SCI Care: What Really Matters

Send us Fan Mail In this conversation, Heather Pownall interviews Stephen Muldoon, the ISCOS Education Chair, during the ISCoS 2022 meeting in Vancouver. They discuss the value of both face-to-face conferences and virtual platforms, discussing their respective benefits and how they can complement each other to promote accessibility, education, and idea sharing in the field of spinal cord injury ca...

Send us Fan Mail In this bonus  episode, Eric Wetz and Geraldine Jman discuss the work the ISCOS Disaster Committee have been doing, covering how to help SCI patients in an area of crisis such as Afghanistan, as well as including distance learning and the work on the SCI toolkit ISCOS has been working on with the WHO. We hope you enjoy it.  The opinions of our host and guests are their own; ISCoS...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we do things a little bit differently as we find out more about the company Aneuvo and who better than to interview founder Yi Kai than the company's VP of Global Marketing and Strategy, Katie Valez.  We hope you enjoy it.  The opinions of our host and guests are their own; ISCoS does not endorse any individual viewpoints, given products or companies.  You ca...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Dr. Jane Duff speaks with Ty Van Demon and Kimberly Monan to discuss the multidisciplinary attendance of the psychosocial pre-conference and how psychology and psychosocial care are so important in SCI.  The opinions of our host and guests are their own; ISCoS does not endorse any individual viewpoints, given products or companies.  You can follow us on Twitter an...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Jennifer Coker chats with Dr Andrew Park, a colleague and friend from Craig Hospital. They talk about first-time attendees, light bulb moments, and coming out of isolation.  The opinions of our host and guests are their own; ISCoS does not endorse any individual viewpoints, given products or companies.  You can follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn Contact us directly...

Send us Fan Mail In this bonus episode,  ISCOS President, Professor. Ruth Marshall and Walt Lawrence, an SCI peer mentor, who has worked tirelessly to help other people with SCI regain Hope and independence have a lovely discussion as Walt shares his story and their chance meeting in 1986.  The opinions of our host and guests are their own; ISCoS does not endorse any individual viewpoints, given p...

Send us Fan Mail In this bonus episode, our team caught up with Sue Cross, a physiotherapist from Stoke Mandeville Hospital. Sue has now joined the ISCOS Education Committee, and in this conversation she discusses the importance of resources such as the ISCOS   eLearn and textbook and how beneficial it is to attend an ISCOS meeting in person and immerse yourself with your peers and like-minded peo...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, our ISCoS education chair Stephen Muldoon talks with Nepalese students Surjana Bootun and Bina Gywali to discuss attending ISCoS 2022 and what learnings they can take back to Nepal. Here is what they have to say The opinions of our host and guests are their own; ISCoS does not endorse any individual viewpoints, given products or companies.  You can follow us on Tw...

Send us Fan Mail In this bonus conversation, Prof Ruth Marshall talks with Praxis Indigenous People’s Liaison Richard Peter.  The opinions of our host and guests are their own; ISCoS does not endorse any individual viewpoints, given products or companies.  You can follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn Contact us directly with any questions or comments at iscos@associationsltd.co.uk

Send us Fan Mail In this bonus episode, Dr Jennifer Coker speaks with Merna Seliman and Nattha Boonthanakorn about their experience as first-time attendees as SRI grantees and the importance of such grants.  The opinions of our host and guests are their own; ISCoS does not endorse any individual viewpoints, given products or companies.  You can follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn Contact us directly...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Dr Jennifer Coker has a  wonderful discussion with the Spinal Research Institute CEO Kristine Hendry and Emma Peleg, the International Spinal Cord Research Collaborations Manager and the importance of their partnership with ISCoS and offering grants to early career researchers to attend ISCoS meetings throughout the years including ISCoS 2022.  Enjoy listening.  T...

Send us Fan Mail In this inspirational episode, we have the privilege of hearing the unique patient perspective of a surgeon who operated on SCI patients prior to his own spinal injury. Mr Mohammed Belal is a consultant urologist who has treated many SCI patients during his medical career. In 2021 he had a cycling accident and sustained a spinal cord injury which saw him undergo many months of reh...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of ‘SCI Care: What Really Matters’ we focus on sharing information on the technological innovations in our field with a discussion about transcutaneous spinal stimulation (TSS). Our guest host for this episode is Dr Daniel Graves, Professor and Associate Dean of Research at the College of Rehabilitation Sciences and Vice-chairman of Rehabilitation Medicine at Thoma...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of ‘SCI Care: What really Matters’ we talk about how to reduce the risks associated with long-term intermittent catheterisation. Our host is John Thomson, clinical education manager for Wellspect, UK. John has worked in the medical device industry for over 20 years, having formerly been a nurse, and has worked in the field of intermittent catheterisation for approx...

