Research interests and specialties
 Spinal cord injury
 Transition to adulthood
 Infectious disease

Year started practice: 1978

Certifications 
 Pediatrics
 Spinal Cord Injury Medicine

Undergraduate Education
 Northwestern University

Medical Education
 University of Illinois

Residency
 Yale New Haven Hospital

Fellowships
 Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Michael Reese Medical
 Center/University of Chicago

Memberships in professional/support groups
 American Spinal Injury Association (Board of
   Directors)
 American Paraplegia Society (Board of 
   Directors and President-Elect)
 International Spinal Cord Society
 Consortium for Spinal Cord Medicine 
    (Chairman, Steering Committee)
 American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and 
   Developmental Medicine
 American Academy of Pediatrics
 Chicago Pediatric Society (past president)
 Institute of Medicine of Chicago
 Pediatric Infectious Disease Society

Phone: (773) 385 5528
Email 

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