The Epidural Stimulation Program focuses on 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

Enrico Rejc, PhD
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Principal Investigator

Charles Hubscher, PhD
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Principal Investigator

Beatrice Ugiliweneza, PhD, MSPH
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Principal Investigator

Yury Gerasimenko, PhD, D Sci
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Principal Investigator

Bonnie E. Legg Ditterline, PhD
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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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Glenn Hirsch, MD, MHS, FACC |

Kellen B. Choi, DO, FACOS |

Forest Arnold, DO, MSc, FIDSA |

Robert Bert, MD, PhD |

Marcus Stoddard, MD |
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Research Team
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Mariel Basa |

Kristen Benton |

Aaron Bullock |

Taylor Blades, MS |

Katelyn Brockman |

Manpreet Chopra |

Eric Davis |

Katie Fields |

Steven Gruneisen |

Kundan Joshi |

Kundan Joshi |

Darrius Lopez |

Matt Peveler, MS |

Dylan Pfost |
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Curtis Standafer |

Justin Vogt |
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Post Doctoral Fellows
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Collin Bowersock, PhD, MS |
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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 |

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
Epidural Stimulation Timeline
Motor Control
Cardiovascular and Respiratory
Bladder, Bowel and Sexual Function
Publications – Epidural Stimulation
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