Blessen Eapen is the Chief of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) Department at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System and is a Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Eapen is a physiatrist, researcher, and medical educator who has received numerous professional awards and honors and has authored many peer-reviewed publications, chapters and books in the field of rehabilitation medicine David Cifu is an American physiatrist, researcher, and medical educator. He is the Associate Dean for Innovation and System Integration in the School of Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, the chairman and Herman J. Flax M.D. Professor of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Virginia Commonwealth University, staff physiatrist at the Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Administration Medical Center, founding director of the VCU-Center for Rehabilitation Science and Engineering and senior TBI specialist in the Department of Veterans Affairs' Veterans Health Administration.

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• 1. Neurophysiology of the Spinal Cord2. Physiology and Pathophysiology3. Epidemiology, Risk Factors and Genetics4. Prevention of Spinal Cord Injury5. Clinical and basic researchSection 2: Acute Injury Assessment and Care6. Prehospital Evaluation and Management 7. Critical Care Management7. Neurological Assessment and Classification8. Medical and Surgical Options Management of Acute Spinal cord Injury8. Neuroimaging9. Electrodiagnostics in Spinal Cord Injury10. Functional Assessment11. Prognosis and Outcome Management12. Cardiovascular Management13. Autonomic DysreflexiaSection 3 : Medical Management14. Pulmonary15. Sleep disorders in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury16. Thromboembolism/DVT17. Neurogenic Bowel18. DYSPHAGIA AFTER SPINAL CORD INJURY 19. Neurogenic Bladder20. UROLOGICAL CONDITIONS IN PERSONS WITH SPINAL CORD INJURED21. Sexuality/ Reproductive22. WOMEN’S HEALTH AFTER SCI 23. Musculoskeletal Pain and Overuse Injuries 24. Heterotopic Ossification25. Spine Fractures, Dislocations, and Instability26. Scoliosis and Late Spine complications27. Spinal Orthosis28. POSTTRAUMATIC SYRINGOMYELIA29. Spasticity30. Thermoregulation and Sweating31. TBI and SCI32. Neuromodulatory and dis-modifying agents33. Pressure Injuries34. Nutrition, weight management and body composition35. Endocrine / Metabolic36. Infection. Immune NOS37. Pain38. Psychological39. Traumatic Myelopathy40. NON TRAUMATIC MYELOPATHIESSECTION 4: Myelopathy41. Myelopathy without specified etiology42. Healthcare maintenance43. Spinal Cord Injury and AgingSECTION 5: Long-Term Management and Outcomes44. Exercise and modalities45. FUNCTIONAL MOBILITY FOLLOWING SPINAL CORD INJURY 46. Activities of daily living47. COMMUNICATION AND SCI 48. PARTICIPATION: LIVING WITH SCI49. REHABILITATION TEAM