SCI Podcasts

January, 2024
Clinical Autonomics and Sleep with Dr. Gino Panza
Join us for a conversation about the interaction of autonomic dysfunction, the brain, and sleep. Dr. Panza talks us through a recent review paper that shines a clinical lens on the interaction of three topics that are complicated by themselves and that complexify after spinal cord injury (SCI).
EP26 - Community Episode: Clinical Autonomics and Sleep with Dr. Gino Panza
EP25 - Scholarly Episode: Clinical Autonomics and Sleep with Dr. Gino Panza

February, 2024
Bladder Buzz Podcast Crossover Episode
SpineX's Neuromodulation for Incontinence with Dr. Parag Gad
Conversations with Dr. Parag Gad, co-founder and CEO of SpineX, who talks about the Spinal Cord Neuromodulator by SpineX and Scone to Treat Neurogenic Bladder, or the SCONE “CONTINENCE” Clinical trial.
EP28 - Community Episode: SpineX's Neuromodulation for Incontinence with Dr. Parag Gad
EP27 - Scholarly Episode: SpineX's Neuromodulation for Incontinence with Dr. Parag Gad
*This episode was recorded in collaboration with "Bladder Buzz" - the podcast series that brings together physicians, researchers, and individuals living with Neurogenic Bladder. Bladder Buzz Podcast (buzzsprout.com)

March, 2024
Spasticity and Early Motor Recovery after SCI with Dr. Sina Sangari
Join us this episode for a conversation with Dr. Sina Sangari of the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab for a conversation about the paper titled "Spasticity Predicts Motor Recovery for Patients with Subacute Motor Complete Spinal Cord Injury" published in the journal Annals of Neurology. Regardless of the functional implications of spasms, Dr. Sangari and his colleagues explain the prognostic value that spasticity, early after an acquired spinal cord injury, can have in predicting recovery of volitional motor function.
EP30 - Community Episode - Spasticity and Early Motor Recovery after SCI with Dr. Sina Sangari
EP29 - Scholarly Episode - Spasticity and Early Motor Recovery after SCI with Dr. Sina Sangari

May, 2024
The Time Is Now for Nontraumatic SCI
Join us in this episode for a panel conversation on expert consensus, best practices, and future directions for classifying and tracking outcomes for people living with nontraumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) with Alexandra Bennewith, MPA; Keara McNair, OTR/L, BCPR, ATP; Kristen Walden, BS; Ron Reeves, MD; and Stephen Burns, MD. Disorders of the spinal cord come in many forms, and when categorizing based on cause there has historically been an emphasis placed on traumatic—e.g., from an impact—SCI. As put forth by this panel of nontraumatic experts selected by ASIA's Education Committee, the time has come to integrate nontraumatic SCI into the existing networks of standardized reporting. We hope you enjoy these episodes as we usher in an era in the union of SCI across etiology.
EP32 - Community Episode - The Time Is Now for Nontraumatic SCI
EP31 - Scholarly Episode - The Time Is Now for Nontraumatic SCI

August, 2024
Motherhood after SCI with Dr. Allison Kessler
Join us in this episode for a conversation with Allison Kessler, MD, MSc on the topic of motherhood after spinal cord injury (SCI). In this conversation, Dr. Kessler discusses two recent publications that apply to the topic of motherhood after SCI: the peer-reviewed Motherhood after Spinal Cord Injury: Breastfeeding, Autonomic Dysreflexia, and Psychosocial Health: Clinical Practice Guidelines, and the corresponding "Consumer Guideline Breastfeeding Following SCI: A Consumer Guide for Mothers." We hope you enjoy this exploration of the important topic of mothering after SCI, with Dr. Allison Kessler.
EP34 - Community Episode - Motherhood after SCI
EP33 - Scholarly Episode - Motherhood after SCI

September, 2024
Staying Up To Date on the Neurological Exam with Dr. Rudiger Rupp
The American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) institutionalized, and now stewards, the International Standards for the Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury (ISNCSCI) exam, the most ubiquitous neurological exam performed for spinal cord injury (SCI). Join us in this episode with Dr. Rudiger Rupp for a deep dive on the most recent update to the ISNCSCI, headed by ASIA's International Standards Committee chaired by Dr. Rupp. We hope you enjoy this zoom into the zone of partial preservation (ZPP) and non-SCI taxonomy, with Dr. Rudiger Rupp.
EP36 - Community Episode - Staying Up To Date on the Neurological Exam
EP35 - Scholarly Episode - Staying Up To Date on the Neurological Exam

October, 2024
The 2024 Annual Meeting
Join us for conversations from the 2024 American Spinal Injury Association Annual Scientific meeting in Puerto Rico.  Along with a presidential handoff from Suzanne Groah, MD, to Susan Charlifue, PhD—the first time in ASIA's history that an acting female president has handed the torch to an incoming female president— we also chat with award winners in both poster and oral format presentations. We hope you enjoy this episode as we remember the 2024 annual meeting and usher in a new president.
EP37 -  Administrative - Passing the Presidential torch and Meet the 2024 Award Winners! 

