Structure
AOSpine International Board
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Chairperson Luiz Vialle   
Past Chairperson Michael Janssen Education Jeffrey Wang
Research Keita Ito Community Development Karsten Wiechert
AOSAP Chairperson Venugopal Menon AOSEU Chairperson Marinus de Kleuver
AOSME Chairperson Zayed Al-Zayed AOSLA Chairperson Marcelo Gruenberg
Executive director Alain Baumann   
AOSpine International Executive
AOSpine International Executive - are elected positions on the AOSpine International Board (AOSIB). The members of the Executive hold positions that are responsible for global activities ie Commissions.
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Chairperson Luiz Vialle   
Education Jeffrey Wang Research Keita Ito
Community Development Karsten Wiechert Executive director Alain Baumann
AOSpine Asia Pacific Board
The AOSpine Asia Pacific Board (AOSAP) is the operational body of AOSpine International focused on activities within Asia Pacific. AOSAP is a body of surgeons, who have responsibility and accountability for delivering valued products and services to Asia Pacific members. The AOSAP Board is elected by the delegate members of the AOSpine Asia Pacific Country Chapters.
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Chairperson Venugopal Menon   
Past Chairperson Keith Luk Education (Ortho) Bryan Ashman
Education (Neuro) Gomatam Vijay Kumar Community Development Zhuojing Luo
Research Mamoru Kawakami Reference centers & fellowships Yat-Wa Wong
Regional director Andy Leung   
AOSpine European Board
The AOSpine European Board (AOSEU) is the operational body of AOSpine International focused on activities within Europe. AOSEU is a body of surgeons, who have responsibility and accountability for delivering valued products and services to European members. The AOSEU Board is elected by the delegate members of the AOSpine European Country Chapters.
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Chairperson Marinus de Kleuver   
Education (Neuro) Christopher Gerber Education (Ortho) Salvador Fuster
Reference centers & fellowships Claudio Lamartina Research Teija Lund
Community Development Evan Davies Past Chairperson Dietrich Schlenzka
AOSpine Latin American Board
The AOSpine Latin American Board (AOSLA) is the operational body of AOSpine International focused on activities within Latin America. AOSLA is a body of surgeons, who have responsibility and accountability for delivering valued products and services to Latin American & Central American members. The AOSLA Board is elected by the delegate members of the AOSpine Latin American Country Chapters.
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Chairperson Marcelo Gruenberg   
Education (Neuro) Mario Taricco Education (Ortho) Nestor Fiore
Reference centers & fellowships Pablo Vela Research Emiliano Vialle
Community Development Roberto Chapa Regional director Antonio Machado
AOSpine North America Board
The AOSpine North America Board (AOSNA) is the operational body of AOSpine International focused on activities within North America. AOSNA is a body of surgeons, who have responsibility and accountability for delivering valued products and services to North American members. The AOSNA Board is elected by the delegate members of North America.
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Chairperson Jens Chapman   
Education Laurence Rhines Research Paul Arnold
Community Development Michael Daubs Treasurer Robert McGuire
Regional director Nancy Holmes Fellowships Alexander Vaccaro
Technical commission Roger Hartl   
AOSpine Middle East Board
The AOSpine Middle East Board (AOSME) is the operational body of AOSpine International focused on activities within the Middle East and North Africa. AOSME is a body of surgeons, who have responsibility and accountability for delivering valued products and services to Middle Eastern and North African members. The AOSME Board is elected by the delegate members of the AOSpine Middle East and North African Country Chapters.
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Chairperson Zayed Al-Zayed   
Reference centers & fellowships Firas Atallah Research Jamal Almulla
Community Development Abdulrazzaq Alobaid Past Chairperson Andreas Kroedel
Education (Neuro) Sherif Al MeKawi Education (Ortho) Magdy Youssef
AOSpine Education Commission
The AOSpine Education Commission (AOSEC) is the Education Steering body of AOSpine International. It's role is to:

a) develop consistent and practical educational programs, strategies, and tools for implementation by the AOSpine Regions
b) leverage and share educational resources across the AOSpine Regions
c) plan and manage multi-regional educational events
d) create AOSpine classification systems

