Scoliosis Research Society Announces the Winners of the Russell A. Hibbs, John H. Moe & Louis A[1]. Goldstein Awards

During the 60th Annual Meeting in North Carolina, USA, the Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) announced the winners of the Russell A. Hibbs, John H. Moe & Louis A. Goldstein Awards. Named after pioneers in scoliosis surgery, the awards are given to the best basic research and best clinical research papers.

This year’s winners are:

• The 2025 Hibbs Award For Best Clinical Research Paper was presented To Wait to Operate: Surgery Demonstrated No Pulmonary Benefit Compared to Non-Operative Treatment in EOS Patients by Amy L. McIntosh, MD; Charles E. Johnston, MD; Tiffany Thompson, BS; JP Rathbun, BS; Chan-Hee Jo, PhD; Karina A. Zapata, PhD, PT, DPT
• The 2025 Hibbs Award For Best Basic Science/Translational Research Paper was presented to Spinal Growth Regulation by Interfering Chondrocytes Function in Growth Plate is a Potential Treating Method for Scoliosis: Preliminary Study in Piglets by Zhaoquan Zhang, MD; Zhibo Song, MD; Yingsong Wang, MD; Zhi Zhao, MD; Ni Bi, MD; Jingming Xie, MD; Tao Li, MD; Li Zhang, MD; Ying Zhang, MD; Zhiyue Shi, MD
• The 2025 John H. Moe Award For Best Basic Science/Translational Research Poster was presented to Collagen X Biomarker (Cxm) is Predictive of Growth Cessation in Idiopathic Scoliosis by Michelle C. Welborn, MD; Asal Roudbari, BS; Reza Zandehshahvar, PhD; Pascal Van Hentenryck, PhD; Amer F. Samdani, MD; Robert H. Cho, MD; Joseph D. Stone, MD; Selina C. Poon, MD; Vishwas R. Talwalkar, MD; Michal Szczodry, MD; Purnendu Gupta, MD; James O. Sanders, MD; Susan Sienko, PhD
• The 2025 Louis A. Goldstein Award For Best Clinical Research Poster was presented to Growth Modulation Does Not Improve 3D Axial Rotation After VBT: A 3D Multi-Center Analysis by Melanie E. Boeyer, PhD; Samuel Hawkins, BS; Vladislav Husyev, BS; Stefan Parent, MD, PhD; Peter O. Newton, MD; Burt Yaszay, MD; Harms Study Group; Dan Hoernschemeyer, MD.

Nominees for the awards are selected by the Program Committee from the submitted abstracts for SRS Annual Meeting. The nominees are invited to submit their paper’s manuscript which is reviewed by the Program Committee. During the meeting, attendees vote for their favorite presentation via the SRS Annual Meeting app and the popular votes and manuscript scores are taken into consideration by the Program Committee, who select the final winners.

About Scoliosis Research Society

The Scoliosis Research Society is a non-profit, professional organization, made up of physicians and allied health personnel. Our primary focus is on providing continuing medical education for health care professionals and on funding/supporting research in spinal deformities. Founded in 1966, SRS has gained recognition as the world's premier spine deformity society. Please visit www.srs.org for further information. Also follow us on X, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram.