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ASCIP “Many Minds…One Vision”
ASCIP membership provides medical professionals advanced learning opportunities and professional networking that enhances your professional interests, as well as those of your patients and their families. ASCIP is a not for profit incorporated association comprised of 4 professional sections: American Paraplegia Society (APS), Association of Spinal Cord Injury Nurses (ASCIN), Psychologists, Social Workers & Counselors (PSWC) and Therapy Leadership Council (TLC).
Mission Statement - To optimize the health and wellness of individuals with SCI/D through advanced interdisciplinary education, professional development and scientific research.
Jennifer Piatt, PhD, CTRS
President"ASCIP is a special place because of the people and how we each connect and collaborate across disciplines. We continue to come together with the common goal of improving the lives of people living with spinal cord injury or disease. Every single time I have an interaction with a member of ASCIP – whether its at our annual conference, engaging in committee work, lacing up shoes for an early morning run, or grabbing lunch – I am reminded again and again of the passion, commitment and heart that each member of this organization brings to the SCI/D community."
--Jennifer Piatt, PhD, CTRS
ASCIP President
Joe Fangman, PT
Immediate Past President"As medical research and the healthcare environment continues to change, we must remain vigilant in our efforts to provide the best care possible for those we have the privilege to serve. ASCIP is uniquely positioned by our multidisciplinary membership to provide a diverse set of professional expertise to explore and discover new aspects of care and life quality for those with SCI/D."
-- Joe Fangman, PT
Immediate Past President
