Sponsors

Our corporate, foundation, and institutional partners are showcased to our membership at our annual conference, in our publications, and throughout the year on our website, in appreciation of the critical role that they serve in promoting the mission of the American Paraplegia Society.

Through the generous support of these sponsors, scientific, educational and advocacy endeavors reach thousands of health care professionals and disabled consumers throughout the world.

United Spinal Association was founded in 1946 by paralyzed veterans to help enable members, as well as others with disabilities, to lead full and productive lives. http://www.unitedspinal.org/

A private foundation with the purpose of awarding grants to a broad spectrum of charities benefiting spinal cord injury (SCI) research and rehabilitation, cancer research, and children's charities. http://www.chnfoundation.org/

The Paralyzed Veterans of America, a congressionally chartered veterans service organization has developed a unique expertise on a wide variety of issues involving the special needs of our members—veterans. http://www.pva.org/

For more than 30 years Fogel Keating Wagner Polidori Shafner has been committed to aggressively representing and protecting the rights of injury victims. http://www.fkwlaw.com/team.asp

The CNS physicians direct the clinical interdisciplinary treatment teams at Craig Hospital and are supported by 140 consulting physicians representing the full spectrum of medical specialties. http://www.craighospital.org/About/medicalStaff.asp

Astra Tech develops and manufactures advanced healthcare devices and medical implants that improve the quality of life of those who use them. http://www.astratech.com/

The 53rd Annual Conference of the American Paraplegia Society, held on August 27-29, 2007 at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Kissimmee, Florida was made possible through grants, gifts and contributions of these sponsors. The APS meeting anchored the North American Spinal Cord Injury Conference and Disability Expo hosted by the United Spinal Association (USA). The disability expo consisted of the annual meetings of three well established societies, the American Paraplegia Society (APS), the American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Psychologists and Social Workers (AASCIPSW), and the American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Nurses (AASCIN) as well as the annual meeting of two new groups. We were proud to include n new groups this year, including physical and occupational therapists focused on the care of spinal cord injury patients as well as a large “consumer’s group” consisting of individuals with spinal cord injury/disease and their families.

In all, there were 842 health-care professionals that attended the Disability Expo. Two hundred thirty six specifically registered for the APS meeting and of these, 105 were affiliated with Veteran Administration Hospitals throughout the country. In addition to the 842 health-care professionals, 350 individuals with spinal cord injury/disease were also in attendance.

The 2007 APS Conference was an outstanding success. The sessions consisted of a balance between cutting-edge SCI research and the latest clinical care protocols addressing both out-patient and in-patient care. The clinical issues focused on the care of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), bracing use after spine surgery, male infertility, autonomic dysreflexia, and global aspects of SCI care. The research issues focused on stem cells and their role in SCI repair, pharmacological approaches to augment naturally occurring recovery after SCI, and combination therapies to improve repair of the injured spinal cord. There was also a session presented by representatives from the National Institutes of Health on NIH funding priorities and the types of research grants that are available for both clinicians and basic scientists interested in SCI research.

In addition to the above, there were three early-morning focus sessions and 40 poster presentations on various topics in spinal cord medicine. For more information on these topics, go to http://www.apssci.org/pdf/2007_abstracts.pdf.

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