Scoliosis Research Society

• Evaluation of Discrepancy Between Radiographic Success and Patient Satisfaction in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery
• Academic and Demographic Characteristics of Spine Societies Presidents
• Psychometric Validation and Responsiveness of the Cross-culturally Adapted Traditional Chinese Version of the Early-onset Scoliosis Self-report Questionnaire (EOSQ-SELF)
• Influence of postoperative coronal malalignment following long-instrumented fusion in patients with adult spinal deformity: evaluation of clinical outcomes and mechanical complications
• A retrospective analysis of patients deemed ineligible for surgery in a multidisciplinary complex spine conference
• What Happens When You Wait? Larger Curves Require More Resources for Less Correction in Neuromuscular Scoliosis
• Defining surgical indication for instability in spinal tuberculosis: validation analysis of Tuberculosis Spine Instability Score (TSIS) : a prospective observational cohort study
• Translation, Adaptation, and Validation of the Limb Deformity-Scoliosis Research Society (LD-SRS) Score in the Arabic Language

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Founded in 1966, the Milwaukee-based Scoliosis Research Society is the premier international society aimed at fostering optimal care for all patients with spinal deformity.

The Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) is an international society that was founded in 1966 with 35 members. It has gained recognition as one of the world's premier spine societies. The SRS has maintained a commitment to research and education in the field of spinal deformities. Strict membership criteria ensure that the individual Fellows support that commitment. Current membership includes over 1,000 of the world's leading spine surgeons, researchers, physician assistants, and orthotists who are involved in the research and treatment of spinal deformities.

The Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) has previously described ¹⁾ normal sagittal balance occurs when a plumb line drawn from the center of the body of C7 lies within ±2 cm of the sacral promontory.

A study aims to measure the impact of the Scoliosis Research Society's travel fellowship on a spinal surgeon's career.

A non-incentivized survey was sent to 78 previous SRS junior travel fellows from 1993 to 2021—the questionnaire assessed fellowship influence on academic and administrative positions, professional society memberships, and commercial relationships. The trend of these quantitative measures was created according to a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) calculation of the reported values. The Scopus database was queried for all fellows' publication counts and h-index before and after the fellowship, as well as 3 years, 5 years, and currently. A control cohort of matched surgeons who did not participate in travel fellowships was used to compare research productivity measures relative to travel fellows.

This study had a 73% response rate. Over the periods of 3-5 years after the fellowship, and up to the present, the mean publication count increased by 31.0%, 31.6%, and 46.4%, respectively. Over the same interval, the mean h-index increased by 19.5%, 17.3%, and 11.3%, respectively. From the year of their respective fellowship to the present day, the fellows observed a mean CAGR of + 3.2% in academic positions, + 6.7% in administrative positions, + 2.3% in society memberships, and + 4.7% in commercial relations. Previous fellows concurred the fellowship changed their clinical practice (42.1% Strongly Agree, 36.8% Agree), expanded their network (71.9% Strong Agree, 24.6% Agree), expanded their research (33.3% Strongly Agree, 54.4% Agree), and improved their surgical technique (33.3% Strongly Agree, 49.1% Agree).

Robust Feedback from previous fellows suggests a traveling fellowship has a meaningful impact on a surgeon's research productivity and career achievement ²⁾.