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14 SPINE LEADERSHIP International Advocates for Spine Patients Names Dr. Gunnar Andersson Board Chairman By Anuja Vaidya T he International Advocates for Spine Patients named Gunnar Andersson, MD, PhD, chairman of the board of directors. e International Advocates for Spine Patients is the sister organization and patient advocacy arm of the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery. Dr. Andersson is chairman emeritus of the depart- ment of orthopedic surgery at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. He has previously served as vice-chair of the International Advocates for Spine Patients as well as president of ISASS. He has been a council member of the National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases at NIH as well as chairman of the research committee of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Dr. Andersson is a member of 15 editorial boards and serves as a deputy editor for Spine and editor-in-chief of Contemporary Spine Surgery. n Dr. Gunnar Andersson Mount Sinai Spine Center Names Dr. Sheeraz Qureshi Associate Director By Megan Wood New York City-based Mount Sinai Hospital's spine center named Sheeraz Qureshi, MD, asso- ciate director. Additionally, Dr. Qureshi will serve as chief of minimally invasive orthopedic spine surgery at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Qureshi also serves as an orthopedic surgery associate professor and co-director of the spinal surgery fellowship program at Icahn School of Medicine. He specializes in minimally invasive and motion-sparing spine surgery, with an em- phasis on cervical and lumbar spine surgery. The author of more than 100 book chapters and articles, Dr. Qureshi lectures on spine surgery skills around the world. Dr. Qureshi completed his spine surgery fellowship at Case Western Reserve Univer- sity in Cleveland. He has also served as the Cervical Spine Research Society Traveling Fellow. n BECKER'S ASC 23 RD ANNUAL MEETING the business and operations of ASCs 125 Speakers From Surgery Centers, 54 Surgeons Speaking, 61 ASC Administrators Speaking 206 TOTAL SPEAKERS october 27-29, 2016 swissotel, chicago Call 1.800.417.2035 or email registration@beckershealthcare.com Keynotes from Pat Riley, Sugar Ray Leonard and Lee Woodruff