SAUK scoliosis meetings
SAUK holds three scoliosis meetings every year to help inform people about scoliosis and to facilitate people meeting others who have the condition. Please visit the scoliosis meetings page to find out where we will be holding meetings this year.
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| The extremely popular 2009 London adults meeting |
A meeting dedicated to early onset (infantile) scoliosis at Stanmore, Middlesex in 2010 |
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| Matt Shaw, FRCS, giving a presentation on the causes and diagnosis of infantile and juvenile idiopathic and congenital scoliosis | , FRCS, SAUK Trustee, moderating the day and answering parents questions |
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| Hilali Noordeen, FRCS, presenting a session on treatments of infantile scoliosis with a focus on the new magnetic growth rods | Alex Gibson, FRCS, discussing current research into scoliosis and new thinking from other countries |
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| Carol Richards, SAUK Trustee, describing her expereince with her daughter's scoliosis and showing one of her casts | David Fender, FRCS, opening the Newcastle meeting in 2010 at the Freeman hospital |
| Alex Baker, FRCS, discussing congenital and early-onset scoliosis | Pierre Bernard, SAUK member and Trustee showing his daughter Courtney's brace |
| David Fender with two of his patients discussing their experiences with scoliosis | Two sisters, Lucy and Naomi Dover, who shared their experiences of having scoliosis surgery three weeks apart |
| John Andrews, FRCS, presenting a session on adult degenerative scoliosis | SAUK's first meeting of 2011 in Belfast at Belfast City hospital |
| Niall Eames, FRCS, introducing the day | Alistair Hamilton, FRCS, giving the session on adolescent idiopathic scoliosis |
| Adult scoliosis presentation | Eugene Verzin, FRCS, presenting a session on adult degenerative scoliosis |
| Michelle Harrington, Clinical Nurse Specialist in Dublin talking about her role at Our Lady's hospital for Sick Children | Greg McLorinan, FRCS, presenting a session on neuromuscular scoliosis |
| Pat Kiely and Niall Eames answering questions from the audience | Pat Kiely, FRCS, presenting a session on early-onset scoliosis |







