In this edition of the newsletter, DSPN 2022 SPC Scott Meyer highlights what to expect from our next meeting in Las Vegas. Also, there are superb educational pieces put together by your Media committee members (John Shin, Ali Baaj, Nader Dahdaleh, and Michael Galgano) and our peripheral nerve liaisons. As always, if you have suggestions on how to make the newsletter better, please don’t hesitate to reach out.

In this issue, "The COVID Issue", you will find excerpts on the impact COVID has had on spine patient care and education. There are interviews with SPC Chair, Dr. Erica Bisson, and Dunsker NREF HYM fund recipient, Dr. Jetan Badhiwala. You will learn from educational pieces on craniovertebral junction pathology and superior cluneal neuropathy. Lastly, there are updates from our Payor Response, Rules and Regulations, Nominating, and Peripheral Nerve Committees.