Keano16 - professional forum members.
 

Dear Keano16,

First let me thank you for your valuable contributions to the patient community via iSpine and other patient forums.

I'd like you to do something for me that will help to keep the community more transparent and help us to effectively evaluate the information we receive here. Unlike other patient forums, here at iSpine, we welcome input from anyone who has experience or information that is useful for, and posted for the benefit of the patient community. We do not discriminate against people who may work in the industry. Someone can be a spine patient AND also work in the community. Someone can have useful information to share even if they are not a spine patient. The only caveat is that it must be done in a transparent fashion and be posted for the benefit of the patient community.

In order to maintain transparency, I’d like you to create a signature file similar to mine. This will let readers know who you are. You may link to your website. This will help the reader to understand more about you and also to become familiar with what you have to offer. Patients should be aware of all resources available and we at iSpine believe that our members should be welcome to discuss all information relevant to spine patients.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation. Again, THANK YOU VERY MUCH for your past and future contributions to the patient community. Your participation has enriched us.

All the best,

Mark

Thanks for updating your sig file can congratulations on your endeavors. Nicely done!

Please make a quick post here so your sig file will be in this thread.

I've never understood the restrictions imposed by the other forums. I believe that members should be judged based on what they write. If that kind of arbitrary rule keeps valuable information from the members, I question the true purpose of it.

Mark

Recently, I've tried to help one member of Spine Patient Society (SPS). He is ideal candidate for minimally-invasive endoscopic discectomy with terman annuloplasty (of course, from my point of view), and I have friendly advised him to contact dr. Yeung. I was called as "suspicious" because I already advised few members to go with dr. Yeung. Then the questions came up like "Do you have a deal with Yeung"..."Do you have financial relationship with Yeung"... Its hard to work with people that don't understand main principles of modern spine surgery, and its hard to introduce them to leading names without being suspicious.

So, I am a spine enthusiast from Croatia. My enthusiasm came up from my mother's spine problems. She had 5 spine surgeries already. Following her bad example, I decided to help people avoid traditional spine surgery and this is why I am developing "Spinoteka", center for education in Croatia. Also, I've recently started with "Spine Surgery Croatia" to connect people to spinal neurosurgeon in Croatia that, in my maybe not so humble opinion, will be leading European MISS surgeon in next few years (mark my words).