North American Spine Society (NASS), Medical Organization
Medical Organization
The North American Spine Society is a medical society for health care professionals who specialize in spine care. It was founded in 1985 and is the largest such society in America. NASS is a global multidisciplinary medical organization dedicated to fostering the highest quality, ethical, value-based, and evidence-based spine care through education, research, and advocacy. The organization's goal is the promotion of evidence-based and ethical spine care. NASS does this by policies and actions aimed at promoting education, research, and advocacy in health care fields related to the spine. NASS membership consists of roughly 8,000 health care professionals; such as orthopedic surgeons, neurosurgeons, physiatrists, anesthesiologists, researchers, and other related practitioners.