SCI Science Perspectives
Episodes
Scholarly EP057 - Understanding Autonomic Dysreflexia and Addressing Hemodynamic Instability with Dr. Aaron Phillips
03 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Join us in this episode for a conversation with Aaron Phillips, PhD, scientist and Associate Dean of the Medical School at the University of Calgary. ...
Community EP058 - Understanding and Controlling High and Low Blood Pressure with Dr. Aaron Phillips
03 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Join us in this episode for a conversation with Aaron Phillips, PhD, scientist and Associate Dean of the Medical School at the University of Calgary. ...
Community EP056 - Trading Stimulation for Overactive Bladder Medications with Dr. Argy Stampas
13 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Join us in this episode for a conversation with Argyrios “Argy” Stampas, MD, physiatrist, Vice Chair of Research and Innovation and Full Professor...
Scholarly EP055 - Self-Administered Neuromodulation for Neurogenic Bladder with Dr. Argy Stampas
13 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Join us in this episode for a conversation with Argyrios “Argy” Stampas, MD, physiatrist, Vice Chair of Research and Innovation and Full Professor...
Community EP054 - Managing Pain Without Drugs with Dr. Linda Ehrlich-Jones
23 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Join us this episode for a conversation with Linda Ehrlich-Jones, RN, PhD, Associate Director of the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research at Sh...
Scholarly EP053 - Non-Pharmacological Pain Interventions with Dr. Linda Ehrlich-Jones
23 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Join us this episode for a conversation with Linda Ehrlich-Jones, RN, PhD, Associate Director of the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research at Sh...
Administrative EP052 - The National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center (NSCISC) coalesces data from the Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems Centers (SCIMS), a network of com...
Community EP051 - Continuing to Shorten the ISNCSCI (or "ASIA") Exam with Dr. Stephen Burns
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join us this episode for a conversation with Stephen Burns, MD, physiatrist, Professor of PM&R at University of Washington School of Medicine in S...
Scholarly EP050 - Version 2 of the "Expedited" ISNCSCI with (E-ISNCSCI) Dr. Stephen Burns
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join us this episode for a conversation with Stephen Burns, MD, physiatrist, Professor of PM&R at University of Washington School of Medicine in S...
Community EP049 - Early Delivery of a Drug Against Nogo-A with Dr. Norbert Weidner
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join us this episode for a conversation with Norbert Weidner, MD, Professor and Chair of the Spinal Cord Injury Center at Heidelberg University Hospit...
Scholarly EP048 - the Neuroimmunophilin Nogo-A Antibody in Spinal Cord Injury (NISCI) trial with Dr. Norbert Weidner
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join us this episode for a conversation with Norbert Weidner, MD, Professor and Chair of the Spinal Cord Injury Center at Heidelberg University Hospit...
Combined EP047 - Lived-Experience Neurotech Development with Jen French and Ian Burkhart
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join us in this episode for a conversation with Jen French and Ian Burkhart, leaders of neurotech development movements and users of implanted neurolo...
Community EP046 - Argentinian Gait Rehabilitation with Dr. Terson de Paleville and Mr. Marcelo Gatti
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join us this episode for a conversation with Daniela Terson de Paleville, PhD, professor of Physiology at the University of Louisville School of Medic...
Scholarly EP045 - Argentinian Gait Rehabilitation with Dr. Terson de Paleville and Mr. Marcelo Gatti
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join us this episode for a conversation with Daniela Terson de Paleville, PhD, professor of Physiology at the University of Louisville School of Medic...
Combined EP044 - Unite 2 Fight Paralysis (U2FP) and their Cure Advocacy Network (CAN)
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join us in this episode for a conversation with Matthew Rodreick, Executive Director of Unite 2 Fight Paralysis (U2FP). Matt offers a concise perspect...
Community EP043 - Mapping Trunk Control and Rehabilitation with Dr. Bharad Nandakumar
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join us this episode for a conversation with Bharadwaj "Bharad" Nandakumar, PhD, of The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, for a conversation about the ...
Scholarly EP042 - Mapping Trunk Control and Rehabilitation with Dr. Bharad Nandakumar
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join us this episode for a conversation with Bharadwaj "Bharad" Nandakumar, PhD, of The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, for a conversation about the ...
Community EP041 - Launching Non-Invasive Electrical Spinal Cord Stimulation with Dr. Jim Guest
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join us this episode for a conversation with Dr. James D. Guest, MD, PhD, of The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, for a conversation about the paper t...
