Pediatric Specialty Care Spotlight

Each year 12,000 new cases of spinal cord injury (SCI) are reported throughout the U.S. Approximately 10 percent affect children under age 16. In the mid-1980s, Shriners Hospitals for Children established the nation’s first SCI rehabilitation programs specifically designed for children and teenagers. The groundbreaking research at Shriners Hospitals for children has led to innovative treatment techniques, providing care that helps children lead a full, active and healthy life.Here to speak with us today is Lawrence C. Vogel, MD, he is an internationally known expert in pediatric spinal cord injury, chief of pediatrics at Shriners Hospitals for Children — Chicago, and outgoing medical director of the spinal cord injury program. As well as Dr. Sue Mukherjee, board-certified physical medicine and rehabilitation physician and the new Medical Director of Rehabilitation at Shriners Hospital for Children- Chicago.