Medical Professionals & Resources
Cheri Blauwet, MD
Cheri Blauwet, MD
Cheri Blauwet, MD is an Assistant Professor in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School and an attending physician at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, where she also serves as the Disability Access and Awareness Director for Spaulding Rehabilitation Network.
@cheriblauwetmd
Dr. Christian Ostheimer
Board-certified Radiation Oncologist with MD degree from MLU Halle-Wittenberg, Germany. Trained at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (USA), Tri-Service General University Hospital (Taiwan), Vienna University General Hospital (Austria) and the Oxford Institute of Radiation Oncology (OIRO, Oxford University, United Kingdom). More than 10 years of clinical experience in cancer treatment / Oncology with a strong academic footprint in clinical, translational and molecular cancer research.
@ostheimer.christian
Dr. William Tan
Dr. William Tan
Dr William Tan contracted polio when he was two and became paralysed from the waist down. Dr Tan is an accomplished sportsman who is dedicated to championing as well as fundraising for charities locally and internationally through his ultra-marathon endeavours around the world for the past 20 years.
Healthcare Resources for Women with SCI
Spinal Cord Injury and Disability Research Center (SCIDR) at TIRR Memorial Hermann
Our mission is to improve access to healthcare services, information, and education to bridge existing information gaps for women with SCI. The purpose of this website is to provide a directory of links to consumer-based information, education, and resources on healthcare topics for women after SCI (e.g., videos, downloadable books).
ISCoS
International Spinal Cord Society - ISCoS
Promotes the highest standard of care in the practice of spinal cord injury for men, women and children throughout the world. Through its medical and multi disciplinary team of Professionals ISCoS endeavours to foster education, research and clinical excellence.
Improving Sexual Satisfaction in Persons with SCI
Improving Sexual Satisfaction in Persons with Spinal Cord Injuries: Collective Wisdom
Sexuality is an important part of life, and it is necessary for clinicians to have a specific format in which to address sexual issues with their patients. A systematic approach to working with patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) to improve their sexual functioning and response is presented.
LivingWithSCI.ca
LivingWithSCI.ca
We’re a team of rehabilitation clinicians and people living with spinal cord injury who’ve been where you are, working together to bring you the information you need for managing your life after spinal cord injury.
This resource is designed to equip you with the basic information you need to be informed and to understand what you will learn in rehab about how your body works after spinal cord injury.
MWG Mobile App
My Wheelchair Guide
My Wheelchair Guide mobile app features: Self-assessment & maintenance checklists. Customizable to-do lists. Wheelchair skills videos. Illustrations on wheelchair types, parts, & accessories. Critical health considerations. Organized hub that integrates the contacts essential to getting a wheelchair. Ability to take notes within the app using text, pictures, or voice records. Q&A section
@unitedspinal
NASCIC
The North American Spinal Cord Injury Consortium
The North American Spinal Cord Injury Consortium (NASCIC) brings together like-minded organizations, individuals, and groups to improve research, care, and policies impacting people living with spinal cord injury, their families, and community.
NCART
CRT Information and Advocacy Tools
One of the biggest challenges in protecting and promoting access to Complex Rehab Technology (CRT) is a lack of understanding as to the people, products, and processes involved. To help tell the CRT story, a variety of educational documents, studies, and presentations have been developed.
PVA
Paralyzed Veterans of America
For over 75 years, Paralyzed Veterans of America has been the leading advocate in treatment, care, and medical breakthroughs for people with SCI/D. As a part of our mission, we have collaborated with experts to create a variety of publications for different audiences to ensure that individuals with SCI/D are able to live their best lives possible.
@pva1946
SCI BC Sexual Health
Spinal Cord Injury BC
About the Sexual Health Team
We are a team of sexual health clinicians and specialists in Vancouver, BC providing specialist sexual health services, education and research in British Columbia, Canada. For more on what we do and who we are, or if you just have some questions, check out the About Us page.
SCIPT
International Network of SCI physiotherapists (SCIPT)
The International Network of SCI physiotherapists (SCIPT) is a not-for-profit initiative of physiotherapists worldwide. It is for physiotherapists working in the area of spinal cord injuries although other physiotherapists are welcome to join. We are an official discipline-specific subgroup of the International Spinal Cord Society (ISCoS).
Shepherd Center
Shepherd Center
Understanding SPINAL CORD INJURY. What you should know about spinal cord injury and recovery
These videos, developed by Shepherd Center, uses simple language and images of real people who have sustained a spinal cord injury, as well as medical experts and advocates.
@shepherdcenter
Spinal Cord
Spinal Cord Journal
Spinal Cord is a specialized, international journal that has been publishing spinal cord related manuscripts since 1963. It appears monthly, online and in print, and accepts contributions on spinal cord anatomy, physiology, management of injury and disease, and the quality of life and life circumstances of people with a spinal cord injury.
Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Model Systems
Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Model Systems
Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Model System supports innovative projects and research in the delivery, demonstration, and evaluation of medical, rehabilitation, vocational and other services to meet the needs of individuals with SCI. There are 14 sites in the United States.
Spinalis
Food, weight and health for people with spinal cord injury
The purpose of this brochure is to help you gain knowledge and awareness about
the risk of developing overweight and obesity, what you can do to avoid becoming too heavy, and the general importance of diet for health and wellness.
@spinalis
UAB-SCIMS
The UAB-SCIMS Information Network
The University of Alabama at Birmingham Spinal Cord Injury Model System (UAB-SCIMS) maintains this Information Network as a resource to promote knowledge in the areas of research, health and quality of life for people with spinal cord injuries, their families, and SCI-related professionals.
United Spinal
Ready to Roll
Ready to Roll is designed to assist in preserving the health and safety of individuals with spinal cord injury or disease (SCI/D) in times of uncertainty and upheaval due to natural or human-caused disasters through advanced planning, along with the preparation of professionals and local agencies.
@unitedspinal
United Spinal Resource Center
Spinal Cord Injury Resource Center
Welcome to United Spinal's Spinal Cord Resource Center. Here you can submit questions on any aspect of Spinal Cord Injury/Disease or get information and resources that may help you resolve a situation including local support.