LAREI

December 30, 2010

Mindy L. Aisen, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer
Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center
(562) 401-7161

"Sexuality and Reproductive Health", Handbook of Clinical Neurology (Michael Aminoff, et. al.) and in Neurorehabilitation, Volume (TBD), edited by Mike Barnes and David Good. In Press, 2011.

Mindy Lipson Aisen, M.D.

Appointed Chief Medical Officer in August 2009, Dr. Aisen brings extensive leadership, healthcare and research expertise to Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and her Doctor of Medicine from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. She completed her residency in Neurology at The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center.

Dr. Aisen's professional experiences include Director of Technology Transfer and Director of Rehabilitation Research and Development at the Department of Veterans Affairs; Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology at Cornell University Medical College; Neurorehabilitation Fellowship Director at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital; Director of Spinal Cord, Multiple Sclerosis, Cerebral Palsy Service; Director of MIT-Burke Collaborative Rehabilitation Engineering Research Program; Attending Neurologist at The New York Hospital; Preceptor for The New York Hospital residents in the departments of Neurology and Physiatry; Attending Neurologist in the Electromyography Laboratory at The New York Hospital; Attending Neurologist of the Multiple Sclerosis Research and Training Facility at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Attending Physician at the Hospital of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine; and Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Dr. Aisen is an accomplished researcher with numerous peer reviewed journal publications, editorials, and books and chapters and has presented to various scientific, medical and academic organizations on topics such as cerebral palsy, advances in neurological rehabilitation, emerging technologies in neuroplasticity, spinal cord injury regeneration, engineering research advances, emerging technologies for persons with disability, advances in clinical management of multiple sclerosis, treatment of chronic pain, etc.

Recent professional honors and appointments include board elected positions to the American Society of Neurorehabilitation Foundation, American Academy of Neurology, American Society for Experimental Neuro Therapeutics. She co-chaired the American Scientific Organizing Committee Israel Rehabilitation Medicine Society, was a member of the NIH Council - National Institute Child Health, elected fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, member of the ex-officio Board of American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine, and member of the National Leadership Board VHA and honorary fellow of the Rehabilitation Engineering Society of North America.

Dr. Aisen is board certified in Neurology and Neurorehabilitation.



Sylvia Shaw, M.D. (Endocrinology) & Stefan Bughi, M.D. (Endocrinology)
Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center

Sylvia Shaw & Stefan Bughi. Inpatient medical errors involving glucose-
lowering medication and their impact on patients: Review of 2,598 incidents
from a voluntary electronic error-reporting database. Letter to Editor.
Endocrine Practice. Jan/Feb, 2010.

Bughi S., Bessman A. & Sylvia S. Understanding Diabetic Retinopathy and Its
Visual Implications. Diagnosis and Treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy. Chapter 1,
pg 1-20, 2010. Jaypaee Highlights, Medical Publisher, Inc., City of Knowledge,
Panama Rep of Panama

Shaw Bughi 2010



Rajiv Dhamija, M.D.
Interventional Nephrology
Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center
Department of Medicine, Room 145 HB
7601 E. Imperial Highway
Downey, CA. 90242
Office- (562) 401-7611

Radiation Exposure in Dialysis Access-Related Procedures Decreases with Increase in Number of Procedures Performed by the Interventional
Nephrologist. Dhamija, R.
Seminars in Dialysis, Vol. 23, No. 6 (November–December), 2010, pp. 630–633.

Outcomes of Brachial Artery-Basilic Vein Fistula.
Dukkipati, R., de Virgilio, C., Reynolds, T., Dhamija, R.
Seminars in Dialysis, Jan.-Feb. 2011, In press.

Simultaneous monitoring of multiple urinary cytokines may predict renal
and patient outcome in ischemic AKI.
Kwon, O., Ahn, K., Zhang, B., Lockwood, T., Dhamija, R., Anderson, D., Saqib, N.
Renal Failure. 2010 Jul; 32(6):699-708.

Accuracy of ultrasound in the detection of inflow stenosis of
arteriovenous fistulae: results of a prospective study.
Salman, L., Ladino, M., Alex, M., Dhamija, R., Merrill, D., Lenz, O., Contreras, G.,
Asif, A.
Seminars in Dialysis. 2010 Jan.-Feb.; 23(1):117-21.

Sachdeva, S., Dhamija, R., et. al. Textbook: Medical Emergencies and
Medically compromised Conditions in Dental Practice. Paras Medical
Publisher. New Delhi. September 2010.


Amytis Towfighi, M.D. (Neurology)
Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center

Towfighi A, Ovbiagele B, Saver J. Therapeutic Milestone: Stroke Declines
from Second to Third Leading Organ- and Disease-Specific Cause of Death
in the United States. Stroke. 2010 Mar;41(3):499-503.

