American Legion Post 50 SAL 50 New York USA
| October 19, 2010 WVOX 1460 AM "West Point Football Report" By Sons of the American Legion Radio with Ken Kraetzer John Chuhran and Jack McGuirk Tim Kelly Head Athletic Trainer United States Military Academy Dr. Alan Levi, M.D. PH.D. Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery, Orthopedics, and Rehabilitation Chief of Neurospine Service, University of Miami, Jackson Memorial Hospital Discuss the injury suffered by Rutgers football player Eric LeGrand during Saturday's football game with Army. Mr. Kelly and Dr. Levi discuss with the SAL team how to prevent, react to, and treat serious spinal athletic injuries. Our best wishes and prayers to Eric LeGrand and his family for his recovery. |
The "Sons of the American Legion Radio Report" can be heard live on WVOX 1460
AM in Westchester County and "Around the World" on WVOX.com. The show is
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Vice Commander for New York State.
The co-host on this segment was John Chuhran, a New Rochelle based PR executive
and Sons of the American Legion member.
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Ken Kraetzer is the producer of Sons of the American Legion Radio and the
"West Point Football Report". Commander of Squadron 50 Pelham, his father
was a WWII US Army Officer who served in Italy with the 91st Infantry.
"West Point Football Report". Commander of Squadron 50 Pelham, his father
was a WWII US Army Officer who served in Italy with the 91st Infantry.
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Appreciate the Sponsors who allow us to tell the story of the military and West Point:
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ALLAN LEVI was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1961. His parents immigrated
from Italy to Canada during WW II. He attended undergraduate and medical school at
the University of Ottawa and completed his neurosurgical training at the University of
Toronto. During his residency he earned a PhD at the University of Miami under the
supervision of Dr. Richard Bunge in the field of human Schwann cell biology. He
completed his neurosurgical training by doing a complex spine fellowship with Dr.
Volker Sonntag at the Barrow Neurological Institute in 1996.
Dr. Levi joined Drs. Green and Heros on the neurosurgical faculty at the University of
Miami in 1997 and became a full Professor in 2007. He specializes in the surgical
treatment of spinal disorders and serves as chief of Neuro-spine services at Jackson
Memorial Hospital, Neuro-spine fellowship director, surgical director of the University of
Miami spine institute, Chief of Neurosurgery at the new University of Miami hospital and
is a staff scientist at the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis.
Dr. Levi combines a busy neurosurgical practice at Jackson with an active,
complementary clinical and basic translational research program. His clinical practice is
focused on the management of patients with spine and spinal cord injuries, spinal
tumors, degenerative and inflammatory arthritis of the spine and peripheral nerve
disorders. The majority of his basic research involves the transplantation of human
derived glial and stem cells after spinal cord and peripheral nerve injury and examining
the pathology of human spinal cord injury. Currently his laboratory is pursuing
research in transplanting FDA approved collagen tubes filled with Schwann cells to
repair lengthy gaps with in the rat sciatic nerve. The investigations performed in the lab
have been funded from various sources including NIH/NINDS, the State of Florida,
foundation grants, industry sponsored funding and philanthropic support. Dr. Levi has
approximately 85 peer-reviewed publications with about a third in the basic sciences.
Dr. Levi is extremely interested in education and has served as the neurosurgical spine
fellowship director since 1998 and the program has increased to training an average of
2 spine fellows / year. He has been honored as a resident and now more recently as
an attending for his dedication to teaching. At a national level, he has been extremely
involved in courses for residents, fellows and neurosurgeons and is currently the
director for the AANS sponsored Goodman oral board course.
Dr. Levi lives in Key Biscayne, Florida with his 2 children - Jessica and David. He is an
avid biker and runner and completes 1 to 2 marathons and a variety of mini-triatholons
each year.
Dr. Allan Levi's research interests have focused on developing cellular transplantation
strategies to repair injuries within both the human central and peripheral nervous
system. Schwann cells are the principal support cells with the peripheral nervous
system and have the capacity to promote regeneration of central nervous system
neurons as well as remyelinate central axons which have lost their insulation. I have
focused much of my previous research efforts in furthering our understanding of the
biology of human Schwann cells which have been isolated using cell culture
techniques. The results of these studies have demonstrated that human Schwann cells
have the capacity to form myelin after transplantation within immune deficient rodent
models and that their numbers can be significantly increased with addition of growth
factors.
His current research interests involve (1) further studies on the human Schwann cells
extensively expanded in cell culture to determine whether the functional capacity of
these cells with respect to myelination and regeneration are retained when compared
to primary Schwann cell cultures, (2) the development and characterization of a model
of a peripheral nerve injury with a lengthy gap in the rat so that we can further
characterize the influence of transplanted Schwann cell grafts within a collagen based
channel on peripheral nerve regeneration.
Jackson Memorial Hospital is an accredited, non-profit, tertiary care hospital and the
major teaching facility for the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine.
from Italy to Canada during WW II. He attended undergraduate and medical school at
the University of Ottawa and completed his neurosurgical training at the University of
Toronto. During his residency he earned a PhD at the University of Miami under the
supervision of Dr. Richard Bunge in the field of human Schwann cell biology. He
completed his neurosurgical training by doing a complex spine fellowship with Dr.
Volker Sonntag at the Barrow Neurological Institute in 1996.
Dr. Levi joined Drs. Green and Heros on the neurosurgical faculty at the University of
Miami in 1997 and became a full Professor in 2007. He specializes in the surgical
treatment of spinal disorders and serves as chief of Neuro-spine services at Jackson
Memorial Hospital, Neuro-spine fellowship director, surgical director of the University of
Miami spine institute, Chief of Neurosurgery at the new University of Miami hospital and
is a staff scientist at the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis.
