Graham Creasey

Paralyzed Veterans of America Professor of Spinal Cord Injury Medicine, Emeritus

Bio

After training as a surgeon in Britain I specialized in spinal cord injuries and am interested in restoring function after damage to the central nervous system, particularly using technology, neural prostheses and regenerative medicine

Academic Appointments

Emeritus Faculty - University Medical Line, Neurosurgery
Member, Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute

Administrative Appointments

Chief, Spinal Cord Injury Service, VA Palo Alto Health Care System (2008 - 2012)

Honors & Awards

Open Scholarship, Anglo American Corporation (1966-72)
Traveling Fellowship, Wellcome Trust (1973-74)
Traveling Fellowship, International Spinal Research Trust (1983)
Winston Churchill Fellowship, Winston Churchill Trust (1985)
Advanced Research Career Development Award, Dept of Veterans Affairs (1999-2002)
Macy Fellowship in Medical Simulation, Harvard (2004)

Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations

Stanford representative, North American Clinical Trials Network (2013 - Present)
Scientific Advisory Committee, Sensorimotor Adaptive Rehabilitation Technologies Program, University of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (2012 - 2013)
Director, Rick Hansen Institute, Canada (2011 - 2017)
Editorial Board, Sexuality and Disability (2013 - Present)

Professional Education

FRCSEd, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Surgery (1979)
MB, ChB, Edinburgh Medical School, Medicine (1972)

Community and International Work

International Spinal Data Network

Topic

Integration of databases and registries in spinal cord injury

Partnering Organization(s)

Int SC Soc, NA Clin Trials Network, VA System of Care for SCI, SCI Model Systems, RHI SCI Registry

Populations Served

Spinal Cord Injury

Location

International

Ongoing Project

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Opportunities for Student Involvement

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Current Research and Scholarly Interests

Neural prostheses to stimulate and record from the peripheral and central nervous system, thereby directly connecting nervous systems with electronic systems

Neural prostheses for control of bladder, bowel and sexual function after spinal cord injury

Clinical Trials

Electrical Stimulation for Continence After Spinal Cord Injury Recruiting
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This study aims to improve continence and voiding of patients with spinal cord injury using electrical stimulation. The Finetech Vocare Bladder System is an implantable sacral nerve stimulator for improving bladder and bowel function in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI). It has been commercially available in Britain and other countries since 1982, and has been used in thousands of patients with SCI to improve bladder, bowel and sexual function. It received FDA approval in 1998 under Humanitarian Device Exemption H980005 and H980008 for providing urination on demand and to aid in bowel evacuation. Electrical stimulation to produce bladder contraction and improve bladder voiding after spinal cord injury has usually been combined with cutting of sensory nerves to reduce reflex contraction of the bladder, which improves continence. However, cutting these nerves has undesirable side effects. This study will not cut any sensory nerve. This study is testing the use of the stimulator for inhibiting bladder contraction by stimulating sensory nerves to improve continence after spinal cord injury, and for blocking sphincter contraction to improve voiding.
Lead Sponsor
Stanford Investigators
- Harminder Singh, M.D.
- Graham Creasey
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2023-24 Courses

Independent Studies
- Directed Reading in Neurosurgery
  NSUR 299 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Early Clinical Experience in Neurosurgery
  NSUR 280 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Graduate Research
  NSUR 399 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Medical Scholars Research
  NSUR 370 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Undergraduate Research
  NSUR 199 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)

Graduate and Fellowship Programs

Spinal Cord Injury (Fellowship Program)

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