Dr HS Chhabra, Chief of Spine Service & Medical Director, Indian Spinal Injuries Centre was recently elected as the President Elect of International Spinal Cord Society (ISCoS) during the Annual ISCos meeting held in Maastricht, Holland. He will take over as the 15th President of the Society in 2016, thus becoming the first Indian to be bestowed this designation.
Dr HS Chhabra was bestowed with the Society Medal last year. He is also the Chair of the Prevention Committee of ISCoS. He has pioneered the ISCoS database: ASCoN Pilot Project which would help collect data with a view to implement prevention programmes and is the Editor-in-Chief of the forthcoming ‘ISCoS textbook on Comprehensive Management of Spinal Cord Injuries’ in which 80 chapters under 10 sections are being contributed by 60 authors. The book would be launched and released globally during the ISCoS Annual Scientific Meeting in Montreal in May 2015.
He has successfully completed two tenures as Chair of Education Committee of the Society (2008 to 2010 and 2010 to 2012) during which he was instrumental in launching the elearnSCI.org project as its Chief Coordinator and Editor-elearnSCI.org. elearnSCI.org is a web-based educational resource for all health professionals, involved in spinal cord injury management. It specifically addresses the problems related to the limited access of up-to-date SCI training and learning materials and resources and also addresses the current lack of professional development opportunities for practitioners working in SCI management and rehabilitation.
ISCoS (formerly International Medical Society of Paraplegia) promotes the highest standard of care in management of spinal cord injury throughout the world. Through its medical and multi-disciplinary team of professionals, ISCoS endeavours to foster education, research and clinical excellence. ISCoS has a membership of over 1,000 clinicians and scientists from 87 countries.
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