The Resident / Medical Student’s Best Paper Award is bestowed 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 Resident / Medical Student’s Best Paper Winner

Dr. Jenna Smith Forrester for her paper entitled: Emergency department bounce backs after posterior decompression surgery

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Past Winners:

2023 – Anne Versteeg
Association between nutritional status and survival in patients requiring treatment for spinal metastases
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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. Oliver Ayling
Patient reported outcomes following surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis: Comparison of a universal and multitier health care system
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2019 – Dr. François Vaillancourt
Association between the molecular profiles and health outcomes in patients followed in a pediatric scoliosis clinic
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2018 – Michael Bond
Evidence from the Epidemiology, Process and Outcomes of Spine Oncology (EPOSO) cohort: Surgical versus Radiation therapy for the treatment of Cervical Metastases
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2017 – We had our first ever tie for this category! The two winners were:

Allan Martin The First Clinical Use of Quantitative Spinal Cord MRI: Serial Monitoring to Identify Disease Progression in Patients with Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy Managed Non-Operatively

Daniel Yavin Intrathecal Morphine Following Lumbar Fusion: A Placebo-Controlled Trial
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2016 – Dr. Allan R. Martin
Translating State-Of-The-Art Spinal Cord MRI Techniques To Clinical Use: A Systematic Review Of Clinical Studies Utilizing DTI, MT, MWF, MRS, and fMRI
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2015 – Nathan Evaniew
Strategies to improve the credibility of meta-analyses in spine surgery: A systematic survey
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2014 – Andrew Jack
Adjacent segment pathology: progressive disease course or a product of iatrogenic fusion?
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2013 – Andrea Simmonds
Determining Stability in Degenerative Spondylolisthesis: A systematic review
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2012 – Dr. Jeff Wilson
A Clinical Prediction Model for Long-Term Functional Outcome after Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury Based on Acute Clinical and Imaging Factors
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2011 – Dr. Philippe Phan
The use of a decision tree based on the literature can efficiently output the levels of fusion alternatives in the surgical treatment of AIS
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