The Commission consists of a Chairperson, who is an Executive Member of the AOSpine International Board, the past Chairperson, and education representatives of each of the AOSpine Regional Boards.
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Chairperson Jeffrey Wang   
Commission member Bryan Ashman Commission member Darrel Brodke
Commission member Nestor Fiore Commission member Salvador Fuster
Commission member Christopher Gerber Commission member Laurence Rhines
Commission member Mario Taricco Commission member Gomatam Vijay Kumar
Commission member Magdy Youssef Past Chairperson Bartolomé Marré
AOSpine Research Commission
Responsible to run global research initiatives, share expertise, and leverage resources across regions. This body defines, integrates, and implements coherent policies for the good of the whole organisation.
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Chairperson Keita Ito   
Past Chairperson Kenneth Cheung Commission member Jamal Almulla
Commission member Paul Arnold Commission member Mamoru Kawakami
Commission member Teija Lund Commission member Emiliano Vialle
AOSpine Community Development Commission
The AOSpine Community Development Commission (AOSCDC) is the Marketing Steering body of AOSpine International. It's role is to:

a) develop consistent and practical marketing programs, strategies, and tools for implementation by the AOSpine Regions
b) leverage and share marketing resources across the AOSpine Regions
c) enforce AOSpine's brand and corporate identity
d) manage alliances been AOSpine and other academic bodies
e) develop and run the AOSpine website

The Commission consists of a Chairperson, who is an Executive Member of the AOSpine International Board, the past Chairperson, and marketing representatives of each of the AOSpine Regional Boards.
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Chairperson Karsten Wiechert   
Commission member Abdulrazzaq Alobaid Commission member Roberto Chapa
Commission member Michael Daubs Commission member Evan Davies
Commission member Zhuojing Luo   
AOSpine Technical Commission
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Chairperson Paul Pavlov   
Commission member Jens Chapman Commission member Paul Heini
Commission member Frank Kandziora Commission member Michael Mayer
Commission member Robert McGuire Commission member Michael Ogon
Manager Technical Commission Florian Beutter   
Asia Pacific Education Committee
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Chairperson Bryan Ashman   
Vice Chairperson Gomatam Vijay Kumar Committee member Deepak Ajit Singh
Committee member Samir Dalvie Committee member Takeshi Fuji
Committee member Toyohiko Isu Committee member Eung-Ha Kim
Committee member Chun-Kun Park Committee member James Tan
Committee member Bipin Walia Committee member Wen Yuan
Asia Pacific Community Development Committee
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Chairperson Zhuojing Luo   
Past Chairperson Venugopal Menon Committee member Ka kin Cheung
Committee member Dong-Sheng Huang Committee member Paul Licina
Committee member Kyungjin Song   
Asia Pacific Research Committee
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Chairperson Mamoru Kawakami   
Committee member Deyu Chen Committee member Hwan-Mo Lee
Committee member Agung Saifullah Committee member Richard Williams
European Education Committee
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Chairperson Salvador Fuster   
Chairperson Christopher Gerber Committee member Massimo Balsano
Committee member Nissim Ohana Committee member Luca Papavero
Committee member Petr Suchomel Committee member Jake Timothy
European Community Development Committee
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Chairperson Evan Davies   
Committee member Soeren Fruensgaard Committee member Christian Knop
Committee member Manuel Tavares de Matos Committee member Patrick Tropiano
European Research Committee
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Chairperson Teija Lund   
Committee member Niklaus Aebli Committee member Leif Anderberg
Committee member Christian Bach Committee member Jiri Matejka
Committee member Hugues Pascal-Moussellard   
European Reference Center & Fellowships Committee
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Chairperson Claudio Lamartina   
Committee member Emre Acaroglu   
North America Education Committee (AOSNAEC)
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Chairperson Laurence Rhines   
Chairperson Elect Darrel Brodke Committee member Carlo Bellabarba
Committee member Joseph Cheng Committee member Theodore Choma
Committee member John France Committee member James Schuster
Committee member Kirkham Wood   
North America Research Committee (AOSNARC)
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Chairperson Paul Arnold   
Committee member Christopher Bono Committee member Richard Bransford
Committee member Dean Chou Committee member Thomas Mroz
Committee member Alpesh Patel Committee member K. Daniel Riew
Committee member Christopher Shaffrey Past Chairperson Michael Fehlings
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