Message From General Secretary

Dear ASSN Members

Namaste!

At the outset, let me express my gratitude to all the seniors who have served as General Secretary in our prestigious association. To my colleagues and the younger generation of spine surgeons, thank you for the responsibility you have placed on my shoulders, I will not fail you!

Since the last few years, we have established ourselves as the premier society in spine education throughout the country through our courses and public awareness campaigns. Our annual conferences have helped us in spreading our wings internationally. Our members are being recognized as faculty in international spine courses and forums. We now have tie-ups in various formats with different associations which have benefitted our young spine surgeons securing training and fellowships. The obvious step would be to continue these programs and secure further collaboration with more societies.

Our focus now should be on advocacy and engaging with various stakeholders in increasing public awareness on spine ailments and prevention strategy especially on spinal cord injury and pediatric deformities. Lobbying for establishment of spine rehabilitation centers at the province level, incorporating our association in all spine related policy planning and implementation stages, securing a safe working environment for all our ASSN members, securing radiation hazard incentives are a few of the important issue we need to work on.

It is our members who keep this association active and as general secretary, I will strive to work for the benefit of our members. I request all the members to reach out to me, if there is an issue which you deem the association needs to address. 

This is your association, this is our association, united let’s take ASSN to newer heights!

Prof. Dr. Gaurav Raj Dhakal
General Secretary
Association of Spine Surgeons of Nepal