Beverley Catharine (Cathy) Craven

Cathy Craven, BA, MD, FRCPC, MSc, FASIA, FCAHS

Dr. Craven is the University of Toronto/University Health Network Cope Family Chair in Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Rehabilitation Health Systems Innovations, Medical Director of the Spinal Cord Rehabilitation Program, Executive Lead of the Pride in Patient Engagement in Research portfolio at University Health Network, and Senior Scientist/Neural Engineering and Therapeutics Team Leader at KITE Research Institute, at University Health Network, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Craven is a Professor and Clinician Scientist in the Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department of Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, at the University of Toronto. Her clinical and research expertise is in health services and systems, and the medical rehabilitation of sublesional osteoporosis to avoid fractures www.scigfragments.com. Dr. Craven is the Quality Leader of the SCI Implementation and Evaluation Quality Care Consortium www.sciconsortium.ca.  

Dr Craven's   clinical and research expertise in health services and medical rehabilitation after Spinal Cord Injury.  She Chair's the Canadian SCI - Rehabilitation Association (www.cscira.org).  Dr Craven is the Quality Lead for the Ontario SCI Implementation and Evaluation Quality Care Consortium (www.sciconsortium.ca) implementing indicators of quality care across Canada. She is Co-Primary Investigator for the Can-SCIP guidelines (https://kite-uhn.com/can-scip). Dr. Craven’s research redefines patients’ experiences with common health conditions that come after a spinal cord injury, helping them avoid or better manage heart disease, diabetes and fracture.   Dr Craven leads UHN's Pride in Patient Engagement in Research initiative and KITE's central recruitment process with vision and tenacity. She has published over 200 articles on related topics and obtained  24M CAD in research funding as a primary investigator. (ORCID 0000-0001-8234-6803).   www.cravenlab.ca; #@drcathycraven.