Scientific & Medical Advisory Committee

CHAIR: Stephen T. Wegener, PhD, ABPP
Associate Professor and Director of Rehabilitation Psychology
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland

Christina Skoski, MD
Huntington Beach, California

Roberta Cone, PsyD
Costa Mesa, California

Scott Cummings, PT, CPO, FAAOP
American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists (President)
Next Step Orthotics & Prosthetics
Manchester, New Hampshire

Rachel Evans, Lt. Col., PT
Research Director, Center for the Intrepid San Antonio Military Medical Center (SAMMC)
San Antonio, Texas

Charlie Steele, Retired IBM
Amputee Coalition Board Member, Peer Visitor/Trainer, Member PALS (Promoting Amputee Life Skills),
Former Member National Consumer Advisory Panel for Limb Loss Research & Statistics Program (LLRSP),
Minority Outreach, Support Group Leader (NYC)
New York, New York

Bob Gailey, PhD, PT
University of Miami
Miami, Florida 

Bruce Pomeranz, MD
Medical Director, Chester and Saddle Brook campuses,
Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation
Saddle Brook, New Jersey

David M. Crandell, MD
Partners Health Care
Boston, Massachusetts

Danielle H. Melton, MD
Department of PM & R and Orthopedics
University of Texas Health Science Center of Houston
Director of Amputee Program
TIRR Memorial Hermann
Houston, Texas

Nancy Payne, MSN, RN
Limb Loss Clinical Nurse Specialist
Duke University Medical Center (DUMC)
Durham, North Carolina

Grant McGimpsey, PhD
Vice President, Research and Sponsored Programs
Kent State University
Kent, Ohio

Natalie Fish, PT
President, Amputee Coalition of Canada

Terrence P. Sheehan, MD
Medical Director at Adventist Rehab Hospital of Maryland
Rockville, Maryland

Kendra Calhoun, MS
President & CEO
Amputee Coalition
Washington, D.C., Office

George Gondo, MA
Manager, Quality of Life
Amputee Coalition
Knoxville, Tennessee

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The Amputee Coalition recognizes the value of clinical research in identifying needs, evaluating care, and developing new technologies for people with limb loss.

 

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Limb Loss Task Force Summit II

Team of healtcare providers around patientThere are 507 amputations each day in the United States; the majority are attributed to diabetes and its damage to nerves and blood vessels of the limbs. Upwards of 60 percent are preventable.

 

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