Dr. Levi combines a busy neurosurgical practice at Jackson with an active,
complementary clinical and basic translational research program. His clinical practice is
focused on the management of patients with spine and spinal cord injuries, spinal
tumors, degenerative and inflammatory arthritis of the spine and peripheral nerve
disorders. The majority of his basic research involves the transplantation of human
derived glial and stem cells after spinal cord and peripheral nerve injury and examining
the pathology of human spinal cord injury. Currently his laboratory is pursuing
research in transplanting FDA approved collagen tubes filled with Schwann cells to
repair lengthy gaps with in the rat sciatic nerve. The investigations performed in the lab
have been funded from various sources including NIH/NINDS, the State of Florida,
foundation grants, industry sponsored funding and philanthropic support. Dr. Levi has
approximately 85 peer-reviewed publications with about a third in the basic sciences.
Dr. Levi is extremely interested in education and has served as the neurosurgical spine
fellowship director since 1998 and the program has increased to training an average of
2 spine fellows / year. He has been honored as a resident and now more recently as
an attending for his dedication to teaching. At a national level, he has been extremely
involved in courses for residents, fellows and neurosurgeons and is currently the
director for the AANS sponsored Goodman oral board course.
Dr. Levi lives in Key Biscayne, Florida with his 2 children - Jessica and David. He is an
avid biker and runner and completes 1 to 2 marathons and a variety of mini-triatholons
each year.
Dr. Allan Levi's research interests have focused on developing cellular transplantation
strategies to repair injuries within both the human central and peripheral nervous
system. Schwann cells are the principal support cells with the peripheral nervous
system and have the capacity to promote regeneration of central nervous system
neurons as well as remyelinate central axons which have lost their insulation. I have
focused much of my previous research efforts in furthering our understanding of the
biology of human Schwann cells which have been isolated using cell culture
techniques. The results of these studies have demonstrated that human Schwann cells
have the capacity to form myelin after transplantation within immune deficient rodent
models and that their numbers can be significantly increased with addition of growth
factors.
His current research interests involve (1) further studies on the human Schwann cells
extensively expanded in cell culture to determine whether the functional capacity of
these cells with respect to myelination and regeneration are retained when compared
to primary Schwann cell cultures, (2) the development and characterization of a model
of a peripheral nerve injury with a lengthy gap in the rat so that we can further
characterize the influence of transplanted Schwann cell grafts within a collagen based
channel on peripheral nerve regeneration.
Jackson Memorial Hospital is an accredited, non-profit, tertiary care hospital and the
major teaching facility for the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine.
Stationed on the first floor of Kimsey Athletic Center, Army’s athletic training
department moved into its new and spacious home in the spring of 2003. The
largest of Army's athletic training facilities, it now covers 9,500 square feet and
houses the finest equipment available for the prevention, treatment and
rehabilitation of athletic injuries. Highlights of the facility include a 1,202-square-
foot cardiovascular room containing more then 25 pieces of equipment; a state-of-
the-art hydrotherapy area equipped with a 2,018-square-foot rehabilitation pool,
Jacuzzi, two large pools and four regular pools; 10 treatment tables; five modular
taping tables; high-density storage; and a physician’s office with X-ray capability.
The training room also features a vast array of the latest treatment and
rehabilitation equipment. Thanks to the expansive new treatment area, Army’s
athletic training staff can serve countless Black Knight athletes simultaneously so
they are able to realize their full potential on the “fields of friendly strife.”
In 1985, Barth A. Green, M.D. and NFL Hall of Fame linebacker Nick Buoniconti
helped found The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis after Nick’s son, Marc,
sustained a spinal cord injury during a college football game. Today, The Miami
Project is the world’s most comprehensive spinal cord injury research center,
housed in the Lois Pope LIFE Center, a Center of Excellence at the University of
Miami Miller School of Medicine. The Miami Project’s international team of more
than 200 scientists, researchers and clinicians take innovative approaches to the
challenge of spinal cord injury.
The Miami Project’s Human Clinical Trials Initiative will take discoveries found to be
successful in laboratory studies and fast track them to human studies with the
approval of the FDA. The Miami Project is well positioned and confident that we
have the expertise, knowledge and drive to navigate through the FDA process and
initiate new human clinical trials involving Schwann cell transplantation. This trial will
be based in part on published work in which Miami Project scientists showed up to
70% return of normal walking function in experimental models. For more than 23
years, The Miami Project has worked carefully and diligently towards this goal and
the results show that the time is right to make this important step into humans.
helped found The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis after Nick’s son, Marc,
sustained a spinal cord injury during a college football game. Today, The Miami
Project is the world’s most comprehensive spinal cord injury research center,
housed in the Lois Pope LIFE Center, a Center of Excellence at the University of
Miami Miller School of Medicine. The Miami Project’s international team of more
than 200 scientists, researchers and clinicians take innovative approaches to the
challenge of spinal cord injury.
The Miami Project’s Human Clinical Trials Initiative will take discoveries found to be
successful in laboratory studies and fast track them to human studies with the
approval of the FDA. The Miami Project is well positioned and confident that we
have the expertise, knowledge and drive to navigate through the FDA process and
initiate new human clinical trials involving Schwann cell transplantation. This trial will
be based in part on published work in which Miami Project scientists showed up to
70% return of normal walking function in experimental models. For more than 23
years, The Miami Project has worked carefully and diligently towards this goal and
the results show that the time is right to make this important step into humans.
