Responsible for overseeing the development of any new standards documents related to SCI. Responsible for continuous review and improvement of the existing ASIA documents on neurological and autonomic standards. Responsible for the development of the online training program for ASIA standards. Responsible for the development and oversight of the International Data Sets project.
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Committee Chair:
Matthias Walter, MD, PhD, FEBU
University of Basel Switzerland
Basel, Switzerland
Vice Chair:
Jill M. Wecht, EdD
James J. Peters VA Medical Center
Bronx, NY
Board Liaison:
Rüdiger Rupp, PhD, FASIA
Spinal Cord Injury Center, Heidelberg University Hospital
Heidelberg, Germany
Committee Members
- Ian Benson, PT
National Spinal Injuries Centre, Stoke Mandeville – Aylesbury, United Kingdom - Maryam Berri, MD
University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, Michigan - Thomas Bryce, MD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai – New York, NY - Stephen P. Burns, MD
VA Puget Sound Health Care System – Seattle, WA - Stacy L. Elliott, MD
Vancouver General Hospital – Canada - Ellen Merete Hagen, MD, PhD
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery – London, United Kingdom - Jim Hamer, BA
DP Clinical, Inc. – Rockville, MD - John Handrakis, PT, DPT, EdD, NCS
James J. Peters VA Medical Center – Bronx, NY - Sungchul Huh, MD, PhD
Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital – Yangsan, South Korea - Michael Kennelly, MD, FACS, FPMRS
Carolinas Medical Center – Charlotte, NC - Steven Kirshblum, MD
Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation – West Orange, NJ - Andrei Krassioukov MD, PhD, FRCPC
International Collaboration On Repair Discoveries – Vancouver, Canada - Stephen McKenna, MD
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center – San Jose, CA - Aaron Phillips, PhD
University of British Columbia – Vancouver, BC Canada - Gianna M. Rodriguez, MD
Univ. of Michigan Health Systems – Ann Arbor, MI - Rahul Sachdeva, PhD
University of Kentucky – Lexington, KY - Chloe Slocum, MD
Harvard Medical School / Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital / VA Boston Healthcare – Brookline, MA - Ryan Solinsky, MD
Mayo Clinic – Rochester, Minnesota - Michelle Trbovich, MD
UTHSCSA / Veterans Affairs – San Antonio, TX
