Organising Committee

Leadership, expertise, and regional partnership

Guided by senior ISCoS leadership and respected regional specialists, the African Symposia Organising Committee reflects a shared commitment to advancing spinal cord injury care, education, and collaboration across Africa and internationally.

Professor James Middleton

President, International Spinal Cord Society (ISCoS)

NSW State Spinal Cord Injury Service
The University of Sydney
Royal Rehab, Australia

ISCoS leadership Global SCI care

Dr Francois Theron

African Spinal Cord Injury Network

South Africa
Orthopaedics & rehabilitation

Regional leadership SCI rehabilitation

Dr Ron Reeves

Chair, ISCoS Education Committee

Mayo Clinic, USA
Spinal cord medicine

Education Global faculty

Dr Rainer Abel

Chair, External Relations Committee, ISCoS

Klinikum Bayreuth, Germany
Spinal Cord Injury Center, Bayreuth

External relations International SCI

Melanie Harding

Physiotherapist and spinal cord rehabilitation educator

SCI rehabilitation education
SASCA / ISCoS PT & OT SIGs

Education Clinical training

Dr Abena Yeboaa Tannor

Head, Sports, Exercise and Rehabilitation Medicine Fellowship Program

Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons
Alera Rehabilitation and Sports Centre

Rehabilitation medicine Ghana

Elma Burger

Chairperson, AFSCIN

Occupational therapy
SASCA / ISCoS / AFSCIN

AFSCIN SCI education

Mrs Margaret Mungai

Deputy Director Nursing - Clinical Services

Moi Teaching & Referral Hospital
Eldoret, Kenya

Nursing leadership Kenya

Dr Haleluya Moshi

Senior Lecturer and Principal Physiotherapist

KCMC University
SCI rehabilitation research

Tanzania Physiotherapy