international spinal cord society international spinal cord society the international spinal cord society (iscos) was founded in 1961 as the international medical society of paraplegia. it is an ingo, whose purpose is to study all problems relating to lesions of the spinal cord. the international spinal cord societyabbreviationiscosformation1961typeingopurposehumanitarianheadquarters uk, aylesburylocationstoke mandeville hospitalcoordinatesregion served worldwidemembership over 1000 clinicians and scientists from 87 countriesofficial language englishpresidentprof fin biering-sørensenmain organthe officers of iscoswebsitehttp://www.iscos.org.uk/ history the international medical society of paraplegia was founded in 1961. the first president was sir ludwig guttmann.in september 2001, at the general meeting in nottwil, switzerland, it was agreed another name of the society: the international spinal cord society (iscos). objectives to study all problems relating to lesions of the spinal cord enables scientific exchange between the members advice, support, promote, coordinate research, development and evaluation activities in context with spinal cord injuries worldwide counseling, support in the care of patients involved counseling, support of those responsible for education and training of medical professionals presidents 1961–1970prof. sir ludwig guttmannfounder and first president 1970–1973dr herb talbot usa 1973–1977dr albert tricot belgium 1977–1980prof. volkmar paeslack germany 1980–1984sir george bedbrook australia 1984–1988prof. alain rossier switzerland 1988–1992dr ed carter usa 1992–1996dr paul dollfus france 1996–2000dr hans frankel uk 2000–2004prof. takaaki ikata japan 2004–2008prof. w donovan usa 2008–2010mr w el-masry uk 2010–2012prof fin biering-sørensen dk 2012–2014associate prof doug brown australia 2014–2018prof jean-jacques wyndaele belgium members full members associate members senior members emeritus members fellowship of iscos affiliated members affiliated members american paraplegia society (aps) american spinal injury association (asia) asian spinal cord network (ascon) association francophone internationale des groupes d'animation de la paraplégie (afigap) australian and new zealand spinal cord society (anzscos) chinese association of rehabilitation of disabled persons – society of spinal cord injury (cardp – sosci) deutschsprachige medizinische gesellschaft für paraplegie (dmgp) dutch flemish spinal cord society (dufscos) japan medical society of spinal cord lesions(jascol) latin american society of paraplegia (slap) nordic spinal cord society(noscos) romanian spinal cord society (roscos) societá medica italiana di paraplegia (somipar) southern african spinal cord association (sasca) spanish society of paraplegia (sep) spinal cord society – indian chapter turkish society of spinal cord diseases (trscd) journal spinal cord is the monthly publication of the international spinal cord society. the editorial office is at the stoke mandeville hospital in uk. the editor-in-chief is professor lisa harvey, university of sydney, australia.