SCI Model Systems (clickable map)
The Model Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) System program, sponsored by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, U.S. Department of Education, supports innovative projects and research in the delivery, demonstration, and evaluation of medical, rehabilitation, vocational and other services to meet the needs of individuals with SCI.
NIDRR awards Model SCI System grants to institutions that are national leaders in medical research and patient care and provide the highest level of comprehensive specialty services, from the point of injury through rehabilitation and re-entry into full community life.
Each SCI Model System contributes to the national SCI database, participates in independent and collaborative research, and provides information and resources to individuals with SCI, their family and care givers, health care professionals and the general public.
Grants are awarded in five-year cycles. The current 2006-2011 cycle consists of 14 SCI Model System projects around the U.S. as well as one SCI data center that directs the collection, management and analysis of an ongoing national SCI database.
SCI Data Center
National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center
University of Alabama/Birmingham
http://www.uab.edu/NSCISC
SCI Model Systems
Alabama
UAB Model Spinal Cord Injury Care System
University of Alabama/Birmingham.
http://www.spinalcord.uab.edu/show.asp?durki=19769
sciweb@uab.edu; 205-934-3283
Colorado
The Rocky Mountain Regional Spinal Injury System
Craig Hospital, Englewood, CO
www.craighospital.org
Susie@craighospital.org; 303-789-8306
District of Columbia
National Capital Spinal Cord Injury Model System
National Rehabilitation Hospital |MedStar Research Institute, Washington, DC
http://www.ncscims.org/home/
manon.lauderdale@medstar.net; 202-877-1425
Georgia
Georgia Regional Spinal Cord Injury Care System
Shepherd Center, Inc., Atlanta, GA
http://www.shepherd.org/research/model-system-of-care
lesley_hudson@shepherd.org; 404-350-7591
Illinois
Midwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury Care System (MRSCIS)
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
http://www.ric.org/research/centers/MidwestRegionalSpinalCordInjuryCareSystem/
MRSCICS.aspx
312-238-0764
Massachusetts / Connecticut
New England Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center Network
Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA
Gaylord Hospital, Wallingford, CT
http://www.bmc.org/spinalcordinjurycenter.htm
sfanning@gaylord.org; 203-741-3348
Michigan
University of Michigan Model Spinal Cord Injury Care System
Ann Arbor, MI
http://www.med.umich.edu/pmr/modelsci/index.htm
model_sci@umich.edu; 734-763-0971
New Jersey
Northern New Jersey Spinal Cord Injury System
Kessler Foundation Research Center
West Orange, NJ
http://www.kesslerfoundation.org/research/lab/modelsys.php?lab=nnjscis
dtulsky@kesslerfoundation.org; 973-243-6849
New York
Mount Sinai Spinal Cord Injury Model System
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
http://www.mssm.edu/rehab/spinal/
james.cesario@mssm.edu; 212-659-9369
Ohio
Northeast Ohio Regional Spinal Cord Injury System
MetroHealth System, Cleveland, OH
http://www.metrohealth.org/body.cfm?id=2283
mroach@metrohealth.org; 216-778-8781
Pennsylvania
Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center of the Delaware Valley
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
http://www.spinalcordcenter.org/
Mary.Patrick@jefferson.edu; 215-955-6579
University of Pittsburgh Model Center on Spinal Cord Injury
Pittsburgh, PA
http://www.upmc-sci.org/
greekk@upmc.edu; 412-232-7949
Texas
Texas Model Spinal Cord Injury System
The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research (TIRR)
Houston, TX
http://www.texasmscis.org
dgraves@bcm.tmc.edu; 713-797-5946
Washington
Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury System
University of Washington, Seattle WA
http://sci.washington.edu/
nwrscis@u.washington.edu; 206-616-2183