The International Research Society of Spinal Deformities (IRSSD) was established in 1994 to advance the study and research into Spinal Deformities for the public benefit. The object of the Society is to provide a forum for the presentation and encouragement of research relating to spinal deformity and to disseminate the results of such research.
 
The Society holds an international meeting every two years at which Members and others with a research or clinical interest in problems affecting the vertebral column (spine) present for discussion scientific papers relating to the Societies objectives, including structure of the spine, etiology or pathogenesis of deformities and the methods of recording and investigating such problems as well as advancing evidence based medical practice in the field. The Society has the aim of achieving excellence in such research and to support and encourage scientific investigations of spinal deformities.

Presidents and Meetings

2026

Location: Novi Sad, Serbia
President: Professor Nachiappan Chockalingam (United Kingdom)

2024

Location: Hong Kong, China
President: Dr. Peter Dangerfield (United Kingdom)

2022

Location: Hong Kong, China
President: Dr. Peter Dangerfield (United Kingdom)

2020

Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
President: Professor Tomaz Kotwicki (Poland)
(meeting held in 2021 because of the pandemic)

2018

Location: Utrecht, Netherlands 
President: Professor Rene Castelein (Netherlands)

2016

Location: Banff, Canada
President: Dr. Jim Raso (Canada)

2014

Location: Sapporo, Japan
President: Professor Jack Cheng (Hong Kong)

2012

Location: Poznan, Poland
President: Professor Carl-Eric Aubin (Canada)

2010

Location: Montreal, Canada
President: Dr. Theodoros Grivas (Greece)

2008

Location: Liverpool, UK
President: Dr. Keith Bagnall (Canada)

2006

Location: Ghent, Belgium
President: Dr. Ian Stokes (USA)

2004

Location: Vancouver, Canada
President: Dr. Hubert Labelle (Canada)

2002

Location: Athens, Greece
President: Dr. Nobumasa Suzuki (Japan)

2000

Location: Clermont-Ferrand, France
President: Dr. Stig Willner (Sweden) †
(Passed away during his term; Dr Uyttendaele served as acting President)

1998

Location: Burlington, Vermont, USA
President: Dr. Dirk Uyttendaele (Belgium)

1996

Location: Stockholm, Sweden
President: Dr. Dirk Uyttendaele (Belgium)

1994

Location: Pescara, Italy
President: Dr. Morey Moreland (USA)

History