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Aebi awarded ISSLS Lifetime Achievement Award
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Max Aebi, DHC, FRCSC, recently received the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine’s Wiltse Lifetime Achievement Award, which is given to a scientist, clinician or basic science researcher who contributed to the advancement of knowledge on spinal disorders.
According to Spine, Aebi was involved in the development of various patents in spine surgery and formed concepts for minimally invasive procedures. He was also credited for developing the universal spine system. In addition, he has initiated various projects, such as the establishment of a new orthopedic department in Switzerland for a private hospital group where he still practices spine surgery.
Max Aebi
Aebi was invited in 1991 to be the chair of Orthopaedic Surgery at McGill University in Montreal and was also named the orthopedic surgeon-in-chief of the McGill University Health Center. A member of the European Academy of Science, Aebi was previously elected president of the Orthopedic Research Society of Canada. Along with S. Nazarian from Marseille, France, Aebi founded the European Spine Journal and served as the publication’s editor in chief.
For his humanitarian efforts, Aebi was given an honorary professorship of the Armed Forces Medical School of Pakistan and was named a member of the Pakistani National Academy of Medical Science.
Reference:
Gunzburg R. Spine. 2016;doi:10.197/BRS.0000000000001572.
www.issls.org/fellowship-awards/issls-wiltse-lifetime-achievement-award/