2025 Apple Award
Congratulations Dr. Brian Le, recipient of the 2025 Apple Award for his paper “Association of Calcium and Vitamin D Supplements with Fractures in Persons with a Traumatic SCI.”
Dr. Le is an early-career clinician-researcher at the Augusta Veterans Affairs Health System in Augusta, GA. He is a rheumatologist with research interests in using administrative databases and the electronic health record to answer clinical questions related to osteoporosis and fracture management, especially in Veterans with spinal cord injuries who receive their care at the Veterans Health Administration’s Spinal Cord Injuries and Disorders (SCI/D) System of Care.
The Apple Award for excellence in publishing in spinal cord injury rehabilitation literature is presented annually in recognition of the best-published paper by a clinician or researcher in the preceding calendar year. Nominations will be accepted from the field for articles that address clinical or basic science research in spinal cord medicine.
The Apple Award is named in honor of David F. Apple, Jr., MD, founding member and past-president of the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA). The award is a collaboration of three entities that were critically important to Dr. Apple during his long career in orthopedic surgery at the Shepherd Center in Atlanta, Georgia, where he served as founding medical director for 30 years.
Apple Award submissions are accepted in January & February each calendar year.
Rules and Eligibility:
Self-nominations will not be accepted. Nominees must be members of ASIA. The following individuals are not eligible for the Apple and Vogel Awards: ASIA President, President-Elect, Past Presidents, Research and Awards Committee Chair, and Vice Chair.
Past Apple Award Recipients
