Orthopedics and Rehabilitation

Lisa Lombardo
Cleveland VA Medical Center

Lisa Lombardo is a Research Physical Therapist at the VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System. She also holds an Investigator position with the Advanced Platform Technology (APT) Center at Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center (LSCVAMC). Her research efforts focus on the clinical application of neuroprostheses and restorative technologies for individuals with neuro-musculoskeletal disorders. This includes the use of electrical stimulation in individuals with paralysis to restore standing, stepping, and seated stability. Additionally, using intensive exercise programs with stimulation to strengthen muscle contractions and to improve fatigue resistance of the paralyzed muscles to allow improved function. She has continued to use this knowledge and expertise to involve individuals with paralysis the opportunity to exercise on a recumbent bike and/or an adapted rowing machine using both implanted and surface stimulation. Lisa is the senior physical therapist as well as clinical coordinator for the Motion Study Laboratory (MSL) at the LSCVAMC, which is a state-of-the-art facility for the biomechanical and physiological analysis of human motion and rehabilitation outcomes for gait, posture, balance and activities of daily living after neuromuscular dysfunction.

Alexander Senk, MD
Medical Director of the National Veterans Golden Age Games
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

John Looft, PhD
Director
Motion Analysis Laboratory & Clinics

Associate Director
SCI/D Research
RECOVER

Madeline Czeck, PhD
Research Scientist
Minneapolis VA Health Care System

Andrew Hansen 
Director, RECOVER, Minneapolis VA Health Care System

Andrew Hansen is the Director of the Rehabilitation & Engineering Center for Optimizing Veteran Engagement & Reintegration (RECOVER) at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System, and Professor of Rehabilitation Science & Biomedical Engineering at the University of Minnesota. His interdisciplinary center focuses on development and evaluation of rehabilitation technologies and interventions aimed at improving participation of Veterans with amputations and Veterans with spinal cord injuries and disorders.

Holly Golecki
Assistant Teaching Professor, Bioengineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Holly Golecki, Ph.D is a Teaching Assistant Professor in Bioengineering at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign and in the Biological and Translational Sciences Department at the Carle Illinois College of Medicine. She is a Core Faculty member at the Institute for Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access in the Grainger College of Engineering. Dr. Golecki holds an Associate appointment in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University. Dr. Golecki earned her BS and MS degrees in Materials Science and Engineering from Drexel University. She then earned her PhD in Bioengineering from Harvard University, developing biomaterials for engineered scaffolds in vivo. Dr. Golecki now uses her expertise in biomaterials applied to robotics. She runs an externally funded research group working in the areas of soft biorobots and engineering education research addressing the challenges faced when humans interact with robots by building accessible tools. Her research spans work engineering biomaterials in medical device design to developing new educational and analysis tools with the goal of increasing equity and access in research and engineering.