Link to PDF of conference program
 
Link to conference abstracts
 
Link to spinal cord care pre conference course
 
 
 

Conference Collaborators
 

The American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA)
The mission of the American Spinal Injury Association is to:

  • Promote and establish standards of excellence for all aspects of health care of individuals with spinal cord injury from onset throughout life.
  • Educate members, other healthcare professionals, patients and their families as well as the public on all aspects of spinal cord injury and its consequences in order to prevent injury, improve care, increase availability of services and maximize the injured individual’s potential for full participation in all areas of community life.
  • Foster research which aims at preventing spinal cord injury, improving care, reducing consequent disability, and finding a cure for both acute and chronic SCI.
  • Facilitate communication between members and other physicians, allied health care professionals, researchers and consumers.

To learn more about our work, go to www.asia-spinalinjury.org.
 
Small banner with AASCIN logo and American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Nurses
AASCIN promotes quality care for individuals with SCI by advancing SCI nursing practice through education, research, advocacy, health care policy and collaboration with consumers and health care delivery systems.

Goals

  • Provide, promote, and enhance the care of individuals with SCI.
  • Develop and promote education and research related to SCI nursing.
  • Provide educational opportunities for nurses who specialize in SCI nursing.
  • Facilitate an exchange of information and collaborate with other professionals involved in SCI care.
  • Serve as a resource to other nursing and health care individuals and organizations, government agencies, educational facilities, and consumer groups.
  • Recognize nurses committed to the care of individuals with SCI.
  • Advance SCI nursing as an area of specialty nursing practice.

To learn more about our work, go to www.aascin.org.
 
Small banner with AASCIPSW logo and American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Psychologists and Social Workers
AASCIPSW is an association of professionals specializing in the provision of psychosocial services to meet the cognitive, social, emotional, and behavioral care needs of persons affected by spinal cord impairment (SCI). Our members have the opportunity to work collaboratively with many of the finest leaders specializing in SCI, developing their own skills through active participation in the association.

Goals:

  • Maintain and increase membership in AASCIPSW.
  • Establish standards of care for psychologists and social workers working in the field of SCI.
  • Sponsor a Research Grant program.
  • Publish educational materials for professionals and persons with SCI.
  • Publish a quarterly electronic journal, the SCI Psychosocial Process.
  • Convene an annual conference.
  • Recognize individuals who have demonstrated outstanding accomplishments in the field of SCI.

To learn more about our work, go to www.aascipsw.org.
 
Small banner with APS logo and American Paraplegia Societty
APS’s mission is to advance spinal cord medicine through state of the art education, dissemination of information, and promotion of research and advocacy. APS collaborates with researchers, physicians, and the entire spectrum of health care providers who serve persons with spinal cord injuries/disorders.

Goals:

  • Increase knowledge about spinal cord impairment and related problems.
  • Present current clinical and research data related to traumatic and non-traumatic spinal cord injury.
  • Review current information on diagnostic, treatment, and rehabilitative techniques.
  • Enhance practice skills and techniques of clinicians working with individuals with spinal cord impairment.
  • Explore the spectrum of disease that directly affects the care of individuals with spinal cord impairment.
  • Identify research issues and priorities.
  • Provide a forum for professional interchange among physicians and other health care professionals.

To learn more about our work, go to www.apssci.orghttp://www.apssci.org.
 
Small banner with TLS logo and Therapy Leadership Council In Spinal Cord Injury
TLCSCI’s mission is to establish a professional network for therapists who work with individuals with spinal cord injury and disorders (SCI/D). The SCI Therapy Leadership Council promotes research, education, and the development of practice guidelines.
 

Paralyzed Veterans of America (Paralyzed Veterans)
PVA Logo Paralyzed Veterans was founded by a band of spinal cord injured service members who returned home from World War II to a grateful nation, but also to a world with few solutions to the challenges they faced. They made a decision not just to live, but to live with dignity as contributors to society. They created Paralyzed Veterans, dedicated to veterans service, medical research, and civil rights for people with disabilities. And for more than 62 years, Paralyzed Veterans and our 34 chapters have been working to create an America where all veterans, and people with disabilities, and their families, have everything they need to thrive. We represent thousands of veterans in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

To learn more about our work, go to www.pva.org.