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Board of Directors
Paul A. Volcker, Chairman of the Board of DirectorsOFFICERS
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James C. Stearns, Esq., President
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Jerome Belson, Vice President
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Jack Weinstein, Vice President and General Counsel
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Kenneth R. Auerbach, Treasurer
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Stuart Kovensky, Assistant Treasurer
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Ara Cohen, Secretary
| Loreen Arbus Sanford Astor, Esq. Kenneth Auerbach Jerome Belson Frank Bennack, Jr. Phil Blazer Peter Catalano Ara Cohen George S. Dolim Richard Donovan Bonny Dore Teresa Fausti Lewis Frumkes Maxine Goldenson Margaret Goldsmith Murray Goldstein, DO Warren Grundfest, MD |
Jules Haimovitz Michael Hausman John B. Hess Dzana Homan Avi Kerbs Stuart Kovensky George W. Liebmann, Jr Joseph T. Lynyak, III Alfred Mann Claude Mann Fletcher McDowell, MD Paul Belton Meyer, MD Burton Mirsky Charles Moses, III. Esq. Thomas S. Murphy JoanAnn Natola Ellen Oppenheim |
Ronald O. Perlman Deborah Raffin Martin J. Raynes Shelley Reid Taryn Rose, MD Patrick G. Ryan Jack Schillinger Samuel C. Schwab Peter W. Shapiro Spyros S. Skouras Donna Smith James C. Stearns, Esq. Lance Tarrance, Jr. Donald Trump Paul A. Volcker Jack Weinstein, Esq. Martin J. Wygod |
Emeritus Board Members
| Steven Ames Mrs. Norma Dana William Harrison Thomas Johnson Fred Joseph F. M. Kirby John W. Kluge |
Robert MacDonald, Esq. Guy McKhann, MD David Meltzer Edward J. Minskoff Peter Moses Mrs. Carroll Petrie Frank J. Petrilli I. Martin Pompadur |
Francis C. Rooney, Jr. Ralph Shapiro Walter V. Shipley Michael Simonson, Esq. Richard A. Smith Carl Spielvogel Howard Stringer |
Staff
- Mindy L. Aisen, MD
Director and CEO
- Nancy H. Maher, PhD
Deputy Director
- Gloria McDowell-Lewis
Executive Assistant
Mindy Lipson Aisen, M.D. was named Director and CEO of the United Cerebral Palsy Research and Educational Foundation, now known as the Cerebral Palsy International Research Foundation in September 2005. Dr. Aisen’s first “job” (at age 18) was designing toys for children receiving care at the Kennedy Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital in Brighton, Massachusetts; one of the toys is now on permanent exhibit at the MIT museum.
Dr. Aisen graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS mechanical engineering) and the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (MD). She completed post doctoral clinical training in Neurology at The New York Hospital/Cornell University, and is Board Certified in Neurology. She remained on faculty at Cornell and became Associate Professor and Director of Spinal Injury; it was at this time Dr Aisen was interviewed by USA Today to comment about Christopher Reeve, his prognosis and extent of his injuries. After returning home, Reeve made contact with Aisen and was interested in seeing the Burke/Cornell clinical facilities. It was because of Reeve that a body weight supported treadmill was developed at the Burke Rehabilitation Center/Cornell University.
As Aisen moved on to serve as National Director of Rehabilitation Research and Development for the Department of Veterans Affairs in Washington DC, Reeve became one of her most powerful “colleagues and allies ” when seeking out research dollars for veterans with spinal injury. Reeve was generous with his time and energy and worked tirelessly with Aisen for improving care and research relevant to neurological rehabilitation.
As former President of the American Society of Neurorehabilitation, Dr. Aisen is a former member of the Board of Directors of the American Society of Experimental Neural Therapeutics and the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Neurology.
Scientific Advisory Council
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Murray Goldstein D.O., MPH, FAAN – Chair Bethesda, MD Mark F. Abel, M.D. Medical Director, Motion Analysis & Motor Performance Laboratory Professor of Orthopedic Surgery/Pediatrics Kluge Children's Rehab. & Research Institute Charlottesville, VA William W. Andrews, M.D. University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL Dawna Armstrong, M.D. Department of Pathology Baylor College of Medicine Houston, Texas Clifford Brubaker, Ph.D. Professor and Dean University of Pittsburgh School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Pittsburgh, PA Diane L. Damiano, Ph.D., PT Director of Biomechanics The Rehabilitation Medicine Department, Biomechanics Laboratory NIH Clinical Center Bethesda, MD Edward Dabrowski, M.D. Division Chief Pediatric PM&R Motion Analysis Laboratory Detroit Medical Center, Rehab. Center Novi Novi, MI Stephen A. Fausti, Ph.D. Director of National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research Portland VA Medical Center Donna Ferriero, M.D. Vice Chair, Division of Child Neurology Neonatal Brain Disorders Center University of California San Francisco San Francisco, CA |
Alan Leviton, M.D. Children's Hospital Department of Neurology Director, Neuroepidemiology Unit Professor of Neurology Boston, MA Phillip Nelson M.D. The National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD Nigel Paneth, M.D., MPH Michigan State University East Lansing, MI Roberto Romero, M.D. Chief, Perinatology Research Branch Intramural Division, NICHD Hutzel Hospital Detroit, MI Michael J. Rosen, Ph.D. Research Associate Professor Department of Physical Therapy University of Vermont Peter L. Rosenbaum, M.D. F.R.C.P. Co-Director Centre for Childhood Disability Research (CanChild) Institute for Applied Health Sciences McMaster University Hamilton, ON Robert Ruff, M.D., Ph.D. Chief of Neurology Dept of Veterans Affairs Cleveland VA Medical Center George F. Wittenberg, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Neurology University of Maryland Baltimore, Maryland Deborah Gaebler-Spira, M.D. Associate Professor The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Pediatric Rehabilitation Program Chicago, IL |
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