Professor Shunmugam (Teddy) Govender was a renowned spinal surgeons and is remembered by many in the orthopaedic filed as a dedicated scientists who believed in research, teaching and training. In honouring his legacy, his family have approached the SAOA to dedicate an award to a deserving candidate.
The SAOA will award this prize of R20 000.00 annually to the best spine or educational free paper submitted at the SAOA congress annually for a period of ten years from 2023.
The first award will be in 2023.