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American Spinal Injury Association

The premier North American organization in the field of Spinal Cord Injury Care, Education, and Research

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Board of Directors

ASIA is governed by a Board of Directors, whose membership composition is reflective of the multidisciplinary nature of its members. There are ten (10) Directors, three of whom also serve as elected Officers. Nomination to the Board of ASIA is accomplished through the Directors Nominating Committee, comprised of the Immediate Past President (chair) and five others who are either current or past members of the Board. Nominations for new Board appointments are submitted to the current Board of Directors for final vote. Individuals nominated to the Board of Directors have demonstrated significant contribution to the association, either by service on committees or the scientific program, or have made significant contribution, to the field of spinal cord injury.

Officers

Susan Charlifue, PhD
President 

Research Department, Craig Hospital
Englewood, Colorado
Mark Nash, PhD, FASIA
President-Elect
Research & Physiology, Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, Florida
Maureen Miner, MD
Secretary-Treasurer
Physiatrist, South County Pain and Rehabilitation
Gilroy, CA
Suzanne Groah, MD, MSPH
Past-President

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Medstar Health
Washington, District of Columbia

Directors

Dennis Bourbeau, PhD
Cleveland FES Center, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center
MetroHealth Medical Center
Cleveland, Ohio
Camilo Castillo, MD, MBA
UofL Health Frazier Rehabilitation & Neuroscience Center
Louisville, KY
Yuying Chen, MD
University of Alabama
Birmingham, Alabama
Jennifer Coker, PhD
Craig Hospital
Englewood, Colorado
Rita Hamilton, DO, FAAPMR
Baylor Scott and White Institute for Rehabilitation
Dallas, TX
Indira Lanig, MD
Paradigm SCI Medical Director
Denver, Colorado
Rüdiger Rupp, PhD, FASIA
Heidelberg University Hospital
Heidelberg, Germany
Christopher West, PhD
ICORD
BC, Canada

 

Past Presidents of ASIA

The Past Presidents of the organization continue service to the association as an ongoing resource to the Board and membership of ASIA.

Suzanne Groah, MD, MSPH
Washington, District of Columbia (2022-2024)

Andrei Krassioukov, MD, PhD
Vancouver, British Columbia (2019-2022)

Keith Tansey, MD, PhD
New Orleans, LA (2017-2019)

MJ Mulcahey, PhD, OTR/L
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2015-2017)

Michael Haak, MD
Danville, Pennsylvania (2013-2015)

Lawrence Vogel, MD
Chicago, Illinois (2011-2013)

Michael Kennelly, MD
Charlotte, North Carolina (2010-2011)

Alexander Vaccaro, MD
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2009-2010)

Amie B. Jackson, MD
Birmingham, Alabama (2008-2009)

Glenn Rechtine, MD
Bay Pines, Florida (2007-2008)

Marcalee Sipski Alexander, MD
Birmingham, Alabama (2005-2007)

Jack E. Zigler, MD
Plano, Texas (2003-2005)

Daniel P. Lammertse, MD
Englewood, Colorado (2001-2003)

Douglas E. Garland, MD
Long Beach, California (1999-2001)

Kenneth C. Parsons, MD
Englewood, Colorado (1997-1999)

James S. Keene, MD
Madison, Wisconsin (1995-1997)

Kristjan T. Ragnarsson, MD
New York, New York (1993-1995)

Robert L. Waters, MD
Downey, California (1991-1993)

John F. Ditunno, Jr., MD
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1989-1991)

William H. Donovan, MD
Houston, Texas (1987-1989)

J. Darrell Shea, MD
Orlando, Florida (1985-1987)

David F. Apple, Jr., MD
Atlanta, Georgia (1983-1985)

Samuel L. Stover, M.
Huntsville, Alabama (1981-1983)

Paul R. Meyer, Jr., MD, MM
Valparaiso, Indiana (1977-1981)

R. Edward Carter, MD
Houston, Texas (1973-1977)

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