We are delighted to announce that the III World Congress of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and Techniques (III WCMISST) will be held from 16^TH to 18^TH August, 2012 in Bahia, Brazil. The III WCMISST 2012 will take place together with the III Brazilian Congress of MISST (III COMINCO) and the meetings of the main International MISST Societies. The highlight of III WCMISST will be the integration of the main International MISS Societies around the World and foundation of the World Federation of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and Techniques (WFMISST).

Come and join us in Brazil in 2012 and be part of the beginning of the “New Global Era” in Surgical Treatment of the Spine Disease: “The Era of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery“.
I look forward to personally welcoming you to the III WCMISST.

Pil Sun Choi
President of III WCMISST 2012
http://www.wcmisst2012.com.br

Invited international speakers:

Adriano Valdez Russo (Dominican Republic)
Akira Dezawa (Japan)
Alvaro Dowling (Chile)
Anthony Fabrizi (Italy)
Anthony Yeung (U.S.A.)
Armando Alpizar (Mexico)
Behrooz Akbania (U.S.A.)
Bjorn Stromqvist (Sweeden)
Blake Rodgers (U.S.A.)
Braulio Hernandez (Mexico)
Carlo Todaro (Italy)
Celso Fretes (Paraguay)
Choll Kim (U.S.A.)
Chris Birkenmaier (Germany)
Christopher Yeung (U.S.A.)
Daniel Gastambide (France)
Daniel Kim (U.S.A.)
Enrique Osório (Colombia)
Eugene Wong (Malasya)
Fabian Piedimonte (Argentina)
Fernando Bazoberry (U.S.A.)
Gianluca Maestretti (Switzerland)
Guilhermo Bajares (Venezuela)
Gun Choi (South Korea)
Hansjoerg Leu (Switzerland)
Hazem Nicola (Venezuela)
Hyeun Sung Kim (South Korea)
Hyoung Chun Park (South Korea)
Jean Destandau (France)
Jean-Marc Voyadzis (U.S.A.)
Jeff Katzell (U.S.A.)
Jeffrey D. Petersohns (U.S.A.)
Jorge Felipe Ramirez (Colombia)
José Antonio Soriano Sanchez (Mexico)
Jun Ho Lee (South Korea)
Kai Uwe Lewandrowski (U.S.A.)
Kyung Hoon Kim (South Korea)
Leonardo Kapural (U.S.A.)
Manuel Rodriguez (Mexico)
Marcos Baabor (Chile)
Martin Knight (England)
Michael Schubert (Germany)
Olav Rohof (The Netherlands)
Oscar Luis Alves (Portugal)
Paulo Pereira (Portugal)
Pierce Nunley (U.S.A.)
Ramiro R. Gutierrez (Mexico)
Ricardo Ruiz Lopez (Spain)
Richard Fessler (U.S.A.)
Roberto Diaz (Colombia)
Rudolf Morgenstern (Spain)
Salahadin Abdi (U.S.A.)
Sang Ho Lee (South Korea)
Satishchandra Gore (India)
Shrinivas Rohidas (India)
Slawomir Moszko (Polish)
Stefan Hellinger (Germany)
Stephan Joubert (South Africa)
Tolgay Satana (Turkey)
Uwe Vieweg (Germany)
Vladimir Radchenko (Ukraine)
Wolfgang Rauschning (Sweeden)
Yasushi Miura (Japan)
Yong Eun Cho (South Korea)