Topics
- Adult Injuries
- Spinal Cord Injury 101
- The Basics of SCI Rehabilitation
- Preventing Pressure Sores
- Transition from Hospital to Home
- Spasticity, Physical Therapy-Lokomat
- Sex and Fertility After SCI
- Coping with a New Injury
- Adjusting to Social Life in a Wheelchair
- Substance Abuse and SCI
Experts
We asked top spinal cord injury experts to focus on the subjects that people want to know about right away. We have over 400 answers to the important questions that come up when an injury is new and at its most bewildering. Click on an individual expert, or click on a topic on the left.
David Chen, MD
Spinal Cord Injury 101
Medical Director, Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Program, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
Kristine Cichowski, MS
The Basics of SCI Rehabilitation
Director, Life Center Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
Mary Zeigler, MS
Preventing Pressure Sores
Clinical Nurse Specialist Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
Kim Eberhardt Muir, MS
Transition from Hospital to Home
Program Specialist–Spinal Cord Injury Program Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
T. George Hornby, PhD, PT
Spasticity, Physical Therapy-Lokomat
Research Scientist, Sensory Motor Performance Program Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
Diane M. Rowles, MS, NP
Sex and Fertility After SCI
Nurse Practitioner, Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Program, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
Robin Dorman, PsyD
Coping with a New Injury
Clinical Health Psychologist Northwestern University Medical Center
Lisa Rosen, MS
Adjusting to Social Life in a Wheelchair
Educational Program Manager, Life Center Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
Allen Heinemann, PhD
Substance Abuse and SCI
Professor, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Pediatric Specialists
Lawrence Vogel, MD
Pediatric Spinal Cord Injury 101
Medical Director, Spinal Cord Injury Program Shriners Hospital for Children–Chicago
Sara Klaas, MSW
The Basics of Pediatric SCI Rehabilitation
Director, Spinal Cord Injury Service, Shriners Hospital for Children–Chicago
Patricia Mucia, RN
Transitions for Children with SCI
Nurse Care Coordinator Shriners Hospital for Children–Chicago