Our department at the Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals conference
Salt Lake City, Utah
Faculty and trainees from the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at UW Medicine will present research and educational sessions at the Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals (ASCIP) annual conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, September 7-10, 2026. The presentations cover spinal cord injury rehabilitation, clinical care, adaptive sports, and veteran health.
Schedules are subject to change, check the ASCIP conference website for more details.
Monday, September 7
3:20-4:20 p.m. | Under Pressure: Managing Respiratory, GI, & Blood Pressure Complications
Late-Onset Respiratory Failure in Individuals with Chronic Spinal Cord Injury
Megan Gillum, MD (15-minute presentation)
Tuesday, September 8
10:20-11:20 a.m. | Home Front: Optimizing Transitions and Quality of Life for Veterans
Characteristics of Veterans With New Onset Spinal Cord Injury Due to Violence-Related Etiologies
Jelena Svircev, MD (15-minute presentation)
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | Rehab Redefined: New Frontiers in Therapy and Fitness
Optimizing Therapy Participation in SCI Rehabilitation: Review of the Science
Charles H. Bombardier, PhD, ABPP (30-minute presentation)
Wednesday, September 9
9:55-10:55 a.m. | Collaborative Adaptive Sports Fitting
Gearing Up Together: An Interdisciplinary Team Approach for Providing Adaptive Sports Equipment
Jelena Svircev, MD; co-presented with Kathleen Decina, PT, DPT; Mia Mortensen, CTRS; Kendra Betz, MSPT, ATP (60-minute presentation)