Scholarly EP040 - Pivotal Transcutaneous Electrical Spinal Cord Stimulation with Dr. Jim Guest
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join us this episode for a conversation with Dr. James D. Guest, MD, PhD, of The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, for a conversation about the paper t...
Community EP039 - Bringing People Living with SCI into the Medical Classroom with Drs. Ona Bloom and Adam Stein
01 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for the episode for a conversation with Drs. Ona Bloom and Adam Stein on the topic of including people living with spinal cord injury (SCI) in...
Scholarly EP038 - Bringing People Living with SCI into the Medical Classroom with Drs. Ona Bloom and Adam Stein
01 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for the episode for a conversation with Drs. Ona Bloom and Adam Stein on the topic of including people living with spinal cord injury (SCI) in...
Administrative EP037 - The 2024 Annual Meeting
11 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join us in this episode for throwback to conversations from the 2024 American Spinal Injury Association annual scientific meeting in Puerto Rico. Alon...
Community EP036 - Staying Up To Date on the Neurological Exam with Dr. Rudiger Rupp
02 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) founded and now develops the International Standards for the Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord ...
Scholarly EP035 - Staying Up To Date on the ISNCSCI with Dr. Rudiger Rupp
02 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) institutionalized, and now stewards, the International Standards for the Neurological Classification of ...
Scholarly EP033 - Motherhood after SCI with Dr. Allison Kessler
16 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join us in this episode for a conversation with Allison Kessler, MD, MSc on the topic of motherhood after spinal cord injury (SCI). In this conversati...
Community EP034 - Motherhood after SCI with Dr. Allison Kessler
16 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join us in this episode for a conversation with Allison Kessler, MD, MSc on the topic of motherhood after spinal cord injury (SCI). In this conversati...
Community EP032 - The Time is Now for Nontraumatic SCI
22 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join us in this episode for a panel conversation on nontraumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) with Alexandra Bennewith, MPA, Keara McNair, OTR/L, BCPR, AT...
Scholarly EP031 - The Time Is Now for Nontraumatic SCI
22 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join us in this episode for a panel conversation on expert consensus, best practices, and future directions for classifying and tracking outcomes for ...
Community EP030 - Spasticity and Early Motor Recovery after SCI with Dr. Sina Sangari
08 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join us this episode for a conversation with Dr. Sina Sangari of the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab for a conversation about the paper titled "Spasticity Pre...
Scholarly EP029 - Spasticity and Early Motor Recovery after SCI with Dr. Sina Sangari
08 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join us this episode for a conversation with Dr. Sina Sangari of the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab for a conversation about the paper titled "Spasticity Pre...
Community EP028 - SpineX's Neuromodulation for Incontinence with Dr. Parag Gad
13 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join us this episode for a conversation with Dr. Parag Gad, co-founder and CEO of SpineX, for a conversation about the Spinal Cord Neuromodulator by S...
Scholarly EP027 - SpineX's Neuromodulation for Incontinence with Dr. Parag Gad
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join us this episode for a conversation with Dr. Parag Gad, co-founder and CEO of SpineX, for a conversation about the Spinal Cord Neuromodulator by S...
Community EP026 - Clinical Autonomics and Sleep with Dr. Gino Panza
26 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join us this episode for a conversation with Dr. Gino Panza for a conversation about the interaction of autonomic dysfunction, the brain, and sleep. D...
Scholarly EP025 - Clinical Autonomics and Sleep with Dr. Gino Panza
26 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join us this episode for a conversation with Dr. Gino Panza for a conversation about the interaction of autonomics, the brain, and sleep. Dr. Panza ta...
Scholarly EP023 - Past, Present, and Future of Riluzole in Acute SCI with Dr. Michael Fehlings
22 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join us this episode for a conversation with Dr. Michael Fehlings, the most cited neurosurgeon ever on the topic of spinal cord injury (https://doi.or...
Community EP024 - Past, Present, and Future of Riluzole in Acute SCI with Dr. Michael Fehlings
22 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join us this episode for a conversation with Dr. Michael Fehlings, the most cited neurosurgeon ever on the topic of spinal cord injury (https://doi.or...
Scholarly EP022 - the Spinal Cord Injury Medicine Fellowship (SCIMF)
20 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features two insider perspectives on the Spinal Cord Injury Medicine Fellowship (SCIMF) that leads to the boarded "SCI docs". Dr. Doug Ot...
Administrative EP021 - ASIA 2023 Awardees
08 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this administrative episode we speak with some of this year's recipients of the Annual Awards of ASIA, awarded as part of the ASIA 2023 Annual Scie...
