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

		Mark Nash, PhD, FASIA President Research & Physiology, Miami Miller School of Medicine Miami, FL
		Maureen Miner, MD President-Elect South County Pain and Rehabilitation Gilroy, CA
		Rüdiger Rupp, PhD, FASIA Secretary-Treasurer Heidelberg University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany
		Susan Charlifue, PhD Immediate Past President  Research Department, Craig Hospital Englewood, CO

Directors

		Dennis Bourbeau, PhD Cleveland FES Center, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center MetroHealth Medical Center Cleveland, OH
		Camilo Castillo, MD, MBA UofL Health Frazier Rehabilitation & Neuroscience Center Louisville, KY
		Yuying Chen, MD University of Alabama Birmingham, AL
		Jennifer Coker, PhD University of Alabama Birmingham, AL
		Rita Hamilton, DO, FAAPMR Baylor Scott and White Institute for Rehabilitation Dallas, TX
		Indira Lanig, MD Paradigm SCI Medical Director Denver, CO
		Cristina L. Sadowsky, MD Kennedy Krieger Baltimore, MD
		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.

Susan Charlifue, PhD
Englewood, Colorado (2024-2025)

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)