ISPRM 2013 Award Announcement

After a thorough review of all the nominations, ISPRM Award Committee is delighted to announce the recipients of 2013 ISPRM Awards as follow: Sidney Licht Lectureship Award:

Professor Henk Stam

 Department of PRM, Erasmus University,

Rotterdam, Netherlands 

For his outstanding accomplishments in advancing the care of individuals with disability and consistent contributions to the advancement of physical and rehabilitation medicine internationally, and for his leadership within ISPRM Herman Flax Lifetime Achievement Award:

Professor Guy Vanderstraeten, MD

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University

Rehabilitation Center for Locomotor and Neurological Disorders

Ghent, Belgium 

For his outstanding and unique lifetime contributions to the care of individuals with disability and the specialty of physical and rehabilitation medicine Haim Ring Memorial Award – Institutional:

The Department of Rehabilitation Medicine

Jefferson Medical College

Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, United States 

For their strong engagement in hosting international visitors and exchanges   Haim Ring Memorial Award – Individual:

Professor Bryan O’Young, MD

New York University (NYU) School of Medicine,

Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Center,

NYU Langone Medical Center

New York, United States 

For his strong engagement in hosting international visitors and exchanges   The Awards Ceremony will be held during the opening ceremony of the 7th World Congress of ISPRM in Beijing on June 20, 2013.

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