Dear colleagues,

In 2019, I was chosen to the position of Spine centers and fellowships Officer, which is a great personal challenge, since it is one of the cornerstones of this organization, and has been led by very experienced people who managed to take it to the very highest level.

We have 14 training centers of the highest academic and welfare levels in Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Chile and Mexico, but we continue to look for opportunities to further increase the number of centers in other areas and to share locations for rotation within the same country in order to benefit our members.

The International Observership Program, which began in Seattle, obtained a greater number of centers this year in the USA, Canada, Mexico, Italy, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina and England, in degenerative diseases, MISS, tumors, trauma and deformities.

One of our priorities is to draw near and maintain good communication with the spine centers so as to be more participative and take into consideration the suggestions presented in these places of learning, and thus improve our educational models more and more. These models will, in turn, be integrated with the already existing models of continuous education and research.

We carry on with the Fellowship, Short Term, Observership and Associate Fellow Programs. There are multiple options for our members to continue learning and sharing experiences that will benefit our medical practice and our patients.