Zoher Ghogawala Assumes NASS Presidency

The North American Spine Society (NASS) named Zoher Ghogawala, M.D., as president during its 38th Annual Meeting this week.
 
“It is truly an honor to be named president of NASS, an organization I have been part of for 15 years,” Ghogawala said. “As we continue acclimating to the post-pandemic landscape in health care and beyond, we face many challenges as an organization. But I look forward to meeting them head on, as we collaboratively work to improve NASS and spine care in general. I also believe that organized orthopedics and organized neurosurgery need to be aligned to advocate for our patients. I can’t wait to get to work!”
 
Ghogawala is a board-certified neurosurgeon and professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at Tufts University School of Medicine, and chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center in Burlington, Mass. He has been an active NASS member since 2008 and has extensive experience with various NASS committees and leadership roles including, Clinical Research Development chair, Research Council director, Health Policy Council director, and Clinical Practice Guideline committee member and section chair.
 
Ghogawala has undergraduate and medical school degrees magna cum laude from Harvard University and Harvard Medical School. He was a deputy editor for The Spine Journal for seven years and also served on the editorial board of Spine. He has contributed to well over 100 published articles and has delivered more than 100 visiting professor lectureships. In addition, his work on comparative effectiveness research has been funded by PCORI and NIH and he has published his work in the New England Journal of Medicine as well as in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Ghogawala has also been actively involved in organized neurosurgery serving as the past chair of the Joint Spine Section of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons & Congress of Neurological Surgeons.
 
NASS is a global multidisciplinary medical organization dedicated to fostering the highest quality, ethical, evidenced-based and value-based spine care by promoting education, research and advocacy. NASS is comprised of more than 8,000 members from several disciplines, including orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery, physiatry, neurology, radiology, anesthesiology, research, and physical therapy.