Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Awareness Day 2007
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
12:00 noon to 1:00 pm
Massachusetts State House
Nurses Hall
Join people living with SCI at the State House in Boston for the Annual SCI Awareness Month Proclamation and Presentation. This years program will include
Massachusetts State Representatives together with representatives from the National Spinal Cord injury Association, the New England Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center at Boston Medical Center, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, the Chrisotpher and Dana Reeve Foundation, and the Paralyzed Veterans Association.
Confirmed Speakers:
Joe Canose, Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation
Robert Konieczko, Personal Perspective
M. William Lensch, Ph.D., Harvard Stem Cell Institute
Kevin O'Connor, MD, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Travis Roy, Travis Roy Foundation
Sunil Sabharwal, MD, VA Spinal Cord Injury Service
Harley Thomas, Paralyzed Veterans Association, National SCI Association
Steve Williams, MD, New England Regional SCI Center at BMC
SCI Awareness Month is a collaboration of Massachusetts rehabilitation facilities, consumer organizations, legislators, policy makers and advocates, working towards a common goal to increase funding available for spinal cord injury research in Massachusetts.
Please feel free to email me for more information!
Monday, August 6, 2007
September is "Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Awareness Month"
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