Send us Fan Mail 'It’s about making sure that the family can see how that's going to fit in with their child for the here and now, but also I'm very much thinking I've got to hand this child on to adult services with two good kidneys. It's about not just the continence, but keeping the kidneys healthy into adulthood.' – Dr Allison Graham  Welcome to our next podcast i...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the second episode of series 3 – SCI Care: What really matters.  Susie Charlifue introduces this episode with Tracey Tattam, a Nurse Educator at the Spinal Injuries Unit Queensland, Australia; Veronika Geng, Head of the Advisory Centre for Nutrition and Digestion for Spinal Cord Injured People in Lobbachand, Germany and Rachel Skews a Urology Nurse Practitioner, North B...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the first episode of series 3 – SCI Care: What really matters. Our guest host is Maria Bergsten from Wellspect, who are partnering with ISCoS for this series of podcasts sharing stories, discussions and insights into bladder and bowel management as a critical part of SCI care – improving patients’ quality of life and feeling of dignity. This episode focuses on the diffe...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the 12th episode of series two of ‘SCI Care: What really matters’ and the third collaborative episode between the International Spinal Cord Society (ISCoS) and Wellspect®. In this podcast episode, we follow on from the recent webinar on the 'Importance of patient-centred care in neurogenic bladder and bowel management’, continuing the discussion with a particular f...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of SCI Care: What really matters, Prof Ruth Marshall is joined by Prof Daniel (Dan) Graves, Editor-in-Chief of Spinal Cord and Spinal Cord Series and Cases.  In this conversation, both Ruth and Dan share their thoughts on the recent 60th Anniversary Annual Scientific Meeting what they enjoyed from the social media updates and interactions to the talking posters, to...

Send us Fan Mail In our tenth episode of this series of SCI Care: What really matters, Prof Ruth Marshall is joined by her dear friend and colleague Dr Carlotte Kiekens.  Dr Kiekens was one of our first ever guests on the podcast in series one as part of a panel discussing COVID-19: Current knowledge and best practices when we were just a few months into the pandemic. Now almost 18 months on Dr Ki...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the ninth episode of series two of SCI Care: What Really Matters. "The thrill of finding something new has never left me. I'm still looking to make people walk again." Prof Tator  In this episode, Prof Ruth Marshall interviews Prof Charles Tator on what led him to neurosurgery, neurotrauma and SCI treatment. What came first treatment or research? They als...

Send us Fan Mail For this issue, we have collaborated with our educational partner Wellspect®. Rachael Chapple, the Global Urology Product Manager & Clinical Education Manager for Wellspect steps in as host joined by ISCoS President Prof Ruth Marshall and guest specialist Carina Andersson a nurse and urotherapist. Listen to this wonderful discussion as both Prof Marshall and Carina Andersson s...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the seventh episode of series two of SCI Care: What Really Matters. This week our host Prof Ruth Marshall interviews Prof Cathy Craven to discuss osteoporosis, bone health and spinal cord injury. Prof. Craven is a Clinician Scientist appointed as an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of T...

Send us Fan Mail Our sixth episode is all about ISCoS! Dr Jennifer Coker takes the host's seat once more to chat with Daniel Graves, Editor-in-Chief of Spinal Cord and Spinal Cord Series and Cases, the official journals of ISCoS, and chair of the ISCoS Education Committee, Stephen Muldoon. Join them as they discuss their own history with ISCoS, when and why they became members, their roles wi...

Send us Fan Mail In this fifth episode, Prof Ruth Marshall is joined by Bev Collins, clinical lead nurse for Wellspect UK and Sallyanne Haigh, a nurse of 30 years, to discuss ‘a patients story.’ Sallyanne recounts her patient story starting six years ago when she sustained an L1 complete spinal cord injury during a horse-riding accident. Sallyanne shares all aspects of her journey from the very lo...