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23rd July 2018

New Patron

We are very pleased to announce that a new patron has joined DISCs. Dr. Boland is a full-time, senior member of the Orthopaedic Service, Department of Surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (New York), where he specializes in the management of malignant and benign tumors of the bones, including those of the spine and […]

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23rd April 2018

Henry V Crock (1929 to 2018).

AO MD MS FRCS FRACS FRCSEd (Hon) Hon DSc (Univ. Melbourne) It is with very great sadness that we report the death of the President of DISCS, Henry V Crock . Harry founded DISCS in 1993 to search for ways to prevent and eliminate disc related pain, disability and the trauma of surgery, later becoming […]

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1st March 2018

Invitation to Donal’s Inaugural Lecture. 11th April. 17h30 onwards

All welcome. You are invited to join Professor Donal McNally, Professor of Bioengineering, University of Nottingham – for his Inaugural Lecture. This lecture will take a tour of the biomechanics of some of the squishier parts of the human body. Paralleling Professor McNally’s research career, it will illuminate the fascinating form and function behind continence […]

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1st March 2018

Henry Crock Lecture @2018

We are pleased to announce that the 2018 Henry Crock Lecture will be delivered by Professor Christine Le Maitre, Professor of Cell Biology and Tissue Regeneration, Biomolecular Sciences Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University. Professor Le Maitres’ Lecture “How can biology help to understand and treat low back pain?” will be delivered during the Society of […]

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