Associate Clinical Professor, UC Irvine, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
School of Medicine

Clinical Faculty, Department of Medicine, UCLA

non-invasive spinal cord stimulation and bladder function, spinal cord injury, stereotactic proton radio surgery for treatment of neurological disorders

Clinical Focus
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Internal Medicine, Spinal Cord Injury, shoulder injections for shoulder pain, botulism toxin injection/nerve block for spasticity, trigger point injections for myofascial pain syndrome, joint injections/aspirations, myofascial/soft tissue manipulations

1. Breast Cancer Early Detection Program/ Regional Partnership Grant Award to study women with disabilities by Partners for Progress (1999).
2. Physician of The Year Award by Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, (2000).
3. Outstanding Director for 2002 & 2003 by Women with Spinal Cord Injury Wellness and Education Group, (2004).
4. National Advance Clinical Access (ACA) Team Award re: innovations to the SCI outpatient annual process (2007).

1. “Therapeutic Electrical Stimulation with BIONS to Rehabilitate Shoulder and Knee Dysfunction,” The International Society of Prosthetics and Orthotics Conference, 2003.

2. “Dual Action Posterior Strut Ankle Foot Orthosis” , The International Society of Prosthetics and Orthotics Conference, 2004.

3. “Interventions to reduce postural muscle demand during manual wheelchair propulsion: A case study.” Sophia Chun, M.D., Craig J. Newsam, D.P.T., Jacqueline Perry, M.D., Sc.D.(Hon.) ASIA Conference, 2004.

4. Brain-Computer Interface Controlled Robotic Gait Orthosis: A Case Report, http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/6/3296155/brain-controlled-robotic-legs-demonstration, 2012.

5. Imaging Informatics System Utilizing DICOM Objects for Treating Pain in Spinal Cord Injury Patients Utilizing Proton Beam Radiotherapy. Radiological Society of North America (RSNA 2013).

1. Consortium for Spinal Cord Medicine and the Early Acute Management Guideline Development Panel, 2007

2. Chapter Author, “CARF, Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities for Spinal Cord Injury and Disease.” Spinal Cord Medicine, Editor: Vernon Lin. 2nd Edition, 2007

3. KD Anderson, ME Acuff, BG Arp, D Backus, S Chun, K Fisher, JE Fjerstad, DE Graves, K Greenwald,SL Groah, SJ Harkema, JA Horton III, M-N Huang, M Jennings, KS Kelley, SM Kessler,S Kirshblum, S Koltenuk, M Linke, I Ljungberg, J Nagy, L Nicolini, MJ Roach, S Salles,WM Scelza, MS Read, RK Reeves, MD Scott, KE Tansey, JL Theis, CZ Tolfo, M Whitney, CD Williams, CM Winter and JM Zanca. United States (US) multi-center study to assess the validity and reliability of the Spinal Cord Independence Measure (SCIM III). Spinal Cord (2011), 1-6

4. A Do, PT Wang, CE King, SN Chun, Z Nenadic. Brain-Computer Interface Controlled Robotic Gait Orthosis. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation; MS ID: 3592632568063757, 2013

Medical Director, Outpatient Rehabilitation/Ambulatory Care Services
Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center 1998—2004

CARF Surveyor
1999—pres

Chief, Spinal Cord Injury & Disorders
VA Long Beach Healthcare System (VALBHS) 2004—pres

Fellowship Program Director
VHA Inter-professional Polytrauma and Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation Research Fellowship 2011—pres

Acting Chief Consultant, Spinal Cord Injury & Disorders
VA Long Beach Healthcare System 2014—pres

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Last updated
07/12/2016