News and Updates

Don’t Miss Upcoming Spine Surgery Safety Webinar: Ensuring Safety Before, During, and After the Incision

Dr. Michael Vitale and an expert panel discuss improving safety in spine surgery, including: The value of ERAS protocols; Practical steps for optimization of patients from preop to postop; Safety in the ASC; and Minimizing radiation exposure for surgeons Read More...

Highlights from Safety in Spine Surgery Summit 2024

The 9th Annual Safety in Spine Surgery Summit was held on May 31, 2024. Michael G. Vitale, MD, MPH, was Course Chairman. The Course Co-Chairs were Lawrence G. Lenke, MD, and Rajiv K. Sethi, MD, while the Program Directors were Philip Louie, MD, and A. Noelle Larson, MD. The Summit's Read More...

Safety in Spine Surgery Month Wraps Up

Throughout Safety in Spine Surgery Month—April, 2024—we shared a variety of spine surgery safety resources, including downloadable Best Practice Guidelines and top talks from previous years. A partial listing of these resources is available below. Best Practice Guidelines: Wrong Level Prevention in Deformity Surgery SSI Prevention in EOS IONM Changes Read More...

ANNOUNCING: Safety Month 2024

Welcome to Safety in Spine Surgery Month 2024. Join us on social media throughout the month of April as we focus on spine surgery safety. We will share safety resources, including downloadable Best Practice Guidelines and top talks from previous years. Learn the latest techniques relevant to this critical Read More...

The 9th Annual Safety in Spine Surgery Summit

Join an expert faculty for a fresh look at optimizing safety in spine surgery! We’ll explore new topics such as: How Can Enabling Technologies Improve Outcomes? Avoiding Complications with New Techniques Plus, bring your whole care team for discussions on: Building and Maintaining an Expert OR Staff Collaborating with the Read More...

The 8th Annual Safety in Spine Surgery Summit

Saturday, April 15, 2023 | Location: Roy and Diana Vagelos Education Center (VEC), Columbia University, 104 Haven Ave, New York. We invite you to join us for the 8th Annual Safety in Spine Surgery Summit. We are returning to an in-person meeting this April in New York for a one-day Read More...

Safety in Pediatric Orthopedics

Advances in Pediatric Orthopedics A Steadfast Obligation to Safety in Spine Surgery What began as a concern a number of years ago about a surgical complication observed by Michael G. Vitale, MD, inspired a transformational initiative in spine deformity surgery safety that is today unparalleled. In 2014, Dr. Vitale and colleagues in the Read More...

Join Us Online April 14 & 21

As part of the 2nd Annual Safety in Spine Surgery Month, we invite you to join us at two live webinars on April 14 and April 21, 2022. These events will be hosted and moderated by the Safety Month Chair Michael Vitale, MD and Co-Chairs John Flynn, MD; Roger Read More...

Announcing the 2022 Best New Methodologies and Techniques to Enhance Safety in Spine Surgery Awards!

The Safety in Spine Surgery Project (S3P) is pleased to announce the 10 winners of the Safety in Spine Surgery Month Call for Abstracts / Call for Projects. These award winners will present their work during our two live webinars in April. April 14 Webinar | Best Practice Guidelines & Checklists Read More...

Safety in Spine Surgery Month—Thank You and What’s Next

Thank you for participating in Safety in Spine Surgery Month! We closed out the month with an excellent April 29 webinar on Leveraging the Team to Make Spine Surgery Safer. The replay will be available on our website next week. Our last week of safety videos included some outstanding content Read More...