November, 2024
Bringing People Living with SCI into the Medical Classroom
Join us for the episode for a conversation with Drs. Ona Bloom and Adam Stein on the topic of including people living with spinal cord injury (SCI) in the medical education (MD) curriculum. In this conversation we discuss the paper titled "Experiences and recommendations from people with spinal cord injury following participation in a disability education session at an allopathic medical school: a qualitative study" published in the journal Spinal Cord Series and Cases. We hope you enjoy this exploration of the important topic of lived-experience consultation in medical education, with Drs. Ona Bloom and Adam Stein.
EP39 - Community - Bringing People Living with SCI into the Medical Classroom with Drs. Ona Bloom and Adam Stein
EP38 - Scholarly - Bringing People Living with SCI into the Medical Classroom with Drs. Ona Bloom and Adam Stein

February, 2023
Neuroprosthetic Baroreflex Controls Haemodynamics after Spinal Cord Injury
A talk with Dr. Aaron Phillips about his peer reviewed paper published in the journal Nature.  In this episode we talk with Dr. Phillips about high impact translational science for industry-partnered development of a neuromodulation device. In the project, Dr. Phillips and his team used various preclinical models to learn about and tune the manufacturing of an epidural (surgically implanted) spinal cord stimulator, and accompanying closed loop “biomimetic” stimulation paradigm, for optimally delivering electricity to the cord to control blood pressure.
EP14 – Community Episode – Neuroprosthetic Baroreflex Controls Haemodynamics after Spinal Cord Injury
EP13 – Scholarly Episode – Neuroprosthetic Baroreflex Controls Haemodynamics after Spinal Cord Injury

March, 2023
The SCI Traveler
In this episode, we speak with Dr. Niña Carmela Tamayo about the resource document “The SCI Traveler: Navigating Barriers to Domestic and International Travel” (Just released: https://asia-spinalinjury.org/scitraveler22/ )
EP16 – Community Episode – ASIA’s The SCI Traveler with Dr. Niña Carmela Tamayo
EP15 – Scholarly Episode – ASIA’s The SCI Traveler with Dr. Niña Carmela Tamayo

April, 2023
SCI Respiratory Rehab in Latin America
In this episode, we speak with Isaac Hernández Jiménez, M.D., about their paper titled “The state of spinal cord injury respiratory rehabilitation in Latin America” published in The Journal of the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine.

EP18 – Community Episode – SCI Respiratory Rehab in Latin America
EP17 – Scholarly Episode – SCI Respiratory Rehab in Latin America

May, 2023
Electrical Stimulation for Cough
Stephane Philippe-Ratway, a Speech-Language Pathologist, discusses her Craig H. Neilsen Foundation Allied Health Professional Research Award of ASIA titled “The Use of Functional Electrical Stimulation in Conjunction with Respiratory Muscle Training to improve unaided cough in individuals with Acute Spinal Cord Injury.” https://asia-spinalinjury.org/research-awards/neilsen-info/

EP20 – Community Episode – Electrical Stimulation for Cough
EP19- Scholarly Episode – Electrical Stimulation for Cough

August, 2023
ASIA 2023 Awardees
In this administrative episode we speak with some of this year’s recipients of the Annual Awards of ASIA, awarded as part of the ASIA 2023 Annual Scientific Meeting. Each guest introduces themself and the project they were awarded for, and then gives a brief (~3 min) synopsis of the project and (~2 min) followup on future directions.
EP21 – Meet this year’s award winners from ASIA’s 50th Annual Scientific Meeting!

October, 2023
The Spinal Cord Injury Medicine Fellowship (SCIMF)
Two insider perspectives on the Spinal Cord Injury Medicine Fellowship (SCIMF) that leads to the boarded “SCI docs”. Dr. Doug Ota, a Program Director, gives an overview and history of the SCIMF while Dr. Marla Petriello, a recent SCIM Fellow, shares her recent experience with undergoing the fellowship as an early career physiatrist.
EP22 – The Spinal Cord Injury Medicine Fellowship (SCIMF)

November, 2023
Past, Present, and Future of Riluzole in Acute SCI with Dr. Michael Fehlings
Join us for a conversation with Dr. Michael Fehlings, the most cited neurosurgeon ever on the topic of spinal cord injury for a conversation about the pharmaceutical agent riluzole for the treatment of acute spinal cord injury (SCI). Dr. Fehlings walks us through the past, present, and future of this drug that has proven efficacy in other neurological conditions and that might serve an important role in initial phases of treating SCI.
EP24 – Community Episode: Past, Present, and Future of Riluzole in Acute SCI with Dr. Michael Fehlings
EP23 – Scholarly Episode: Past, Present, and Future of Riluzole in Acute SCI with Dr. Michael Fehlings

