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

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Early Career

The mission of the ASIA Early Career Committee is to nourish the career growth of students, trainees, and early career professionals with an interest in the SCI field, encourage interaction across rehabilitation disciplines and throughout the career trajectory, and foster leadership within the field.

We hope to see you at the ASIA Annual Scientific meeting where we’ll meet with ASIA board members for the Early Career breakfast and other networking activities. Other early career benefits include:

  • Travel Awards
  • Annual Meeting Poster and Oral Presentation Awards
  • Webinars with topics of interest including Research Skills, Grant Writing, and Manuscript submissions.
  • Fellowship opportunities and profiles

Chair:
Monica Perez, PT, PhD
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Professor PM&R Northwestern University

Vice Chair:
Annie Palermo, PT, DPT
Neuroscience Research Australia
New South Wales, Australia
 Board Liaison:
Rita Hamilton, DO, FAAPMR
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX
  

 

 

 

 

 

 


Committee Members:

Alex Benedetto, PhD Student
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL

Julia Carter, MD
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN

James Cotton, PhD, MD
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Chicago, IL

Brent Fogel, Medical Student
NYITCOM
Glen Head, NY

Jacob Goldsmith, MS, PhD
Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center
Richmond, VA

Vincent Huang, MD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY

Jia Liu, PhD
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

Melina Longoni
Hospital Los Madroños
Madrid, Spain

Bria MacIntyre, MS
Craig Hospital
Englewood, Colorado

David McMillan, PhD
University of Miami
Miami, FL

Ramanamurthy Mylavarapu, PhD
University of Miami
Miami, FL

Gregory Nemunaitis, MD
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

Becca Potts, MD
UW Medicine
Seattle, WA

Laura Ramirez Abadia, MD
Colombia valle del cauca
Cali, Columbia

Rahul Sachdeva, PhD
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY

Kajana Satkunendrarajah, PhD
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI

Ahad Siddiqui, PhD
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
Rochester, MN

Shane Stone, MD
Shirley Ryan Ability Lab
Chicago, IL

Tommy Sutor, MS, PhD
James J Peters VAMC
Bronx, NY

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