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September 10, 2024


2024 Past President’s Award Winner Announced: Christopher Bono, MD

Each year, the North American Spine Society (NASS) recognizes exceptional contributions to the field and the Society through its annual Recognition Awards:
  • Leon Wiltse Award
  • Henry Farfan Award
  • David Selby Award
  • Past President’s Award (awarded every 3 years)
  • Spine Advocacy Award
The Past President’s Award was developed in 2025 to recognize a Past President of NASS who has made exceptional contributions to the Society and its mission following their presidency. In 2024, the Past President’s Award will be bestowed upon Christopher Bono, MD.
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Dr. Bono has been a NASS member since 2002. He has served on numerous committees, and since 2018 has been The Spine Journal’s Editor in Chief. Dr. Bono was NASS President during the 2015-16 term.

“I have had the pleasure of working with Dr. Bono for the past several years and am proud to call him a colleague, a mentor, and most of all, a friend,” said Dr. Stuart Hershman of Massachusetts General Hospital. “Chris’ accolades and accomplishments speak for themselves. As an educator, he has helped shape the instruction and careers of multiple residents, fellows, and colleagues through his lectures and clinical teaching. His surgical skill, conservative approach to treatment, and diagnostic acumen are appreciated by his patients and students alike.”
Dr. Bono is executive vice chair of the orthopaedic department at Massachusetts General Hospital. Additionally, in 2022 he became Program Director of the Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Residency Program, overseeing 60 residents. Since 2018, he has served as a professor at Harvard Medical School, and he has also received Harvard’s endowed Edith M. Ashley Professor chair. Dr. Bono has co-authored more than 250 peer-reviewed articles and has edited or co-edited six textbooks.

A New York City native, he and wife Terri have three children.

All awards will be presented to winners during an awards ceremony at the NASS 2024 Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL on September 26, 2024. If you would like to read more about this year’s winners, or nominate a colleague for 2025 awards, please visit www.spine.org/awards.
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