Spinal Cord Injury
Model 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. Presently there are 14 systems and 5 follow-up centers the 2016-2021 grant funding cycle.
Alabama
UAB Model Spinal Cord Injury Model System
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
(205) 934-3283
California
Southern California Spinal Cord Injury Model System
Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, Downey, CA
562-401-8111
Colorado
The Rocky Mountain Regional Spinal Injury System
Craig Hospital, Englewood, CO
(303) 789-8306
Florida
South Florida Spinal Cord Injury Model System
University of Miami, Miami, FL
(305) 243-4497
Georgia
Southeastern Regional Spinal Cord Injury Model System
Shepherd Center, Inc., Atlanta, GA
(404) 352-2020
Illinois
Midwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury Care System (MRSCIS)
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Chicago, IL
(312) 238-2802
Massachusetts
Spaulding New England Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center
Charlestown, MA
(617) 952-6174
New Jersey
Northern New Jersey Spinal Cord Injury System
Kessler Foundation, West Orange, NJ
(973) 324-3567
New York
Mount Sinai Hospital Spinal Cord Injury Program
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, New York, NY
(212) 659-9369
Ohio
Northeast Ohio Regional Spinal Cord Injury System
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
(216) 778-8781
Ohio Regional Spinal Cord Injury Model System
Ohio State University, Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
(614) 366-3877
Pennsylvania
Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center of Delaware Valley
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
(215)955-6579
University of Pittsburgh Model Center on Spinal Cord Injury
UMPC Rehabilitation Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
(412) 232-7949
Texas
Texas Model Spinal Cord Injury System
TIRR Memorial Hermann, Houston, TX
(713) 797-5972
Follow-up Centers
These centers were previously funded Model Systems and continue to collect Form II follow-up data. New participants are not enrolled.
California – Santa Clara Valley Medical Center,
San Jose, CA (800) 352-1956
Michigan – University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, MI (734) 763-0971
Missouri – Columbia, Missouri
(collected by NSCISC (205) 934-3283)
Virginia – Fishersville, Virginia
(collected by NSCISC (205) 934-3283)
Washington – Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury System,
University of Washington, Seattle, WA (800) 366-5643