Model Spinal Cord Injury Care Systems
The Model Spinal Cord Injury System program, sponsored by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, US Dept of Education, provides assistance to establish innovative projects for the delivery , demonstration, and evaluation of comprehensive medical, vocational, and other rehabilitation services to meet the needs of individuals with spinal cord injury.
Model System Centers across the United States work together to demonstrate improved care, maintain a national database, participate in independent and collaborative research and provide continuing education relating to spinal cord injury.
Alabama
UAB Model SCI Care System
Amie Jackson, M.D.
UAB Spain Rehabilitation Center
1717 6th Ave. S., Birmingham, AL 35233-7330
205-934-3330; 205-975-9754 (Fax)
Colorado
The Rocky Mountain Regional Spinal Injury System
Daniel P. Lammertse, M.D.
Craig Hospital
3425 South Clarkson Street
Englewood, CO 80110
303-789-8220; 303-789-8470(Fax)
Georgia
Georgia Regional SCI System
David F. Apple, Jr., M.D.
Shepherd Center
2020 Peachtree Road, NW
Atlanta, GA 30309
404-350-7582
Illinois
Midwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury Care System
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
David Chen, M.D.
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
345 East Superior Street, #1146
Chicago, IL 60611
312-328-0764; 312-238-2512 (Fax)
Massachusetts
New England Regional SCI Center
Steve Williams, M.D.
NE Regional SCI Center
Boston Medical Center
732 Harrison Ave, Preston F511
Boston, MA 02118-2393
617-638-7911; 617-638-7303 (Fax)
Michigan
University of Michigan Model SCI System
University of Michigan Medical Center
Denise G. Tate, Ph.D.
300 N Ingalls
RM N12A09
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
734-763-0971; 734-936-5492 (Fax)
New Jersey
Northern New Jersey SCI System
David S. Tulsky, Ph.D.
Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation
1199 Pleasant Valley Way
West Orange, NJ 07052
973-243-6805; 973-324-3527 (Fax)
New York
Mount Sinai SCI Model System
Mount Sinai Medical Center
Kristjan T. Ragnarsson, M.D.
1425 Madison Ave, Room 4-25
New York, NY 10029-6574
212-659-9371; 212-659-9728 (Fax)
Ohio
Northeast Ohio Regional Spinal Cord Injury System
MetroHealth Medical Center
Greg Nemunaitis, M.D.
2500 MetroHealth Dr,
Cleveland, OH 44109-1998
216-778-3483; 216-778-5560 (Fax)
Pennsylvania
Regional SCI System of Delaware Valley
Magee Rehabilitation Hospital
Ralph Marino, M.D.
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
132 South 10th Street, 375 Main Bldg.
Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-955-5756; 215-955-5152 (Fax)
University of Pittsburgh Model System on SCI
Michael L. Boninger, M.D.
University of Pittsburgh
3471 Fifth Avenue, Suite 201
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412-648-6654; 412-692-4410 (Fax)
Texas
Texas Model SCI System
William H. Donovan, M.D.
The Institute for Rehabilitation & Research
1333 Moursund St.
Houston, TX 77030
713-797-5991/5916; 713-797-5904 (Fax)
Washington
Northwest Regional SCI System
Charles H. Bombardier, Ph.D.
Department of Rehab Medicine
Harborview Medical Center
325 9th Ave
Seattle, WA 98104
206-731-3665; 206-731-8580 (Fax)
Washington DC
National Capital Spinal Cord Injury Model System
National Rehabilitation Hospital
Suzanne Groah
National Rehabilitation Hospital
102 Irving Street NW
Washington, DC 20010
202-877-1196