To know where you are going, it is important to remember where you have come from…
Since the origins of our group in (about) 2003, we have always aimed to recognise the centres that contribute to spine surgery care. From 2014 we have managed to rotate to these centres for our meeting: from Glasgow, to Edinburgh, to Dundee, to Aberdeen, to Inverness, and back to Glasgow. Our intention is to rotate (anti-clockwise) around Scotland forever!
2025 – Glasgow – 16th meeting
Theme – “Innovation in Spine Care”
Local organisers – Fraser Dean and Tony Gibson on Thursday 6 and Friday 7 November at the Grosvenor Hotel.
2024 – Inverness – 15th meeting
Theme – “Patient Safety in Scottish Spine Care”
Local organiser – Gerry Cousins on Thursday 7 and Friday 8 November at the Glen Mhor Hotel.
2023 – Aberdeen – 14th meeting
Theme – “Learning from Experience”
Local organisers – Pete Bodkin, and Santosh Baliga on Friday 3 and Saturday 4 November at Union Kirk.
2022 – Dundee – 13th meeting
Theme – “Spine practice, pathways and ‘never events’”
Local organiser – Heinke Pulhorn on Friday 11 and Saturday 12 November at Malmaison.
2020 and 2021 – meetings paused for COVID
2019 – Edinburgh – 12th meeting
Theme – “Medicine and Law in Spine Healthcare”
Local organisers – Chris Adams and Jothy Kandasamy on Friday 1 and Saturday 2 November at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
2018 – Glasgow – 11th meeting
Local organisers – Chris Barrett and Fraser Dean on Friday 9 and Saturday 10 November at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons.
2017 – Inverness – 10th meeting
Local organiser – Gerry Cousins on Friday 10 and Saturday 11 at The Eden Court Theatre.
2016 – Aberdeen – 9th meeting
Local organisers –Pete Bodkin and Niall Craig on Friday 11 and Saturday 12 November at The Caledonian Hotel.
2015 – Edinburgh – 8th meeting
Local organiser – Chris Adams on Friday 13 and Saturday 14 November at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
