Lawrence C. Vogel, MD has been the Medical Director of the Spinal Cord Injury program at the Chicago Shriners Hospitals for Children since its inception in 1983. Dr. Vogel received his B.A. degree with distinction from Northwestern University in 1969 and his Medical Degree from the University of Illinois in 1973. He served as a pediatric resident at Yale-New Haven Hospital and subsequently completed a fellowship in pediatric infectious diseases at Michael Reese Hospital and the University of Chicago. Dr. Vogel is a diplomate of the American Board of Pediatrics and is certified in the Subspecialty of Spinal Cord Injury Medicine (American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation). Dr. Vogel is a Professor of Pediatrics at Rush Medical College and an Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Marquette University.
Dr. Vogel is Past President of the Chicago Pediatric Society, the American Paraplegia Society, and the American Spinal Injury Association and the former Chairman of the steering committee of the Consortium for Spinal Cord Medicine. He was the Co-Chair of the NINDS Common Data Elements committee for pediatric spinal cord injury in 2015-2016.
Dr. Vogel has authored over 160 articles in peer-reviewed journals, 25 book chapters, nearly 400 presentations or posters and 20 instructional courses at national and international medical meetings, and co-edited one book. Dr. Vogel has been the PI or Co-I for approximately 25 funded research studies.