Epidural Stimulation Program – Victory Over Paralysis

The Epidural Stimulation Program focuses on studying the combination of neuromodulation and rehabilitation strategies to restore motor function in individuals with spinal cord injury. We study various aspects of motor recovery including movement, standing, and locomotion. We 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.
Program Overview

Director Claudia Angeli, PhD
Principal Investigator Susan Harkema, PhD	Principal Investigator Maxwell Boakye, MD	Principal Investigator Alex Ovechkin, MD, PhD
Principal Investigator Enrico Rejc, PhD	Principal Investigator Charles Hubscher, PhD
Principal Investigator Beatrice Ugiliweneza, PhD, MSPH	Principal Investigator Yury Gerasimenko, PhD, D Sci
Medical Team
Clinical Director Maxwell Boakye, MD	Sarah Wagers, MD	Darryl Kaelin, MD
Glenn Hirsch, MD, MHS, FACC	Kellen B. Choi, DO, FACOS	Forest Arnold, DO, MSc, FIDSA
Robert Bert, MD, PhD	Marcus Stoddard, MD
Research Team
Mariel Basa	Katelyn Brockman	Taitlyn Chapman
Manpreet Chopra	Eric Davis	Katie Fields
Steven Gruneisen	Isabelle Kuo	Darrius Lopez
Matt Peveler, MS	Dylan Pfost	Catherine Reis
Curtis Standafer	Justin Vogt

Post Doctoral Fellows


Collaborators
Sunil Agrawal, PhD Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine, Columbia University	Ona Bloom, PhD Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research	V. 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