The Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center’s Epidural Stimulation Program focuses on studying the combination of neuromodulation and rehabilitation strategies to restore motor function in individuals with spinal cord injury. We study various aspects of motor recovery including movement, standing, and locomotion. We understanding how controlled electrical stimulation to the lower portion (lumbosacral) of the spinal cord enables the recovery of specific functions of the nervous system.
Our mission is to advance the continuum of care and cure.
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Program Overview
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Director

Claudia Angeli, PhD
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Principal Investigator

Susan Harkema, PhD
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Principal Investigator

Maxwell Boakye, MD
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Principal Investigator

Alex Ovechkin, MD, PhD
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Principal Investigator

Beatrice Ugiliweneza, PhD, MSPH
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Principal Investigator

Charles Hubscher, PhD
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Principal Investigator

Yury Gerasimenko, PhD, D Sci
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Medical Team
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Clinical Director

Maxwell Boakye, MD
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Sarah Wagers, MD
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Darryl Kaelin, MD
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Forest Arnold, DO, MSc, FIDSA |

Robert Bert, MD, PhD |

Marcus Stoddard, MD |
Research Team
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Mariel Basa |

Manpreet Chopra |

Eric Davis |

Katie Fields |

Steven Gruneisen |

Isabelle Kuo |

Matt Peveler, MS |

Dylan Pfost |
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Catherine Reis |

Curtis Standafer |
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Post Doctoral Fellows
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Collaborators
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Sunil Agrawal, PhD
Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine, Columbia University |

Ona Bloom, PhD
Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research |

V. Reggie Edgerton, PhD
UCLA Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, Neurobiology and Neurosurgery |

Gail Forrest, PhD
Kessler Foundation,
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School |

Robert Grossman, MD
Houston Methodist, Neurosurgery, Institute for Academic Medicine |

James Guest, MD, PhD
The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, Miami, Florida |

Noam Harel, MD, PhD
James J Peters VA Medical Center, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai |

Steven Kirshblum, MD
Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation; Chair and Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School |

Andrei Krassioukov, MD, PhD
University of British Columbia, Department of Medicine, ICORD |

Todd Linsenmeyer, MD
Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation; Director of Urology Services |

Michael C. Park, MD, PhD
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Minnesota |

Jill M. Wecht, Ed D
James J Peters VA Medical Center, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai |
Sponsors
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Epidural Stimulation Program
Motor Control
Studies
Proof of Principle
Interventions
Cardiovascular and Respiratory
Studies
Proof of Principle
Inter-system Participation
Interventions
Bladder, Bowel, and Sexual Function
Studies
Publications: Epidural Stimulation
Epidural Stimulation Timeline
KSCIRC Research Labs
KSCIRC Motor Systems
KSCIRC Autonomic Systems
KSCIRC Neurophysiology
KSCIRC Engineering
KSCIRC Research Medical
KSCIRC Biostatistics Outcomes, Database, and Communications
KSCIRC Finance and Administration
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