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About Us
Our Mission
Restore arm and hand movement for people with spinal cord injury and chronic stroke
Our Foundation
The life of Co-founder and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Jason Carmel (MD, PhD) was radically altered in 1999 when his twin brother David sustained a spinal cord injury during a diving accident, which instantly paralyzed him from the chest down. As a result, Jason, still in medical school at the time, decided to specialize in neurology and neuroscience.
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Dr. Carmel has since dedicated his career to researching ways to help people with spinal cord injuries recover function including using spinal cord stimulation. BackStop Neural is proud to be part of this mission of relieving pain and restoring movement.
Our Team
Walter Voit, PhD
President
Connie Manz, MS
CEO
Jason Carmel, MD-PhD
CMO
Pedro Rocha Flores, PhD
VP of Engineering
Michael Seeligson, JD
Director
Our Advisory Board
Steven Falowski, MD
Peter Staats, MD
Stephen Hochschuler, MD
Benjamin Lund, PhD
Stuart Cogan, ScD
Kasra Amirdelfan, MD
