SCI Science Perspectives

In this episode we talk to Dr. James Milligan about the paper "A Primary Care Provider’s Guide to Preventive Health After Spinal Cord Injury" https://doi.org/10.46292/sci2603-209) published in Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation.

James Milligan is a family physician with the Centre for Family Medicine Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. He is director of the CFFM Mobility Clinic, an interprofessional primary care clinic with a focus to improve primary care for individuals with spinal cord injury and other physical disabilities. The clinic is dedicated to clinical research in SCI in primary care, working closely with the Praxis Spinal Cord Institute and the former Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation. He is an Associate Clinical Professor at McMaster University and Adjunct Clinical Professor at Western University. He is a Clinical Specialist for Mobility and Falls with the Schlegel Research Institute for Aging.

In this episode we talk to Dr. James Milligan about the paper "A Primary Care Provider’s Guide to Preventive Health After Spinal Cord Injury" https://doi.org/10.46292/sci2603-209) published in Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation.

James Milligan is a family physician with the Centre for Family Medicine Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. He is director of the CFFM Mobility Clinic, an interprofessional primary care clinic with a focus to improve primary care for individuals with spinal cord injury and other physical disabilities. The clinic is dedicated to clinical research in SCI in primary care, working closely with the Praxis Spinal Cord Institute and the former Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation. He is an Associate Clinical Professor at McMaster University and Adjunct Clinical Professor at Western University. He is a Clinical Specialist for Mobility and Falls with the Schlegel Research Institute for Aging.

In this episode we talk about the International Standards for the Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury (ISNCSCI) exam--commonly referred to as the "ASIA exam"--with Dr. Steven Kirshblum. Our conversation is centered around Dr. Kirshblum's recent paper titled "Characterizing Natural Recovery after Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury" published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Neurotrauma in 2021 (10.1089/neu.2020.7473).

Note: the audio file for this episode was updated on 10 February 2022. There were no content changes, only aesthetic edits.

In this episode we talk about the International Standards for the Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury (ISNCSCI) exam with Dr. Steven Kirshblum via a conversation about his recent paper titled "Characterizing Natural Recovery after Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury" published in the Journal of Neurotrauma in 2021 (10.1089/neu.2020.7473).

Note: the audio file for this episode was updated on 10 February 2022. There were no content changes, only aesthetic edits.

In this administrative episode we speak with the founders and producers--Dr. Suzanne Groah, Dr. Marla Petriello, and Dr. David W. McMillan--about the anatomy and physiology of the SCI Science Perspectives podcast.