine
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2019 – Dr. Tom Inglis
The Cost-Effectiveness of a Quality Improvement Initiative to Minimize Minor Adverse Events after Spine Surgery
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2018 – Hanbing Zhou
Safety and Efficacy of silver alloy coated urinary catheters in patients with acute traumatic cervical spinal cord injury
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2017 – Etienne Bourassa
Sarcopenia, but not Frailty, predicts the occurrence of adverse events after emergent surgery for metastatic disease of the spine
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2016 – Lindsay Tetreault
Is Preoperative Duration of Symptoms a Significant Predictor of Functional Status and Quality of Life Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Surgery for the Treatment of Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy?
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2015 – Lindsay Tetreault
The Minimal Clinically Important Difference of the modified Japanese Orthopaedic Association Scale in Patients with Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy undergoing Surgical Intervention
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2014 – Kristine Haugo
The effect of alanyl-glutamine on epidural fibrosis in a rat laminectomy model
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2013 – Christina Goldstein
Symptomatic Spinal Epidural Hematoma after Posterior Cervical Surgery: Incidence and Risk Factors
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2011 – Dr. Peter Lewkonia
Best Evidence in Patient Outcomes and Clinician Expectations Regarding Cervical Spine Trauma: What Should We Be Telling Patients?
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2010 – Dr. Christian DiPaola
Surgeon-Industry Conflict of Interest: Survey of North Americans’ Opinions Regarding Industry Sponsored Educational Events and Surgeon Teaching
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