Organizational Liaisons

One of the major ways ASIA impacts its membership and the spinal cord community is through its liaison relationships with key medical organizations that share like concerns. These organizations cross multiple specialty disciplines as well as represent areas of consumer interest, the insurance industry, and the development of standards of care for spinal cord injury. ASIA has designated representatives to each of the following organizations who serve as communicators on behalf of ASIA in the reciprocal sharing of information.

Board of Subspecialty Societies (BOS)
(affiliate of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
Web site for AAOS: www.aaos.org
tel: 847.698.1629

Federation of Spine Associations (FOSA)
(affiliate of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
Web site for AAOS: www.aaos.org
tel: 847.698.1628

American Academy of PM&R (AAPM&R)
Web site: www.aapmr.org
tel: 312.464.9700

American Board of PM&R (ABPM&R)
Liaison to SCI Examination Committee
Web site: www.abpmr.org
tel: 507.282.1776

American Paraplegia Society (APS)
Member Services
tel: 718.803.3782
Publication Order Number
tel: 800.444.0120
Web site: www.apssci.org

American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)
Web site: www.apta.org
tel: 800.999.2782

APTA Neurology Section
Web site: www.neuropt.org - Find information on the Special Interest Group here!
tel: 800.999.2782

CARF- The Rehabilitation Accreditation Commission
Web site: www.carf.org
tel: 520.325.1044

Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation
Web site: www.ChristopherReeve.org
tel: 800.225.0292

Insurance Rehabilitation Study Group (IRSG)Consortium for Spinal Cord Medicine Clinical Practice Guidelines
To download Consortium evidence-based guidelines or consumer guides, visit www.scicpg.org
To contact the Consortium, e-mail scicpg@pva.org
Administrative and programmatic support provided by Paralyzed Veterans of America: www.pva.org

International Spinal Cord Society (ISCoS)
E-mail: admin@iscos.org.uk
Web site: www.iscos.org.uk
tel: 011-44-1296-315866

Model Spinal Cord Injury System (MSCIS)
(affiliate of the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research)
Web site for MSCIS: www.ncddr.org/rpp/hf/hfdw/mscis/index.html
Denise Tate, Chair
tel: 734.936.7052

American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM)
Web site: www.acrm.org
tel: 317.915.2250

United Spinal Association
Web site: www.unitedspinal.org
tel: 800.404.2898