Kathleen L. Dunn, MS, RN, CNS worked in spinal cord injury nursing from 1976-2017, both in the VA system and a private sector rehab center. She retired in 2017 as the clinical nurse specialist and rehabilitation case manager at a VA SCI center. She has her masters degree in rehabilitation nursing from Rush University. She is a published author and has taught extensively for both lay and professional groups, including guest lecturing for both local and Brazilian schools of nursing on SCI nursing care. She is a member of the American Spinal Injury Association, and an honorary life member of Paralyzed Veterans of America. She served on the steering committee for the Consortium for Spinal Cord Medicine representing both ARN and ASCIP. She was selected as the Clinical Nurse Specialist of the Year for 2003 by the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS), was admitted to the SCI Hall of Fame by the National Spinal Cord Injury Association (NSCIA) in 2008 in the SCI Educator category, and received the VA Secretary’s Award for Excellence (RN-Expanded Role) in 2012. Prior to her retirement, she was a certified rehabilitation registered nurse (CRRN) and a certified clinical nurse specialist (CNS-BC). She has served as a moderator for the SpineWire, CanDo!, and CareCure websites since 1997.

Cissi Wimberly Oloomi MSN, RN, CNS, FNP, CNRN, CRRN has over 40 years in various settings of the specialty of neuroscience and rehabilitation nursing, including acute & chronic care of the SCI patient. She received her masters degree as a Clinical Nurse Specialist and a post-graduate certificate as a family practice Nurse Practitioner from Texas Women's University, Houston. She retired as an SCI service line Clinical Nurse Specialist and Nurse Practitioner at a VA Spinal Cord Injury Center. She has certification in rehabilitation nursing (CRRN) and neuroscience nursing (CNRN). She is a member of the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses (AANN), Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (ARN) and the Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals. She is a published author & also a co-editor of chapters in the neuroscience nursing core curriculum. She has presented numerous times at the national and local levels on various neuroscience topics.

Patricia Reisinger, MS, CRRN, FNP, GNP is a nurse practitioner with the Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center since 2000. She is a board-certified family and geriatric nurse practitioner and certified rehabilitation nurse. She received her Bachelor's in Nursing from Marycrest College in 1981; Masters in Nursing from University of Colorado in 1986 in pediatrics; Post-Masters certificate from the University of Wyoming as a family nurse practitioner in 2000; and a Palliative Care Nursing certificate from University of Colorado in 2012. She worked in the outpatient SCI/D Clinic for 14 years and now works in the Home-Based Primary Care Program. She received the Expanded Role Award for Nursing Excellence in SCI Nursing from the Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals in 2010 and the VA Service Award from the Rocky Mountain chapter of Paralyzed Veterans of America in 2013.