Two Craig staff awarded highest ACRM honors

 
 Wayne Gordon, ACRM President and Gale Whiteneck ***  Mark Sherer, ACRM Awards Chair and Cindy Dahlberg
 

On Friday night Oct 2nd, at the closing banquet of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) meeting in Denver, Gale Whiteneck, Ph.D., FACRM and Cindy Dahlberg, M.A., CCC-SLP, CPHQ, FACRM received top honors in front of 150 of their peers.  Dr. Whiteneck, director of Craig’s Research Department since 1986 received the Gold Key Award of Merit, ACRM’s highest honor.  Cindy Dahlberg, director of quality and former director of Craig’s Speech and Language department received ACRM’s prestigious Fellow Award for her contributions in the field of rehabilitation since 1973.  

In Dr. Whiteneck’s acceptance remarks, he thanked his colleagues in Craig’s research department and around the U.S., the Craig physicians, Craig’s administration for unwavering support of his work, and the thousands of patients with SCI and TBI who have participated in our research.

Congratulations Gale and Cindy for this well-deserved recognition, and for your lifetime of service to patients with spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury. 

 

article and photos by Kenny Hosack

 

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