The Behrooz A. Akbarnia Award for Best Research paper is granted to the author(s) of one free paper annually at ICEOS. Candidates for the award are selected by the ICEOS program chairs, who base their decisions on the highest scored papers in the abstract submission process. Congress attendees are then given the opportunity to vote on-site during the congress to select the distinguished prize recipient.
2024: Flavia Alberghina, MD for Complications and Unplanned Return to the Operating Room (UPROR) at 5-Years Postoperative Vertebral Body Tethering for Idiopathic Scoliosis
2024: John Vorhies, MD for Does Open Triradiate Cartilage Lead to Poor Outcomes Among Cerebral Palsy Patients Undergoing Spinal Fusion?
2023: Rene Castelein, MD for Surgical Treatment of Neuromuscular Early Onset Scoliosis with a Bilateral Posterior One-Way Rod Compared to the Spring Distraction System: A Randomized Controlled Trial (BiPOWR)
2022: Jaysson Brooks, MD for Money Can't Buy Happiness, but Can It Buy Less Complications and UPRORs in Growth Friendly Surgery?
2021: Rajiv Iyer, MD for Salvage Treatment of Failed Growth-Friendly Surgery for Early Onset Spinal Deformity
2020: Pat Cahill, MD for Rib-based Anchors do not Impair Chest Wall Motion in Early Onset Scoliosis