Community EP020 - Electrical Stimulation for Cough with Stephane Philippe-Ratway
30 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for this scholarly episode where Stephane Philippe-Ratway, a Speech-Language Pathologist, discusses her Craig H. Neilsen Foundation Allied Hea...
Scholarly EP019 - Electrical Stimulation for Cough with Stephane Philippe-Ratway
30 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for this scholarly episode where Stephane Philippe-Ratway, a Speech-Language Pathologist, discusses her Craig H. Neilsen Foundation Allied Hea...
Community EP018 - SCI Respiratory Rehab in Latin America with Dr. Isaac Hernández Jiménez
12 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we speak with Isaac Hernández Jiménez, M.D., about their paper titled "The state of spinal cord injury respiratory rehabilitation i...
Scholarly EP017 - SCI Respiratory Rehab in Latin America with Dr. Isaac Hernández Jiménez
12 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we speak with Isaac Hernández Jiménez, M.D., about their paper titled "The state of spinal cord injury respiratory rehabilitation i...
Scholarly EP015 – ASIA's The SCI Traveler with Dr. Niña Carmela Tamayo
14 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we speak with Dr. Niña Carmela Tamayo about the resource document "The SCI Traveler: Navigating Barriers to Domestic and Internation...
Community EP016 – ASIA's The SCI Traveler with Dr. Niña Carmela Tamayo
14 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we speak with Dr. Niña Carmela Tamayo about the resource document "The SCI Traveler: Navigating Barriers to Domestic and Internation...
Community EP014 – Implanted Spinal Cord Stimulation for Cardiovascular Control with Dr. Aaron Phillips
21 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we speak with Dr. Aaron Phillips about the paper titled "Neuroprosthetic baroreflex controls haemodynamics after spinal cord injury" ...
Scholarly EP013 – Epidural Spinal Cord Stimulation for Cardiovascular Control with Dr. Aaron Phillips
21 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we speak with Dr. Aaron Phillips about the paper titled "Neuroprosthetic baroreflex controls haemodynamics after spinal cord injury" ...
Administrative EP011 – ASIA 2022 Awardees: Named Awards
28 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this administrative episode we speak with this year's six recipients of named awards, awarded as part of the ASIA 2022 Annual Scientific Meeting. E...
Administrative EP012 – ASIA 2022 Awardees: Oral and Poster Awards
28 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this administrative episode we speak with this year's six recipients of oral or poster awards, awarded as part of the ASIA 2022 Annual Scientific M...
Administrative EP010 – Presidential Handoff with Dr. Andrei Krassioukov and Dr. Suzanne Groah
26 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we speak with Dr. Andrei Krassioukov and Dr. Suzanne Groah about their American Spinal Injury Association presidency. Parts of this e...
Community EP009 – Robotic Legs for Blood Pressure, Live from the 2022 Meeting, with Dr. Jacob Long
23 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talk to Dr. Jacob Long about their 2019 Neilsen-ASIA Research Award project titled "Does the Speed of Robotic Leg Movements During ...
Scholarly EP008 – Robotic Legs for Blood Pressure, Live from the 2022 Meeting, with Dr. Jacob Long
23 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talk to Dr. Jacob Long about their 2019 Neilsen-ASIA Research Award project titled "Does the Speed of Robotic Leg Movements During ...
Community EP007 - Pandemic progress with Dr. Melina Longoni Di Gusto and Nishu Tyagi
22 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we speak with Dr. Melina Longoni Di Giusto and Nishu Tyagi about the paper titled "COVID-19 and spinal cord injury and disease: resul...
Scholarly EP006 - Pandemic progress with Dr. Melina Longoni Di Gusto and Nishu Tyagi
22 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we speak with Dr. Melina Longoni Di Giusto and Nishu Tyagi about the paper titled "COVID-19 and spinal cord injury and disease: resul...
Community EP005 - Primary Care for SCI with Dr. James Milligan
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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:...
Scholarly EP004 - Primary Care for SCI with Dr. James Milligan
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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:...
Community EP003 - The ASIA Exam with Dr. Steven Kirshblum
02 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talk about the International Standards for the Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury (ISNCSCI) exam--commonly referred ...
Scholarly EP002 - The ISNCSCI Exam with Dr. Steven Kirshblum
02 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talk about the International Standards for the Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury (ISNCSCI) exam with Dr. Steven Kir...
Admin EP001 - Welcome to SCI Science Perspectives
19 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this administrative episode we speak with the founders and producers--Dr. Suzanne Groah, Dr. Marla Petriello, and Dr. David W. McMillan--about the ...