Background: Dr. Krassioukov is a Professor of Medicine and Chair of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of British Columbia and a staff physician at the spinal cord injury (SCI) program at the GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre in Vancouver. He is the head of the Autonomic Dysfunctions Laboratory and Co-Director of ICORD, Vancouver. In addition, he is the president of the American Spinal Injury Association. Both Dr. Krassioukov’s research and clinical work are related to spinal cord injury, autonomic dysfunctions and disability issues. Dr. Krassioukov has received a number of recognitions for the best published research in the area of SCI (ASIA Awards 2003, 2014). He developed the International Autonomic Standards after SCI3 , and implemented these standards around the world to improve evidence-informed healthcare practices. His research on the effect of autonomic dysfunction on exercise performance in athletes with SCI has led to the creation of autonomic assessments for athletes, which are currently being proposed to the IPC for inclusion into their classification.

Background: Dr. Phillips’ research examines the integrated cardiovascular consequences of spinal cord injury (SCI). Dr. Phillips has extensively researched various drugs to manage autonomic cardiovascular control after SCI, and has become interested in the capacity of neurostimulation to modulate and control autonomic function in this population. Dr. Phillips provides unique expertise in performing translational research of autonomic dysfunction after SCI, as well as in spinal electrical stimulation