Courses Initiated & Programs Chaired

  1. Course Chairman for New Developments in Pediatric Orthopedics, St. Louis Children’s Hospital, St. Louis, MO, April, 1986
  2. Ford LT, Bridwell KH: Course Co-Directors for Low Back Pain and Sciatic Pain: Evaluation and Treatment Symposium, sponsored by Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, December, 1986
  3. Bridwell KH: Course Chairman, 7th Annual Lee T. Ford Lumbar Spine Symposium, sponsored by Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, December, 1987
  4. Bridwell KH: Course Chairman, 8th Annual Lee T. Ford Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar Spine Symposium, sponsored by Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, December, 1988
  5. Ford LT, Bridwell KH: Program Chairmen, Low Back and Sciatic Pain; Evaluation and Treatment Symposium, sponsored by Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, May 11-12, 1990
  6. Bridwell KH, DeWald RL: Program Chairmen, Treatment of Surgical Spine Disease, sponsored by Washington University School of Medicine, national and international faculty, Ritz-Carlton Hotel, St. Louis, MO, April 10-13, 1991
  7. Ford LT, Bridwell KH: Program Chairmen, Low Back and Sciatic Pain; Evaluation and Treatment Symposium, sponsored by Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, May, 1991
  8. Bridwell KH, DeWald RL: Program Chairmen, Updated Treatment of Surgical Spine Disease, national and international faculty, Ritz-Carlton Hotel, St. Louis, MO, April 14-17, 1993
  9. Bridwell KH, DeWald RL: Program Chairmen, Spinal Decompressions - Cervical, Thoracic and Lumbar: Who Should Be Decompressed and How - Orthopaedic and Neurosurgical Approaches, national and international faculty, Ritz-Carlton Hotel, St. Louis, MO, May 10-13, 1995
  10. Bridwell KH, DeWald RL, Mardjetko SM: Program Chairmen, Controversies in the Management of Pediatric and Adult Trauma, Deformity and Spondylolisthesis, national and international faculty, Ritz-Carlton Hotel, St. Louis, MO, May 8-10, 1997
  11. Bridwell KH (Program Chairman), Betz RR, Shufflebarger HL: What Progress Have We Made in Treating Spinal Deformities in the Last Ten Years? Scoliosis Research Society CME Course, Adam’s Mark Hotel, St. Louis, MO, September 24, 1997
  12. DeWald RL, Bridwell KH: Program Chairmen, The Management of Vertebral Intercorporeal Disorders: What Works and What Doesn?t. Sponsored by GICD-USA and Medical Education Resources, The Hotel Inter-Continental, Chicago, IL, December 5-6, 1998
  13. Bridwell KH: Program Chairman, Federation of Spine Associations, 1999 Specialty Day, Anaheim, CA, February 7, 1999
  14. Bridwell KH, Dacey RG Jr: Program Chairmen, The Spine: Skull to Sacrum/Birth to Old Age, A Seminar for Primary Care Physicians. Sponsored by the Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Neurological Surgery and the Office of Continuing Medical Education, Washington University School of Medicine, Eric P. Newman Education Center, St. Louis, MO, February 27, 1999
  15. Bridwell KH: Management of Fixed Sagittal Imbalance with Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy: Indications, Techniques and Complications. Tutorial sponsored by the Scoliosis Research Society, Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, St. Louis, MO, November 23, 1999
  16. Betz RR, Bridwell KH: Course Chairmen, Spinal Deformity: Challenges and Solutions of Surgical Treatment, sponsored by Medical Education Resources, El Conquistador Resort & Country Club, Las Croabas, Puerto Rico, May 12-13, 2000
  17. Bridwell KH: Management of Fixed Sagittal Imbalance with Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy: Indications, Techniques and Complications. Tutorial sponsored by the Scoliosis Research Society, Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, St. Louis, MO, November 7, 2000
  18. Bridwell KH, Lenke LG: Tutorial Chairmen, Complex Pediatric and Adult Spinal Deformity Reconstruction. Spinal deformity tutorial sponsored by GICD-USA, Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, St. Louis, MO, March 7-9, 2001
  19. Bridwell KH: Study Chairman, Adult Spinal Deformity Study Group "Think Tank," supported by Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Amelia Island, FL, May 9-10, 2001
  20. Bridwell KH, Betz RR: Course Chairmen, Spinal Deformity: Surgical Challenges and Solutions, sponsored by Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Amelia Island, FL, May 11-12, 2001
  21. Bridwell KH, Brown CW: Course Chairmen, The Surgical Management of Adult Spinal Deformity with Degeneration, sponsored by Medical Education Resources, supported by GICD-USA, The Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas, July 11, 2001 (pre-IMAST course)
  22. Lowe TG, Bridwell KH: Course Chairmen, The 11th Annual Course on The Surgical Management of Spinal Disorders: An Advanced Course for Orthopaedic and Neurological Surgeons. Beaver Creek, CO, January 19-22, 2002
  23. Bridwell KH: Chairman Instructional Course Lecture: Sacral fixation options in long deformity constructs. IMAST, Montreux, Switzerland, May 23-25, 2002
  24. Bridwell KH: Chairman: Spinal sagittal imbalance. SICOT/SIROT 2002 - XXII World Congress, San Diego, CA, August 23-30, 2002
  25. Lowe TG, Bridwell KH: Course Chairmen, The 12th Annual Course on The Surgical Management of Spinal Disorders: An Advanced Course for Orthopaedic and Neurological Surgeons. Beaver Creek, CO, January 18-21, 2003
  26. Lowe TG, Bridwell KH: Course Chairmen, The 13th Annual Course on The Surgical Management of Spinal Disorders: An Advanced Course for Orthopaedic and Neurological Surgeons. Beaver Creek, CO, January 16-20, 2004
  27. Bridwell KH: Chairman Instructional Course #5: Iliac fixation in long segment fusions. 11th IMAST, Southampton, Bermuda, July 1-3, 2004
  28. Lowe TG, Bridwell KH: Course Chairmen, The 14th Annual Course on The Surgical Management of Spinal Disorders: An Advanced Course for Orthopaedic and Neurological Surgeons. Beaver Creek, CO, January 15-18, 2005
  29. Bridwell KH: Chairman SRS Adult Spinal Deformity Tutorial. Faculty: Lowe T, Wood K. St. Louis, MO April 7-8, 2005
  30. Bridwell KH: Chairman Scoliosis Research Society One Day Course Adult Spinal Deformity. Miami, FL, October 27, 2005