Miami Project to Cure Paralysis

Miami Project to Cure ParalysisFounded| 1985

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Founder| Nick Buoniconti & Barth A. Green, M.D.
Type| medical
Focus| spinal cord injury & tramatic brain injury
Location|

* Miami, Florida, United States

Coordinates|  [ ⚑ ] : 25°47′18.74″N 80°12′44.57″W﻿ / ﻿25.7885389°N 80.2123806°W﻿ / 25.7885389; -80.2123806
Owner| University of Miami

Key people

| Marc A. Buoniconti, President
W. Dalton Dietrich, Ph.D.,Scientific Director
Suzanne M. Sayfie, Executive Director
Diana C. Berning, Administrative Director[1]

Revenue

| $23 million[2]

Employees

| 250[3]
Website| www.themiamiproject.org

The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis is a spinal cord injury research center and a designated Center of Excellence at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. It was co-founded in 1985 by Barth A. Green, M.D. and NFL Hall of Fame linebacker Nick Buoniconti after Buoniconti's son, Marc, sustained a spinal cord injury during a college football game. Today, The Miami Project’s international team is housed in the Lois Pope LIFE Center and includes more than 250 scientists, researchers and clinicians.

## Contents

* 1 Clinical trials
* 2 The Buoniconti Fund
* 3 Lois Pope LIFE Center
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Clinical trials

In July 2012, The Miami Project was granted approval by the FDA to proceed with a Schwann cell implantation clinical trial. In November 2012, doctors from the University of Miami implanted the first patient with his own Schwann cells, initiating phase 1 of the trial, a test of the safety and efficacy of the technique.[4][5]

## The Buoniconti Fund

The Buoniconti family established The Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis in 1992, a non-profit organization devoted to assisting The Miami Project.

## Lois Pope LIFE Center

The Center is located in the Schoninger research quadrangle at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center. It was named in honor of Lois Pope, who donated $10 million toward its construction, and of her charity Leaders in Furthering Education (LIFE). The building opened on October 26, 2000. Pope's gift also funds 20 LIFE Fellows for neurological research.[6][7] The six-story 180,000 sq ft (17,000 m2) building cost $28 million and was designed by MGE Architects.[8] The block of NW 11th Avenue in front of the building has been named Buoniconti Drive.[9]

## References

1. ↑ "Management and Faculty". Univ. of Miami. Archived from the original on 2010-12-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20101221132725/http://themiamiproject.org/Page.aspx?pid=292. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
2. ↑ "Message from the President". Univ. of Miami. Archived from the original on 2011-06-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20110613162856/http://www.themiamiproject.org/page.aspx?pid=482. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
3. ↑ "Message from the Chairman". Univ. of Miami. Archived from the original on 2010-12-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20101221045026/http://themiamiproject.org/Page.aspx?pid=562. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
4. ↑ "Clinical Trials Initiative Update". Archived from the original on February 13, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120213145847/http://www.themiamiproject.org/page.aspx?pid=628.
5. ↑ "FDA Gives Miami Project Green Light for Phase 1 Clinical Trial". July 31, 2012. http://www.themiamiproject.org/phase-1-clinical-trial/. "The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, a Center of Excellence at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, has received permission from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to begin a revolutionary Phase 1 clinical trial to evaluate the safety of transplanting human Schwann cells to treat patients with recent spinal cord injuries."
6. ↑ "The Lois Pope LIFE Center Will Be Top Neurological Research Facility In The World". LIFE. Archived from the original on 2010-12-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20101208053137/http://www.life-edu.org/lois-pope-life-center.php. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
7. ↑ "Lois Pope LIFE Center". Univ. of Miami. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20110716070854/http://www.miamiproject.miami.edu/Page.aspx?pid=294. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
8. ↑ "Lois Pope Life Center". Total Systems Commissioning, Inc.. Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20110728131634/http://www.tscx.org/projects.php?id=LPLC. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
9. ↑ "Maps and Directions". Univ. of Miami. Archived from the original on 2011-05-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20110524045028/http://www.uhealthsystem.com/patient_services/maps_directions.asp?coord=345-9. Retrieved 2011-01-18.

## External links

* Official web site.

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