Bangkok Hospital Phuket recently hosted an academic conference entitled “Globalized Trend in Spine Care” from 9 – 10 September 2016 at King Carl Gustaf’s Conference Room, 3rd floor. It was inaugurated by Dr. Narongrit Havarungsi, Chief Medical Officer, BDMS Southern Group. The conference aimed to foster academic collaboration, knowledge exchange and update on medical innovations and today’s spine surgery technique, as well as to break new ground in the betterment of spine patient care up to international standards. It was attended by over 80 medical professionals from other hospitals in the network as well as government and private hospitals in Southern Thailand.