About the Spinal Cord Injury Seminars Team

Darrell Musick

Darrell Musick graduated from California State University at Long Beach in 1989 with a bachelor's degree in physical therapy. He began his clinical specialization in spinal cord injury in 1991 and is currently the President of SCI Seminars, and Clinical Manager for Berkeley Bionics and a consultant in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation. He was the Director of Physical Therapy at Craig Hospital in Englewood, Colorado from 2005 through 2010 and previously the Physical Therapy supervisor of the spinal cord injury unit at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose, Ca from 1992 to 2005. He has presented internationally on SCI and is been an adjunct faculty member for the University of Colorado's DPT program. He is a program planning member of Academy of SCI Professionals, Therapy Leadership Council. He is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), Academy of SCI Professionals (ASCIP), and the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA).
E-mail: darrellmusick@sciseminars.com.

Gabriella Stiefbold

Gabriella Stiefbold, OT, ATP is a graduate of Kean University with a BS in Occupational Therapy. She has been working in spinal cord injury rehabilitation since 1996 and is an OT Clinical Specialist in the Outpatient SCI Department at Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation in West Orange, NJ. She has given several lectures nationally and internationally on the topic of SCI including topics presented at the Academy of SCI Professionals Conference, Contemporary Forums, and the American Spinal Cord Injury Association (ASIA). She has presented on the topic of Assistive Technology and SCI at Kean University. She is a member of the American Spinal Cory Injury Association and the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA).
E-mail: gstiefbold@kessler-rehab.com

Laura Wehrli

Laura Wehrli, DPT, ATP graduated from Temple University with a Masters Degree and later a Doctorate in Physical Therapy. She began her career in spinal cord injury rehabilitation at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, NY. She is currently the Physical Therapy Supervisor in SCI at Craig Hospital in Englewood, CO. Laura has more than 10 years of experience working with patients with spinal cord injuries in both the inpatient and outpatient settings. Laura has given lectures at the United Spinal Therapy Leadership Council Conference, APTA SCI SIG at the Combined Sections, and at Contemporary Forums. Laura is currently an adjunct faculty member for the University of Colorado's DPT program and is a member of the APTA, the American Spinal Injury Association and Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals.

Rafferty Laredo

Rafferty Laredo, MA, OTR, ATP graduated from Baylor University with a BA in Psychology in 1997. He then earned his BS in Occupational Therapy from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in 1999. In 2005 he received a MA in Occupational Therapy with specialization in Assistive Technology from Texas Woman's University. Rafferty is presently the OT Clinical Coordinator at TIRR Memorial Hermann in Houston, Texas. He has over 11 years of experience treating individuals with SCI. Rafferty has presented at Contemporary Forums: Spinal Cord Injury and numerous times at the American Spinal Injury Association Annual Scientific Meeting. He serves as adjunct faculty for Texas Woman's University, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, and Kingwood College. Rafferty has been an expert reviewer for several SCI Clinical Practice Guidelines and has co-authored the SCI chapter in the OT text, Ways of Living. His specialty areas include OT functional outcomes, advanced seating and mobility, assistive technology, and neurogenic bowel and bladder management after SCI.