3rd Annual Henry Crock Lecture

To further the understanding and dissemination of fundamental research into spinal disorders DISCS’ has created an annual lectureship at which the world’s most eminent researchers, physicians and surgeons are invited to speak. Named after the founder of DISCS, this annual lectureship is one of the most prestigious invitations in the orthopaedic community.

The 2008 Henry Crock lecture will be delivered by Professor Keith Luk, Head of Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology at Hong Kong University. The subject of his lecture will be Intervertebral Disc Transplantation. This lecture will be given at 5pm on 1st October 2008 at Brunel University at the beginning of the 2008 spinal course which his being held at Brunel University and Imperial College London.

2rd Annual Henry Crock Lecture

The 2007 Henry Crock lecture was delivered by Dr Leonard Fass, Director Academic Relations GE Healthcare, on the  10th October 2007 at Imperial College London. The subject was A Journey Around The Spine and was centred around the amazing ability of modern imaging especially MRI to evaluate and understand the process of spinal diseases, particularly the importance of improved visibility to the detection and understanding of the biochemistry of the intervertebral disc.

Inaugural Henry Crock Lecture

The inaugural lecture, held in conjunction with Imperial College and the Institute of Musculoskeletal Surgery on 6th September 2006, was given by Harry Crock himself, entitled “Reflections on 50 years in Orthopaedics”. The event attracted a large and international audience, and was poignant, amusing, informative, and ultimately challenging in Mr Crock’s call for the percentage of spinal trauma’s resulting in paralysis to be dramatically reduced, an outcome he believes is attainable.