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2005–present, Resident Director, 2005–present; Director of Prosthetics, NOPCO of Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA, 1997–2005, Director, NOPCO of Burlington, Burlington, MA, 1994–1997, Staff orthotist, NOPCO of Tufts New England Medical Center, Boston, MA, 1993–94. Honors: Fellow of the American Academy of Orthotist and Prosthetist, 2009; Board of Directors, American Board of Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetic and Pedorthotics (ABC) ; President of ABC 2014-2015

n 1973, Dr. de Mauroy was still a medicine student at the Centre des Massues, world famous for scoliosis treatment. He met Dr. Stagnara who entrusted him his thesis on infantile scoliosis. MD in 1975, he became head of a department of 36 beds for children. He will create with Dr. Stagnara the Outpatient and Documentation department of the Centre des Massues. When Dr. Stagnara retiring, he created with his successor Dr Picault, the Lyon Spine Center at the Clinique du Parc. Dr de Mauroy is President of the SIRER (International Society of Spine Research) and President elect of the SOSORT.

Joseph P. O’Brien is President & CEO of the National Scoliosis Foundation (NSF), an internationally recognized patient organization, whose primary mission is the early detection and treatment of scoliosis. Currently, NSF serves a community of more than twenty thousand people in North America. For more than thirty years, Mr. O’Brien has been a scoliosis patient advocate and health care educator, who has collaborated extensively with the research and medical community on a global basis for the conservative management and acute health care for chronic spinal deformities.

Founder of the Barcelona Scoliosis Physical Therapy School 2009. Chair of the SIRER congress in Barcelona, 1996 (President of Honour: A Nachemson); the International Conference on Conservative Management of Spinal Deformities in Barcelona, 2004; 2011 SOSORT meeting in Barcelona. First President of the SOSORT 2006-8 Co-Chair of the Educational Committee SOSORT.

Since 1997 teaches continuously in Educational courses (2-5 per year) for physicians, physiotherapists, orthotists, trainers - Active Member of the international Society On Spinal Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Treatment (SOSORT) - Member of the Scientific Secretariat of the Italian Study Group on Scoliosis and Spinal Diseases (GSS) 61 oral presentation in national and international meetings Peer reviewer of "Scienza Riabilitativa"

2004 Degree in Medicine at the University of Milan 2009 specialty in Physical And Rehabilitation Medicine- University of Turin- 2004-2009 School of Specialization in Physical And Rehabilitation Medecine in Turin with clinical activity in the field of spinal cord injury and spine pathology as consultant, outpatients activity and spinal unit in the department of rehabilitation of the Traumatological Centre- CTO- of Turin. 2009-2010 out patients and day hospital activity in various field of rehabilitation in the national health service.

Since 1991 teaches continuously in Educational courses (2-5 per year) for physicians, physiotherapists, orthotists, trainers 1999-2005 Responsible of four Finalized Project financed by Italian Health National Service 2006-2010 General Secretary of SOSORT 1995-2011 President of 1 International and 9 National Meetings, and Scientific Coordinator of 1 International and 1 National Associate Editor of: "BMC Muskuloskeletal Disorders" since 2010 (Impact Factor 2010 1.941) "Prosthetics and Orthotics International" since 2011 (Impact Factor 2010 0.634) "Scoliosis" since 2006

He is the Chief Editor of BMC open access “Scoliosis and Spinal Deformities” former “Scoliosis” journal and member of editorial board or reader for several peer-review journals. Currently he is the Director of the Orthopaedic and Traumatology Department at “Tzaneio” General Hospital of Piraeus, Greece.

Member of scientific societies: SOSORT (President 2009/2010), IRSSD (Board Member 2006-2012), Polish Pediatric Orthopedic Society (Secretary 2004-2006), Polish Society of Spinal Surgery, Polish Traumatologic and Orthopaedic Society. Deputy Editor of Scoliosis, Reviewer in international journals. Published 50 papers in Medline indexed journals.