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On February 18, 2011, the neurorehabilitation community lost a dedicated and passionate advocate who was also one of the initial practitioners in the field of neurorehabilitation. Joel S. Feigenson, MD, passed away at St Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Dr Feigenson was adedicated neurologist for 40 years. He was one of the most humane and compassionate physicians one is fortunate to be acquainted with as a fellow professional and friend.
Following a childhood in White Plains, New York,Dr Feigenson attended Columbia University in New York. He then studied medicine at New York University (NYU) Medical School. He also completed his residency in neurology at NYU. Following his residency, Dr Feigenson developed the stroke unit at the Burke Rehabilitation Center. He later joined Associated Neurologists in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He designed and directed dedicated inpatient rehabilitation units, first at Park City and then at St Vincent’s Hospitals. Dr Feigenson was also medical director of rehabilitation at the hospitals.
Dr Feigenson wrote a number of articles in the field of neurorehabilitation, especially stroke rehabilitation and stroke outcome. His articles have been published in several journals, including Stroke and JAMA. His initial articles were published in 1976, many years before the Neurology Section on Neurorehabilitation of the American Academy of Neurology was established in 1985. The American Society of Neurorehabilitation (ASNR) was not created until 1990.
Dr Feigenson was active in the neurorehabilitation community. He served on the board of directors of the ASNR from 2004 until 2010. He additionally served as the Web master for the ASNR Web page. Dr Feigenson was active in the Stroke Council as well.
Aside from his wonderful talent as a physician, Dr Feigenson also had a gift as a photographer. His superb photographs can be viewed on his Web site, ficusphoto.com. The rehabilitation community will truly miss Dr Feigenson; his experience and his compassion are vital tributes of his work that will remain as lasting evidence of his contributions to neurorehabilitation.
Meetings of Interest
Rehab Week Zurich 2011
Three international conferences in the field of rehabilitation in a single week in Zurich, Austria:
ICORR2011: International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics
INRS2011: International Neurorehabilitation Symposium
ICVR2011: International Conference on Virtual Rehabilitation
Zurich, Switzerland
June 27-July 1, 2011
National Neurotrauma Symposium
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
July 10-13, 2011
Brain Injury in Children
Toronto, Canada
July 12-14, 2011
8th IBRO World Congress—International Brain Research Organization
Florence, Italy
July 14-19, 2011
Remodeling the Brain
Toronto, Canada
July 15, 2011
Brain Injury Association of Canada Annual Conference
Charlottetown, Canada
August 24-26, 2011
8th Annual NABIS Conference on Brain Injury
New Orleans, Louisiana
September 14-17, 2011
Asia Pacific Stroke Conference
Colombo, Sri Lanka
September 29-October 1, 2011
International Symposium on Neurorehabilitation
Valencia, Spain
October 2011
ASNR/ACRM Joint Annual Conference
Atlanta, Georgia
October 11-15, 2011
ENRC 1st European Neurorehabilitation Congress
Merano, Italy
October 20-22, 2011
XX World Congress of Neurology
Marrakesh, Morocco
November 12-17, 2011
XIX World Congress on Parkinson’s Disease and Related Disorders
Shanghai, China
December 11-14, 2011
2012 Brain Injury Summit—A Meeting of the Minds
Beaver Creek, Colorado
January 9-11, 2012
9th World Congress on Brain Injury
Edinburgh, Scotland
March 21-25, 2012
7th World Congress for NeuroRehabilitation
Melbourne, Australia
May 15-19, 2012
Spineweek: Third Combined Congress of the Different Spine Societies
Amsterdam, Netherlands
May 27-June 1, 2012
Neurorehabilitation Fellowships
The following listings are current as of December 2010:
Steven A. Sparr, MD, (718) 920-6402,
Harvey S. Levin, PhD, (713) 798-7566,
Michael Alexander, MD, (617) 667-4074,
Douglas I. Katz, MD,
Michael J. Reding, MD, (914) 597-2470,
Leonardo G. Cohen, MD, (301) 496-9782,
Anna Barrett, MD, (973) 324-3569
Bruce Dobkin, MD, (310) 206-6500
Bruce Rubin, MD, (305) 243-6223,
Maurizio Corbetta, MD, (314) 747-0426 or (414) 362-7620,
Research Resources
National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research www.nichd.nih.gov/about/org/ncmrr
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control www.cdc.gov/ncipc/ncipchm.htm
Veterans Administration Research www.research.va.gov
Neuroscience Database Gateway www.sfn.org/index.aspx?pagename=NDG_main
National Research Council of Canada www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
Center for International Rehabilitation Research Information and Exchange
Brain Maps brainmaps.org
REHABDATA-Connection National Rehabilitation Information Center www.naric.com/services/rehab_connect.cfm
The Internet Stroke Center www.stroketrials.org
Evidence-Based Review of Brain Injury Rehabilitation www.abiebr.com
Evidence-Based Review of Stroke Rehabilitation www.ebrsr.com
Neuro-Cognitive Rehabilitation Research Network www.NCRRN.org
UCLA Neurologic Rehabilitation and Research Program
Center for Experimental Rehabilitation Training www.med.upenn.edu/cent