Cleveland FES Center

This week we participated in the Grand Opening and Open House for the new Digital and Remote Health Center at the Cleveland VA Medical Center This new Center is the only one of its kind in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) - U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, offering Veterans and Staff a wide variety of services and technologies to improve clinical care, accessibility, convenience and training.
At our table, we were demo-ing a VR game designed as part of a VA study to help improve vision symptoms related to traumatic brain injury.

Congratulations to Jisung Yuk, PhD, postdoc fellow at MetroHealth, Case Western Reserve University Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and the FES Center on receiving an American Heart Association postdoc fellowship!

Episode 3 of the CTSC-Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative of Northern Ohio
Stories of Impact profiles our own Jayme Knutson and his journey to pilot, study, develop and translate technology for contralaterally controlled FES for stroke rehabilitation. A story that highlights everything the FES Center is all about. Case Western Reserve University

CTSC | Stories of Impact | Episode 3 - Jayme Knutson, PhD Welcome to the next episode of Stories of Impact, a documentary ser...

In case you missed it: recent media coverage of the work of investigators Emily Graczyk, Bolu Ajiboye and teams: a Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development(NICHD) study aiming to restore sensation for those with upper and lower extremity paralysis caused by spinal cord injury. Congrats to these researchers! Find out more: https://www.cleveland.com/healthfit/2026/04/paralyzed-patients-could-regain-touch-through-new-cwru-research.html

Today we're at the Paralyzed Veterans of America 2026 National Veterans Wheelchair Games & Expo in Detroit, thrilled to meet the athletes and share information about our members research. Please come see us and pick up a commemorative lapel pin!

Multiple studies underway at the FES Center are focusing on advancing the science behind upper limb prosthetics, so that individuals with limb loss can restore increased levels of strength, function and sensation. Find out more: https://fescenter.org/research-and-participants/clinical-trials/amputation/

Our Investigator members are currently leading clinical trials across multiple areas of research, many using Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES). Explore the current clinical trials now underway: https://fescenter.org/research-and-participants/clinical-trials/

Look for us at the Expo!

In 1981, 77 heroes gathered to compete in seven events. Now, in two weeks, ~500 athletes will convene in , , for the 45th National Veterans .

This is undoubtedly a milestone anniversary for what has grown into the world’s largest annual wheelchair sports and rehabilitation event designed exclusively for U.S. military with disabilities, but if you ask those who keep coming back what draws them, the answer is rarely the medals.

So, what motivates hundreds of athletes to participate in this life-changing event every year? Read on to find out: https://bit.ly/4etKitD.

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs | Adaptive Sports and Arts - U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs | Detroit VA Medical Center | Michigan Paralyzed Veterans of America

Earlier this week, FES Investigator Imad Najm MD appeared on Fox 8 News Extra discussing the landmark Cleveland Clinic Brain Study recruiting thousands of healthy volunteers over age 50, to better understand pre-symptomatic causes of neurogenerative diseases. Find out more:

Fox 8 Extra: Inside a landmark brain study happening at the Cleveland Clinic Fox 8 anchor Stefani Schaefer has a fascinating conversation with C...

Congratulations to FES Investigator Dennis Bourbeau, PhD, on being awarded Research & Development - US Department of Veterans Affairs Translational Development funding to develop a device that uses electrical stimulation to restore bladder control for people with spinal cord injury and related neurological conditions.

This innovative research reflects the VA's commitment to improving the lives of Veterans while advancing technologies that may ultimately benefit civilian populations and help shape the future of clinical care.