Please join Dr. Lee Saunders from the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) on Tuesday, May 29, 2012 from 3:00-4:00 pm EST for the presentation of the webcast, “Health Care Access after Spinal Cord Injury.” Dr. Saunders holds the rank of Research Assistant Professor in the College of Health Professions at the Medical University of South Carolina, and is part of the Longevity after Injury Research Team (http://www.musc.edu/chp/sciorg).  She is the Co-Director on the “Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Secondary Conditions in Individuals with SCI” (RRTC grant) and Co-Investigator on the “Center on Health Outcomes Research and Capacity Building for Underserved Populations with SCI and TBI (DRRP grant).”

Date: May 29 ,2012

Time:  3:00 PM EST

Log in a few minutes before 3pm on May 29, 2012 to participate at:  http://www.ccitonline.org/Accordent/musc/052912

The purpose of the upcoming webcast presentation is to:

1.       Describe health care access after spinal cord injury.

2.       Assess secondary health conditions as a function of access to health care after spinal cord injury.

3.       Identify the extent to which black persons with spinal cord injury have equal access to health care compared to black persons in the general population.