January, 2022
Welcome to SCI Science Perspectives
Meet the ASIA Podcast founders and producers, Dr. Suzanne Groah, Dr. Marla Petriello, and Dr. David W. McMillan who talk about the anatomy and physiology of the SCI Science Perspectives podcast.
EP001 – Admin EP001 – Welcome to SCI Science Perspectives

Dr. Steven Kirshblum talks about the International Standards for the Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury (ISNCSCI) exam- commonly referred to as the “ASIA exam”.
Dr. Kirshblum’s talkes abouit the recent paper titled “Characterizing Natural Recovery after Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury”
EP003 – Community Episode – The ASIA Exam with Dr. Steven Kirshblum
EP002 – Scholarly Episode – The ISNCSCI Exam with Dr. Steven Kirshblum

Dr. James Milligan discusses the paper “A Primary Care Provider’s Guide to Preventive Health After Spinal Cord Injury” published in Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation.
https://doi.org/10.46292/sci2603-209)
EP005 – Community Episode – Primary Care for SCI with James Milligan
EP004 – Scholarly Episode – Primary Care for SCI with James Milligan

Dr. Melina Longoni Di Giusto and Nishu Tyagi talk about the paper titled “COVID-19 and spinal cord injury and disease: results of an international survey as the pandemic progresses” published in 2021 in the journal Spinal Cord Series and Cases
(doi: 10.1038/s41394-020-00356-4).
EP007 – Community Episode – Pandemic progress with Dr. Melina Longoni Di Gusto and Nishu Tyagi
EP006 – Scholarly Episode – Pandemic progress with Dr. Melina Longoni Di Gusto and Nishu Tyagi

Dr. Jacob Long talks about his 2019 Neilsen-ASIA Research Award project titled “Does the Speed of Robotic Leg Movements During Tilt-Table Verticalization Mitigate Orthostatic Hypotension in Subacute SCI?” Note: this episode was recorded live in New Orleans at the 2022 American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) annual scientific meeting.
EP009 – Community Episode – Robotic Legs for Blood Pressure, Live from the 2022 Meeting, with Dr. Jacob Long
EP008 – Scholarly Episode – Legs for Blood Pressure, Live from the 2022 Meeting, with Dr. Jacob Long

A Discussion with Drs. Andrei Krassioukov and Suzanne Groah about their American Spinal Injury Association Presidency.
Parts of this episode were recorded live in New Orleans at the 2022 American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) Annual Scientific Meeting in New Orleans.
EP10 Administrative Episode –  Presidential Handoff with Dr. Andrei Krassioukov and Dr. Suzanne Groah

We speak with this year’s six recipients of named awards, awarded as part of the ASIA 2022 Annual Scientific Meeting. Guests include:
1. C. Kevin Park, MD – Anthony F. DiMarco Fellowship Award: “Benefit of Mechanical Insufflation-Exsufflation (MIE) on Ventilator Dependent Spinal Cord Injury Patients in Acute Rehabilitation Center.”
2. Michael G. Fehlings, MD – Apple Award: “The Influence of Timing of Surgical Decompression for Acute Spinal Cord Injury: A Pooled Analysis of Individual Patient Data.”
3. Blake Perkins, PT, DPT, ATP – Craig H. Neilsen Foundation Allied Health Professional Research Award of ASIA: “Reversing the Trend: Provisional Clinical Strategy to Mitigate Incidence and Impact of Wheelchair Repairs in Spinal Cord Injury?”
4. Alberto Isaac Perez SanPablo, DSc – Mulcahey Award for Research in Outcomes Measurement: “Reliability and Validity of the Assessment of Trunk Control in Pediatric Subjects with Spinal Cord Injury using Smartphones.”
5. Andrew Smith, PT, DPT, PhD – Translational Research or Human Neuroscience Studies in Spinal Cord Injury (TRoHNS) Award: “Epidural stimulation-promoted standing ability and spinal cord lesion characteristics in motor complete SCI.”
6. Matthew Hanks, PhD, ATC – Vogel Award: “The Influence of Sex on Upper Extremity Joint Dynamics in Pediatric Manual Wheelchair Users with Spinal Cord Injury.”
EP11 – Episode – ASIA 2022 Named Awards

A talk with this year’s six recipients of oral or poster awards, awarded as part of the ASIA 2022 Annual Scientific Meeting. Each guest introduces themself and the project they were awarded for, and then gives a brief (3 min) synopsis of the project and (~2 min) followup on future directions.
EP12 Administrative Episode – ASIA 2022 Awardess Oral and Poster Awards