Neural Repair and Regeneration after Spinal Cord Injury and Spine Trauma

Dr. Fehlings is the Vice Chair Research for the Department of Surgery at the University of Toronto and Head of the Spinal Program at Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network. Dr. Fehlings is a Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Toronto, holds the Gerry and Tootsie Halbert Chair in Neural Repair and Regeneration, is a Scientist at the McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine and a McLaughlin Scholar in Molecular Medicine. He is currently Co-Director of the University of Toronto Spine Program and combines an active clinical practice in complex spinal surgery with a translationally oriented research program focused on discovering novel treatments to improve functional outcomes following spinal cord injury.Dr. Kwon is a surgeon-scientist with advanced training in spine surgery and also a PhD in neuroscience. He is a Professor in the UBC Department of Orthopaedics. As an attending orthopaedic spine surgeon at Vancouver General Hospital his practice is focused on the management of adult spine trauma, spinal cord injuries, and non-traumatic conditions such as spine infection, deformity, and degeneration. As a neuroscientist and Principal Investigator at ICORD, Dr. Kwon runs an active basic/translational research laboratory. Dr. Kwon is currently also serving as the Associate Director, Clinical Research, for ICORD, and is the Associate Scientific Director of the Rick Hansen Institute. Dr. Vaccaro has served as the president of Rothman Orthopaedics since 2014 and is the Richard H. Rothman Professor and Chairman in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Professor of Neurosurgery at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was the recipient of the Leon Wiltse award given for excellence in leadership and clinical research for spine care by the North American Spine Society (NASS) and is the past President of Cervical Spine Research Society (CSRS), the American Spinal Injury Association and the Association for Collaborative Spine Research. He is currently a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) Board of Directors.He has over 900 peer-reviewed and 200 non-peer reviewed publications. He has published over 372 book chapters and is the editor of over 63 textbooks and co-editor of OKU-Spine I and editor of OKU-8. Dr. Vaccaro also serves as Co-Director of the Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center of the Delaware Valley. Cumhur Öner obtained in 1980 his Medical Degree in Ankara, Turkey and did his orthopaedic surgery training in Rotterdam between 1987 and 1993. Since 1993 he works as an orthopaedic spine surgeon at the University Medical Centre Utrecht. He obtained his PhD (cum laude) in 1999 from the University of Utrecht. The work for his PhD thesis focused on the diagnostic and prognostic parameters in spinal trauma patients. He is the head of the neuro-orthopaedic spine unit since 2002. Cumhur Öner has actively participated in the foundation of the international Spine Trauma Study Group and is currently member of the steering committee of the Knowledge Forum Trauma of the AOSpine International. He has been involved in clinical spine research as well as the bone and intervertebral disc RM program in the UMC Utrecht. He was the president of the Dutch Spine Society between 2007-2011.

• 1. Anatomy (touch on both spine trauma and SCI)2. Epidemiology3. Classification Systems: Spine Trauma4. Classification Systems: SCI5. Outcome Measures6. Imaging: Spine Trauma7. Imaging: SCI (include advanced imaging techniques)8. Intraoperative imaging and Image Guidance9. Spine Trauma Management Issues: Upper C-spine10. Spine Trauma Management Issues: C-spine11. Spine Trauma Management Issues: Thoracic and Lumbar12. Spine Trauma Management Issues: Sacrum13. Spine Trauma Management Issues: Polytrauma14. Spine Trauma Management Issues: Geriatric15. Spine Trauma- areas of controversy and emerging concepts16. Traumatic Central Cord Injury17. SCI Management: Pathophysiology18. SCI Management: Role and Timing of Surgical Intervention19. SCI Management: ICU Management (including MPSS) + Drugs20. SCI Management: Rehabilitation21. SCI Management: Economic Impact22. Complications23. Neurochemical Biomarkers of Acute Spinal Cord Injury24. Clinical Trials: Drugs25. Clinical Trials: Regenerative Approaches26. Clinical Trials: Rehabilitation Approaches27. Translational Perspective: Neuroprotective Strategies for Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury28. Translational Perspective: Neuroregenerative Strategies for Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury29. Emerging Concepts in the clinical management of SCI for the future30. Translational Research in Spinal Cord Injury: What is in the Future?

“...focuses on understanding and developing strategies to promote the healing and recovery of the nervous system following damage to the spinal cord or spine…. [A]ims to summarize critical advancements in the SCI field, while providing great detail and creating a solid foundation for the current body of knowledge…. [and] covers a wide range of topics related to SCI, regeneration, and clinical practice guidelines…. The topics are well organized into chapters, which are complementary to one another and create a good flow of information... [A] comprehensive and valuable resource for individuals interested in the field of SCI and neural repair.” --©Doody’s Review Service, 2023, Morteza Sadeh, MD PhD (University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine)