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.

Projects are currently located in the following states:

Alabama

UAB Model Spinal Cord Injury Care System
Amie B. Jackson, MD
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Dept. of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
619 19th Street South, SRC 529
Birmingham, AL 35249-7330
Contact: Pam K. Mott, MA
voice: (205) 934-3334
fax: (205) 934-4642
tty: (205) 975-4691
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URL: http://main.uab.edu/show.asp?durki=10712

California

California Model Spinal Cord Injury System
Tamara Bushnik, Ph.D.
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Rehabilitation Research Center
751 S. Bascom Avenue
San Jose, CA 95128
Contact: Tamara Bushnik, Ph.D.
voice: (408) 793-6446
fax: (408) 793-6434
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URL: http://www.tbi-sci.org/sci.html

Regional Spinal Cord Injury Care System of Southern California
Robert L. Waters, MD and Rod Adkins, Ph.D.
Los Amigos Research and Education Institute, Inc. (LAREI)
Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center
7601 East Imperial Highway, HB 117
Downey, CA 90242-4155
Contact: Rod Adkins, Ph.D.
voice: (562) 401-7049
fax: (562) 803-5623
tty: (562) 803-4533
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URL: http://www.larei.org/sci.htm

Colorado

Rocky Mountain Regional Spinal Injury System (RMRSIS)
Daniel P. Lammertse, MD and Gale G. Whiteneck, Ph.D.
Craig Hospital
3425 South Clarkson Street
Englewood, CO 80113
Contact: Gale G. Whiteneck, Ph.D.
voice: (303) 789-8204
fax: (303) 789-8219
tty: (303) 789-8575
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URL: http://www.craighospital.org/Research/SCIModelsystems.asp

Florida

South Florida Regional Spinal Cord Injury Model System
Marca L. Sipski, MD
University of Miami
School of Medicine
P.O. Box 016960 (D-461)
Miami, FL 33101
Contact: Marca L. Sipski, MD
voice: (305) 324-4455 ext. 4433
fax: (305) 585-1340
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URL: http://www.SCI.med.miami.edu

Georgia

Georgia Regional Spinal Cord Injury Care System
David F. Apple, MD and Lesley M. Hudson, MA
Shepherd Center
Crawford Research Institute
2020 Peachtree Road, NW
Atlanta, GA 30309-1402
Contact: Lesley M. Hudson, MA
voice: (404) 350-7582
fax: (404) 355-1826
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URL: http://www.shepherd.org/

Massachusetts

New England Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center
Steve Williams, MD
NE Regional SCI Center
Boston Medical Center, Preston F511
732 Harrison Avenue
Boston, MA 02118-2393
Contact: Bethlyn Vergo Houlihan, MSW, M
voice: (617) 638-7380
fax: (617) 638-7313
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URL: http://www.bumc.bu.edu/Departments/PageMain.asp?Page=332&DepartmentID=91

Michigan

University of Michigan Model Spinal Cord Injury Care System
Denise G. Tate, Ph.D., ABPP and David R. Gater, MD, Ph.D.
University of Michigan
Dept. of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
300 North Ingalls, Room NI2A09
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0491
Contact: Claire Z. Kalpakjian, Ph.D.
voice: (734) 763-0971
fax: (734) 936-5492
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URL: http://www.med.umich.edu/pmr/modelsci/

Missouri

Missouri Model Spinal Cord Injury (MOMSCIS)
Laura Schopp, Ph.D. and Kristofer Hagglund
University of Missouri-Columbia
One Hospital Drive, DC046.46
Columbia, MO 65212
Contact: Larry D. Nossaman
voice: (573) 884-2899
fax: (573) 884-4936
tty: (573) 884-2902
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URL: ~http://www.hsc.missouri.edu/~momscis

New Jersey

Northern New Jersey Spinal Cord Injury System
David Tulsky, Ph.D.
Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corp. (KMRREC)
1199 Pleasant Valley Way
West Orange, NJ 07052-1499
Contact: David Tulsky, Ph.D.
voice: (973) 243-6849
fax: (973) 243-3527
tty: (973) 243-6916
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URL: http://www.kmrrec.org/KM/nnjscis/index.php3

New York

Mount Sinai Spinal Cord Injury Model System
Kristjan T. Ragnarsson, MD
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1240
New York, NY 10029-6574
Contact: Marcel Dijkers, Ph.D.
voice: (212) 659-8587
fax: (212) 348-5901
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URL: http://www.mssm.edu/rehab/spinal/

Pennsylvania

Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center of the Delaware Valley (RSCICDV)
John F. Ditunno, Jr., MD
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
132 S. 10th Street, 375 Main Bldg.
Philadelphia, PA 19107-5244
Contact: Mary Patrick, RN
voice: (215) 955-6579
fax: (215) 955-5152
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URL: http://www.spinalcordcenter.org

University of Pittsburgh Model Center on Spinal Cord Injury (UPMC-SCI)
Michael L. Boninger, MD
University of Pittsburgh
Human Engineering Research Laboratories
7180 Highland Dr., 151R-1
Pittsburgh, PA 15206
Contact: Rosemarie Cooper, MPT
voice: (412) 365-4850
fax: (412) 365-4858
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URL: http://www.upmc-sci.org

Texas

Texas Model Spinal Cord Injury System
William H. Donovan, MD and Daniel E. Graves, Ph.D. and Kenneth Parsons, MD
The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research (TIRR)
1333 Moursund St.
Houston, TX 77030-3405
Contact: Karen A. Hart-Tudor, Ph.D.
voice: (713) 797-5946
fax: (713) 799-5025
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URL: http://www.bcm.edu/pm&r/sci/research/modelsystem/

Virginia

VCU Model Spinal Cord Injury System
William O. McKinley, MD and David X. Cifu, MD
Virginia Commonwealth University
School of Medicine
PO Box 980661
Dept. of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Richmond, VA 23298-0661
Contact: Michelle Meade, Ph.D.
voice: (804) 828-0955
fax: (804) 828-5074
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URL: http://www.sci.pmr.vcu.edu

Washington

Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury System
Diana D. Cardenas, MD
University of Washington
Box 356490
Seattle, WA 98105-6613
Contact: Cynthia Salzman
voice: (206) 685-3999
fax: (206) 685-3244
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URL: http://depts.washington.edu/rehab/sci