First Scientific Meeting of ASSI was held in Mumbai on 1st through 3rd May 1986 : ASSICON 1 It was attended by 82 Orthopedic and neurosurgeons. During this meeting the membership increased to 54 . The theme of the meeting was : Disorders of Lumbar Spine
ASSICON 90 ( 8th, 9th December 90 ) Pune
The aim of ASSI was to promote scientific spine care,
both surgical and non-surgical, in India through the
medium of national, regional and local meetings,
symposia, CMEs and workshops. The Motto was “if we are
doing it, let us do it better”. ASSI promoted any spine
related scientific activity, anywhere in India. ASSI
also helped formation of local spine bodies.!
The annual conference of ASSI is being held every uear now and has experienced growing popularity every year. ASSICONs have been held at Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Pune, Khajuraho, Jabalpur, Chennai, Chandigarh, Dibrugarh, Banglore, Nagpur, Jaipur, Ahmadabad, Kolkata, Goa and many other cities. The conference is attended by 300-400 delegates every year.
Keeping up with the Aim, ASSI has published an international quality book which is a matter of great pride to all of us! Edited by Dr. Rajasekaran and other members of ASSI this book is authored by only Indian Spinal Surgeons. The focus was on producing a book which will be helpful to India and all other developing nations. The book has been receieved well by medical community and hasreceived excellent reviews.
ASSI executives and members, especially Prof P.K.Dave and Dr. Prof Arvind Jaiswal, persuaded "The National Board of Examinations" to recognize "Spinal Surgery as a Subspeciality" in India. First Post - DNB certifying examination was held in 2006.
Today ASSI is a well respected organisation in India and in the world and participates and /or organises
Over the last 35 years ASSI has garnered a large number of overseas friends who regularly help ASSI and enjoy being here for ASSI events. They have come to love ASSI and India. We greatly appreciate their association and their contribution to ASSI
In the last 35 years of existence, primary focus of ASSI has been "Patient's welfare first” ! It puts the patient above anything else and practices science. It is an organization of scientists with humane minds.
Dr. A. N. Parelkar
Dr. R. N. Mitra (Calcutta)
Dr. M. N. Shahane
Dr. P. K. Dave (Delhi)
Dr. K. Shrinivasan (Bangalore)
Dr. Dinubhai Patel (Ahmedabad)
Dr. V. T. Ingalhalikar
Dr. S. Y. Bhojraj
Dr. Arvind Jayaswal
Dr. S. Rajasekaran
Dr. Ram Chadda
Dr. Appaji Krishnan (2023-2025)
jtsecretary@assi.in appajikrishnan@gmail.com
Dr. Naveen Tahasildar (2023-25)
naveen.st@gmail.com
Dr. Tushar Rathod (2023-25)
tnrathod@gmail.com
Dr. Muralidharan Venkatesan (2023-25)
muralidharan.spine@gmail.com
Dr. Sachin A. Borkar (2023-25)
sachin.aiims@gmail.com
Dr. Gurudip Das (2024-26)
Dr. Rishi Kanna (2024-26)
Dr. Tarun Suri (2024-26)
Role and Responsibilities:
Dr. Ajoy Shetty
(Chair)
Dr. Gururaj
(Co-Chair)
Dr. Abhishek Srivastava
Dr. Murulidharan Venkatesan
Dr. Rohit Amritanand
Dr. Gurudip Das
Role and Responsibilities:
Dr. Bhavuk Garg
(Chair)
Dr J. Naresh Babu
(Co-Chair)
Dr Janardhana Aithala
Dr Siddharth Aiyer
Dr Rishi Kanna
Dr Tarush Roastogi
Role and Responsibilities:
Pankaj Kandwal
(Chair)
Dr Ankur Nanda
(Co-Chair)
Dr Umesh Srikantha
Dr Thomas Kishen
Dr Parthasathy
Role and Responsibilities:
Dr Venkatesh Krishnan
(Chair)
Dr Tushar Rathod
(Co Chair)
Dr R. Sivakumar
Dr Aju Bosco
Dr Chiranjit Singh Dhillon
Dr Naveen Tahsildar
Dr. Priyank Patel
Role and Responsibilities:
Dr HS Chhabra
(Chair)
Dr Shailesh Hadgaonkar
(Co-Chair)
Dr Suresh Pillai
Dr Arun Bhanot
Dr Arvind Bhave
Dr Varun Agarwal
Dr Appaji Krishnan
(Chair)
Dr Vishal Kundnani
(Co-Chair)
Dr Ayush Sharma
Dr Mohinder Kaushal
Dr Ravi Venkatesan
Role and Responsibilities:
Dr Shankar Acharya
(Chair) (Immediate Past President)
Dr Saumyajit Basu
(Co-Chair)(President)
Dr Sudhir Srivastava
(President Elect)
Dr H. S. Chhabra
(Ex President)
Dr Ram Chaddha
(Ex-President)
Dr Raghava Dutt Mulukutla
(Ex-President)
Dr Kshitij Chaudhary
(Chair)
Dr Sachin Borkar
(Co-Chair)
Dr Priyank Patel
Dr Shah Waliullah
Dr Rishi Kanna
(Chair)
Dr Sudhir Ganesan
(Co-Chair)
Dr Sumit Sural
Dr Arvind Kulkarni
Dr Amit Jhala
Dr Abhishek Srivastava
(Chair)
Dr Shyamsunder Bhatt
(Co-Chair)
Dr Bikram Kar
Dr Umesh (manipur)
Dr Chirayu Parmecha
Dr Suhail Afzal
Dr Sarvdeep Dhatt
Dr KSK Chaitanya
Dr Bharat Dave
(Chair)
Dr Amitava Biswas
(Co-Chair)
Dr Mirant Dave
Dr Raju Srinivasan Iyengar
Dr Devanand D
Dr Thomas Kishen
Role and Responsibilities:
Dr Ranjith Unnikrishnan
(Chair)
Dr Dhiraj Sonawane
(Co-Chair)
Dr Ujjwal Debnath
Dr Montu jain
Dr Varun aggarwal
Dr Ayush sharma
Dr Suresh Pillai
Dr Abrar Ahmed
(Chair)
Dr Neeraj Gupta
(Co-Chair)
Dr Ashish Jaiswal
Dr Charanjit Singh Dhillon
Dr Niraj B Vasavada
Role and Responsibilities:
Dr H S Chhabra
(Chair)
Rajat Mahajan
(Co-Chair)
Vikshet Basani
Dr Vishal Kumar
Dr Ashok Thomas
Dr H S Chhabra
(Chair)
Rajat Mahajan
(Co-Chair)
Vikshet Basani
Dr Vishal Kumar
Dr Ashok Thomas