| Previous Sell Lecturers | |
|---|---|
| Armin Curt, MD, FRCPC | 2024 |
| Elizabeth Bradbury, PhD “Regenerating the Injured Spinal Cord: From Molecules to Man” |
2023 |
| Brian K. Kwon, MD, PHD, FRCSC “Translational Insights and Initiatives in Acute Spinal Cord Injury” |
2022 |
| Dr. Philip J. Horner “The physiologic and molecular consequences of spinal cord stimulation after cervical spinal cord injury: Does electrode position matter?” |
2021 |
| Miguel Nicolelis, MD, PhD “Brain-machine interfaces: from Basic Science to Neurological Rehabilitation” |
2020 |
| Marcel Post, PhD “Restoring Quality of Life After Spinal Cord Injury” |
2019 |
| William Zev Rymer, MD, PhD “Restoration of Motor Function in Persons with Chronic Spinal Cord Injury – A Potential Therapeutic Role for Acute Intermittent Hypoxia (AIH)” |
2018 |
| Jacqueline C. Bresnahan, PhD, San Francisco, California “Modeling SCI in Animals To Understand The Human Condition, and Vice Versa.” |
2017 |
| Steven Kirshblum, MD, West Orange, New Jersey “When You Come to a Fork in the Road: Lessons Learned and a Map for the Future.” |
2016 |
| Michael L. Boninger, MD, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania “The future of neural prosthetics in SCI” |
2015 |
| W. Dalton Dietrich, III, PhD, Miami, Florida “Protection and Repair After Spinal Cord Injury: Accomplishments and Future Directions” |
2014 |
| Kristjan T. Ragnarsson, MD, New York, New York “ASIA 40th Anniversary: Beginnings, Accomplishments, and Future Challenges” |
2013 |
| William Bauman, MD, Bronx, New York “Secondary Medical Consequences of SCI” |
2012 |
| Andrew R. Blight, PhD, Hawthorn, New York “Therapeutic Development in SCI: A View from Industry” |
2010 |
| Jonathan R. Wolpaw, MD, Albany, New York “Using Spinal Cord and Brain Plasticity in Rehabilitation: Reflex Conditioning and Brain-Computer Interfaces” |
2009 |
| Mark Tuszynski, MD, PhD, San Diego, California “Enhancing Plasticity and Regeneration after SCI: Challenges of Clinical Translation” |
2008 |
| Arthur Prochazka, MD, Alberta, Edmonton “New Technologies in SCI Management” |
2007 |
| Volker Dietz, MD, Zurich, Switerland “Neuronal Plasticity after SCI: Present and Future Treatments” |
2006 |
| Claire E. Hulsebosch, PhD, Galveston, Texas “Treatments for SCI: Disproving the Smith Papyrus” |
2005 |
| Gale G. Whiteneck, PhD, Englewood, Colorado “Measuring and Modifying SCI Outcomes” |
2004 |
| Barbara S. Bregman, PhD, Washington, DC “Transplants and Neurotrophic Factors Increase Regeneration and Recovery of Function After SCI” |
2003 |
| Michal Schwartz, PhD, Rehovot, Israel “Fighting the Consequences of SCI by Harnessing the Immune System: Prospects for Therapeutic Vaccination” |
2002 |
| Mary B. Bunge, PhD, Miami, Florida “Transplant Strategies to Improve Regeneration in the Adult Spinal Cord” |
2001 |
| Susan J. Harkema, PhD, Los Angeles, California “Sensory Processing by the Human Lumbosacral Spinal Cord During Locomotion: Implications for Recovery of Walking after Neurologic Injury” |
2000 |
| Ake Seiger, MD, PhD, Stockholm, Sweden “Human Fetal CNS Tissue Transplantation to the Injured Spinal Cord” |
1999 |
| Giles S. Brindley, MD, London, England “Neuroprostheses in SCI” |
1998 |
| O. Lars Olson, MD, Stockholm, Sweden “Spinal Cord Repair Strategies, Possibilities and Limitations” |
1997 |
| Charles H. Tator, MD, PhD, Toronto, Ontario “Experimental and Clinical Studies of the Pathophysiology and Management of Acute SCI” |
1996 |
| William C. de Groat, PhD, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania “Mechanisms Underlying the Recovery of Lower Urinary Tract Function Following SCI” |
1995 |
| Paul J. Reier, PhD, Gainesville, Florida “Neural Tissue Transplantation and SCI: Bridging the Gap Between Basic Science and Clinical Reality” |
1994 |
| Robert R. Menter, MD, Englewood, Colorado “Aging and SCI: Exploring the Unknown” |
1993 |
| John F. Ditunno, Jr., MD, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania “ASIA Standards 1992: Past and Future” |
1992 |
| V. Reggie Edgerton, PhD, Los Angeles, California “A Physiological Basis for Development of Rehabilitative Strategies for Spinal Injured Patients” |
1991 |
| Martin E. Schwab, PhD, Zurich, Switzerland “Inhibitors of Neurite Growth: Role in CNS Regeneration” |
1990 |
| David C. Viano, PhD, Detroit, Michigan “Cause and Control of SCI in Automobile Crashes” |
1989 |
| Bernard Towers, MD, Los Angeles, California “Quadriplegia and Life Extension: Who Decides?” |
1988 |
| Edward J. McGuire, MD, Ann Arbor, Michigan “Fertility in SCI Patients” |
1987 |
| John Doyle, Washington, DC “Renewal with Challenge for a Specialty Disability Group: SCI” |
1986 |
| P. Hunter Peckham, PhD, Cleveland, Ohio “The State of the Art in FES” |
1985 |
| Albert J. Aguayo, MD, Montreal, Quebec “Axonal Regeneration from the Adult Mammalian Brain and Spinal Cord” |
1984 |
| R. Edward Carter, MD, Houston, Texas “Respiratory Function in SCI” |
1983 |
| J. Paul Thomas, Washington, DC “SC Dysfunction: A Unique Model for American Medicine” |
1982 |
