Dr. Anthony Yeung to receive the 2012 Kambin Award

Congratulations to Dr. Anthony Yeung, who has been selected by the Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (SMISS) to receive the 2012 Kambin Award.

Dr. Anthony Yeung’s son, Dr. Christopher Yeung, will accept this award on his behalf at the SMISS Annual Meeting on Sunday, September 23.

The Kambin Award was established by SMISS last year in collaboration with Joimax and honors a surgeon or group of surgeons who have demonstrated the following:

• more than 1000 successfully performed cases of Endoscopic Spinal Surgery, specifically transforaminal surgery
• training of more than 100 surgeons in the Endoscopic Spinal Surgery, specifically transforaminal surgery
• numerous scientific publications in professional journals and presentations at leading congresses
• strong commitment to clinical research and training