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Dr. Sadowsky is Clinical Director of the International Center for Spinal Cord Injury at Kennedy Krieger Institute.
Biographical Sketch:
Born in Romania, Dr. Sadowsky attended the Institute of Medicine and Pharmacy in Bucharest from 1983 to 1989. She completed an internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Meridia Huron Hospital/Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH in 1994. She served as Chief Resident from July 1994 to June 1995. From there, she began a residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO. She was named Chief Resident of that program in April, 1997. Immediately following Dr. Sadowsky’s completion of her second residency, she began a fellowship in Spinal Cord Injury Medicine at Barnes-Jewish Hospital/ Washington University School of Medicine. At the same time, she became a Clinical Instructor in the School’s Department of Neurology and later assumed an Assistant Professorship in Neurology in the Division of Rehabiliation, Spinal Cord Injury Unit.
Dr. Sadowsky has served as president and treasurer of the St. Louis Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Society and previously held positions on the Advisory Boards of the St. Louis Wheelchair Athletic Association, the American Paraplegia Society and the Sam Schmidt Foundation, an organization devoted to helping individuals overcome spinal cord injuries and other debilitating illnesses by facilitating scientific research, medical treatment, rehabilitation and technology advances.
Professional honors include receiving the Outstanding Resident Award in Medicine from Meridia Huron Hospital in 1995, being named Best Resident of the Year in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Washington University School of Medicine in 1998 and Best Teaching Attending of the Year in 1999 and receiving the 2000 Outstanding Performance Award from the Spinal Cord Injury Board.
Research Summary:
Dr. Sadowsky’s research interests center on the efficacy of activity-based restoration therapies in helping patients with long-term spinal cord injury and paralysis recover sensation, movement and independence. She is just completing a study funded by the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation on the effects of such a program on the physical health and quality of life in persons with spinal cord injuries.
Recent Publications/Presentations:
Becker D, Sadowsky C, McDonald JW. Restoring function after spinal cord surgery. Neurology. 2003 Jan; 9(1): 1-15.
Sadowsky C, Volshteyn O, Schultz L, McDonald JW; Spinal Cord Injury; Disability and Rehabilitation. 2002; 24(13):680-687
McDonald JW, Becker D, Sadowsky C, Jane JA, Conturo TE, Schultz LM. Late recovery following spinal cord injury; case report and review of the literature; Journal of Neurosurgery (Spine 2) 2002; 97:252-265.
McDonald JW, Sadowsky C. Spinal Cord Injury Seminar. Lancet. 2002;359;417-425.
Sadowsky CL. Electrical Stimulation in spinal cord injury. Neurorehabilitation. 2001; 16(3); 164-169.
Sadowsky CL, Margherita A. The cost of spinal cord injury care. State of the Art Reviews in Spine (STARS). 1999; 13(3):593-606. | 