American Spinal Injury Association
The premier North American organization in the field of Spinal Cord Injury Care, Education, and Research
The 2026 Anthony F. DiMarco, MD Award recipient has been announced. Congratulations Carlos B. Mantilla, MD, PhD, a consultant and previous chair in the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. The 2026 Anthony F. DiMarco MD Lecture “Restoring Respiratory Motor Function after Spinal Cord Injury” will be given by Dr. Mantilla during the 2026 ASIA Annual Scientific meeting in San Antonio, TX, April 24-26.
The American Spinal Injury Association is excited to announce Naomi Kleitman, PhD as the recipient of the 2026 ASIA Lifetime Achievement Award. The Lifetime Achievement Award is the highest honor bestowed by ASIA to an individual recognized for significant contributions to the world of spinal cord injury care. Naomi Kleitman, serves as Senior Vice President of Grants and Research, for the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation. Dr. Kleitman will be honored during ASIA’s Annual Meeting in San Antonio,
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Check out TSCIR Volume 31, Issue 3 on International Standards for Spinal Cord Injury! Read about the latest clinical and research use of the ISNCSCI exam.
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The goal of the expedited ISNCSCI exam (E-ISNCSCI) is to accurately determine the neurological level of injury (NLI) and the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) Impairment Scale (AIS) with fewer exam items, when applicable. Just released version 2 represents an improvement that better balances shortening the exam, maximizing accuracy, ensuring teachability, and satisfying clinicians’ desire for clinical information beyond NLI and AIS, namely a fuller description of motor function.
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Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation
Volume 31 | Issue 2
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Congratulations Dr James W. Varni, named as recipient of the 2025 Vogel Award. Dr. Varni is receiving the award for his paper “Pain, pain interference, social and school/work functioning in youth with spinal cord injury: A mediation analysis.” The Vogel Award is given annually for the best paper by a clinician or researcher involved in Pediatric SCI Rehabilitation in the preceding calendar year.
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Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation (TSCIR) seeks additional Editorial Board members for its editorial team. TSCIR is an interdisciplinary journal devoted to the study and dissemination of practical and theoretical information related to the subject of spinal cord injury rehabilitation.
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Volume 31 | Issue 1 (Winter 2025)
Just Released:
Special Issue on Nutrition and Microbiome in Health and Disease after Spinal Cord Injury
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Congratulations Lexi Soltesz, a PhD student in the Translational Neuroscience Program at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. Soltesz has been named recipient of the 2025 Anthony F. DiMarco MD Award for the abstract “Mild Intermittent Hypoxia May Improve Sleep Quality and Cognition in Individuals with SCI.”
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Congratulations Dr. Kajana Satkunendrarajah, recipient of the 2024 Anthony F. DiMarco MD Award for the abstract “Neuromodulation of Cervical Spinal Interneurons: A Novel Preclinical Translation Strategy to Restore Breathing After Chronic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury”. Dr. Satkunendrarajah will receive the award during the upcoming Annual Scientific Meeting in Puerto Rico. Read More
