Spinal Cord Injury & Disorders Service Line
Service Line Leadership | |
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Sunil Sabharwal, MD Director Spinal Cord Injury |
The Spinal Cord Injury and Disorders (SCI&D) Service Line is one of the 5 core clinical Service Lines in VISN 1. The function of the SCI&D Service Line is to support, promote, and maintain the health, independence, quality of life, and productivity of individuals with SCI&D throughout their lives. This is accomplished through:
- The efficient delivery of rehabilitation;
- Sustaining and medical and/or surgical care;
- Patient and/or family education;
- Psychological, social, and vocational care;
- Research;
- Education; and
- Professional training in the continuum of care for persons with SCI&D.
The SCI&D system of care provides coordinated services for eligible veterans with spinal cord injury. These services include, but are not limited to:
- emergency care
- medical and/or surgical stabilization
- rehabilitation
- primary care
- preventive care
- specialty sustaining care
- surgical care
- outpatient care
- home care, and
- long-term care.
The SCI&D Service Line offers an integrated network of care based on a “hub and spoke” model. The hub is the SCI Center at VA Boston Healthcare System. The spoke sites include SCI Support Clinics at VA Connecticut, Togus VA, and White River Junction VA. SCI Primary Teams are located at Bedford, Manchester, Northampton, and Providence VA.
Links:
VA Boston Healthcare System Spinal Cord Injury Service
VA Special Fellowship in Advanced SCI Medicine
Polytrauma Network Site at VA Boston Healthcare System