Pr Hugues Pascal-Moussellard (MD, Ph.D.), is the head of the department of Orthopaedic surgery at la Pitié-Salpetriere teaching hospital, in Paris (France). Born in Marseille, he completed his medical degrees in this town. After he did a residency in orthopedic surgery, he decided to specialize in spine surgery after a fellowship with J. senegas in Bordeaux. He spent some years in the Martinique teaching Hospital (French West Indies), and some months as a surgeon visitor in BNI (VKH Sonntag, Phoenix) and in New York (JP Farcy).