Towfighi A, Zheng L, Ovbiagele B. Weight of the Obesity Epidemic: Rising
Stroke Rates Among Middle-Aged Women in the United States. Stroke.
2010;41;1371-1375. {With press coverage}.

Towfighi A, Markovic D, Ovbiagele B. Pronounced Association of Elevated
Serum Homocysteine with Stroke in Subgroups of Individuals: A Nationwide
Study. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 2010;298(1-2):153-7.

Towfighi A, Markovic D, Ovbiagele B. Persistent Sex Disparity in Midlife
Stroke Prevalence in the United States. Cerebrovasc Dis. 2010. In Press.

Biffi B, Halpin A, Towfighi A, Gilson A, Busl K, Rost NS, Smith EE,
Greenberg SM, Rosand J, and Viswanathan A. Aspirin and recurrent
intracerebral hemorrhage in cerebral amyloid angiopathy. Neurology.
2010.75(8):693-8.

Loh Y, Liebeskind DS, Towfighi A, Vespa P, Starkman S, Saver JL,
Gonzalez NR, Tateshima S, Jahan R, Shi Z, Viñuela F, Duckwiler GR.
Pre-Procedural Basal Ganglionic Infarction Increases the Risk of
Hemorrhagic Transformation but not Worse Outcome Following Successful
Recanalization of Acute Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusions. World
Neurosurgery. 2010. In press.

Cheng EM, Cunningham W, Towfighi A, Sanossian N, Bryg R, Anderson T,
Guterman J, Gross-Schulman S, Beanes S, Jones A, Liu H, Ettner S, Saver
J, Vickrey B. Randomized Controlled Trial of an Intervention to Enable
Stroke Survivors Throughout the Los Angeles County Safety Net to “Stay
With the Guidelines.� Circulation-Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.
2010. In press.

Liebeskind DS, Sanossian, N, Yong WH, Starkman S, Tsang MP, Moya AL,
Zheng DD, Kim D, Ali LK, Shah SS, Towfighi A, Ovbiagele B, Kidwell CS,
Tateshima S, Jahan R, Duckwiler GR, Viñuela, F, Salamon, N, Villablanca,
JP, Marder, VJ, Saver, JL. CT and MRI Early Vessel Signs Reflect Clot
Composition in Acute Stroke. Stroke. 2010. In press.

Amytis Towfighi, M.D.

Dr. Towfighi serves as Chair of the Neurology Department at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology with a minor in Political Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and her Doctor of Medicine from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She interned at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and completed her Neurology Residency in the Harvard Partners Neurology Program (Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital). She completed a Neurovascular Fellowship at University of California, Los Angeles. She has substantial research experience, and has contributed numerous original articles, chapters, poster sessions and platform presentations. Her group was the first to report that midlife women in the United States are more than twice as likely as similarly aged men to report having had a stroke. This research has received extensive international media attention, including interviews on CNN Radio, NPR's All Things Considered with Melissa Block, and coverage by all major network television stations.

Dr. Towfighi has been recognized through awards for her research, including the Neurology Award from Massachusetts General Hospital Clinical Research Day, 2006; American Academy of Neurology Prize for Excellence in Neurology from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 2002; Harold Lamport Research Prize from John Hopkins School of Medicine, 2002; Burchard Scholars Program from MIT, 1997; and the Peter J. Eloranta Undergraduate Research Fellowship from MIT, 1995.


Sara J. Mulroy, Ph.D. (Pathokinesiology)
Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center

Stepping forward with gait rehabilitation.
Eng JJ, Mulroy SJ.
Phys Ther. 2010 Feb;90(2):146-8.

Effect of AFO design on walking after stroke: impact of ankle plantar flexion contracture.
Mulroy SJ, Eberly VJ, Gronely JK, Weiss W, Newsam CJ.
Prosthet Orthot Int. 2010 Sep;34(3):277-92.

Gait parameters associated with responsiveness to treadmill training with body-weight support after stroke: an exploratory study.
Mulroy SJ, Klassen T, Gronley JK, Eberly VJ, Brown DA, Sullivan KJ.
Phys Ther. 2010 Feb;90(2):209-23.

Strengthening and Optimal Movements for Painful Shoulders (STOMPS) in Chronic Spinal Cord Injury: A Randomized, Controlled Trial
Mulroy SJ, Thompson L, Kemp B, Hatchett P, Newsam C, Lupold D, Lighthall-Haubert L, Eberly VJ, Ge T, Azen SP, Winstein CJ, Gordon J, for the PTClinResNet
Phys Ther. 2011 March;91(3):In Press.

Effects of reduction in shoulder pain on quality of life and community activities among people living long-term with SCI paraplegia: A Randomized, Controlled Trial
Kemp B, Bateman A, Mulroy SJ, Thompson L, Adkins R, Kahan J.
J Spinal Cord Medicine. 2011 In Press

Radiation Exposure

Shaw Bughi 2010

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