Nerve, Muscle, & Bone Diseases

Paralyzed Veterans of America, a congressionally chartered veterans service organization founded in 1946, has developed a unique expertise on a wide variety of issues involving the special needs of our members – veterans of the armed forces who have experienced spinal cord injury or dysfunction.

COORDINATING AND FUNDING RESEARCH NECESSARY TO FIND A CURE FOR DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY.ALSO IMPROVING THE CARE AND HEALTH OF DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DISTROPHY PATIENTS

Setting Scoliosis Straight Foundation falls under the Nerve, Muscle & Bone Diseases Research category: Organizations that conduct research which can be used to improve the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases or conditions that affect the nerves, muscles or bones. The related medical specialty is orthopedic surgery.

TO ADVANCE THE CARE OF HAND AND UPPER EXTREMITY DISORDERS BY SUPPORTING RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND OUTREACH THROUGH THE EFFICIENT COLLECTION OF DONATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION OF GRANTS.

TO CREATE A FORUM FOR CLINICIANS, BASIC SCIENTISTS & BIOENGINEERS INVOLVED WITH NEUROMODULATION THROUGH A COMBINATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS,WEBINARS, JOURNAL, PODCAST AND INTERACTIVE WEBSITE (COMPLETE STATEMENT ON SCHED O)

TO IMPROVE HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE BY SUPPORTING HIP AND KNEE RESEARCH, EDUCATION IN JOINT CARE, AND SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES IN THE TREATMENT OF THE HIP AND KNEE.

THE CHRISTOPHER AND DANA REEVE FOUNDATION IS DEDICATED TO CURING SPINAL CORD INJURY BY ADVANCING INNOVATIVE RESEARCH AND IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IMPACTED BY PARALYSIS.

The Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF) mission is improving lives by supporting excellence in orthopaedic research. OREF's vision is that it will be the leader in supporting orthopaedic research to improve function, eliminate pain and restore mobility.

Committed to finding a cure for myasthenia gravis and closely related disorders, improving treatment options, and providing information and support to people with myasthenia gravis through research, education, community programs and advocacy.

RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IS AT THE CORE OF WHO WE ARE. TRIA ORTHOPAEDIC CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, HOUSED WITHIN TRIA ORTHOPAEDIC CENTER, ADVANCES THE SCIENCE OF ORTHOPAEDIC MEDICINE THROUGH A RICH BLEND OF EDUCATION AND RESEARCH PROGRAMS.

PROVIDE STRUCTURE AND FUNDING TO SUPPORT EDUCATION, PROVIDE FAMILY SUPPORT, AND CONDUCT PROSPECTIVE AND RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES BY SURGEONS AND RESEARCHERS STUDYING COMPLEX CHEST WALL AND SPINE DEFORMITIES IN THE GROWING CHILD.

TO EDUCATE MEMBERS ABOUT RECONSTRUCTIVE MICROSURGICAL METHODS AND PRINCIPLES.

TO BUILD AWARENESS OF THE DISEASE OF HYPOPHOSPHATASIA BY PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, A SUPPORT NETWORK, A SHARING OF INFORMATION REGARDING RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OPTIONS TO PEOPLE DIAGNOSED WITH HYPOPHOSPHATASIA, THEIR FAMILIES, AND TO THE TREATING DOCTORS.

Education and research related to orthopaedic medicine

TO EDUCATE, INFORM, AND PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES REGARDING KENNEDY'S DISEASE (SPINAL BULBAR MUSCULAR ATROPHY).

Education, Research, and DXA/ TBS services.

TO SUPPORT RESEARCH, EDUCATION, PATIENT ADVOCACY AND CHARITABLE HEALTHCARE IN ORTHOPEDICS AND MUSCOSKELETAL MEDICINE.

THE BEACON ORTHOPAEDIC RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION, INC. IS PROVIDING A HUMAN CADAVER LAB AND EDUCATIONAL SPACE FOR THE TEACHING AND DEMONSTRATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES. WE ARE TRAINING MEDICAL FELLOWS OFFERING FELLOWSHIPS TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE PURSUING A CAREER IN ORTHOPAEDICS. THE FOUNDATION WILL BE PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PUBLIC REGARDING INJURY PREVENTION AND PROPER PREPARATION FOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES.

THE ORTHOPEDIC FOUNDATION IS A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF PATIENT CARE AND MEDICAL SERVICES THROUGH A COMMITMENT TO RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND PREVENTION OF ORTHOPEDIC AND NEUROLOGIC DISORDERS. WE BELIEVE THAT QUALITY MEDICAL CARE AND SERVICE REQUIRES A SCIENTIFIC COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE, COMPASSIONATE DEDICATION TO SERVICE AND AN ENTHUSIASTIC WILLINGNESS TO TEACH. WE WILL PRIMARLY UTILIZE QUALIFIED PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS TO ACCOMPLISH THIS MISSION. RESEARCH WILL BE CONDUCTED AND SPONSORED IN THE FIELDS OF ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY, NEUROLOGY, NEUROSURGERY, PAIN MANAGEMENT, AND PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS WILL BE PROVIDED FOR PATIENTS, PHYSICIANS AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS IN VARIOUS FORMS, INCLUDING LECTURES, SEMINARS, AND FELLOWSHIPS. PREVENTION PROGRAMS WILL INCORPORATE OUR RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL EXPERTISE TO IMPACT ORTHOPEDIC AND NEUROLOGIC PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.

MEDICAL RESEARCH IN LOOK BACK PERIOD AND GRANT MAKING.

RESEARCH ANCILLAY PROGRAM AND LABORATORY

THE PURPOSE OF THIS CORPORATION IS TO SUPPORT AND PROVIDE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND INFORMATIONAL ACTIVITIES RELATED TO SCOLIOSIS AND SPINAL REHABILITATION.

TO PROMOTE EDUCATION AND SUPPORT BASIC SCIENCES AND CLINICAL RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF ARTICULAR AND MENISCAL CARTILAGE TO BENEFIT PATIENTS WITH CARTILAGE PATHOLOGY.

THE OCI HEALING RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. IS A 501 (C) 3 NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION ESTABLISHED TO EDUCATE, RESEARCH AND PROMOTE TONG REN ENERGY HEALING WORLDWIDE IN ORDER TO DEVELOP SAFER AND MORE COST-EFFECTIVE HEALTHCARE.

PRENTISS REGIONAL HOSPITAL & EXTENDED CARE FACILITY, INC. D/B/A JEFFERSON DAVIS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL LEASES ITS FACILITY TO FORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL, A NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANIZATION, WHICH IN TURN OPERATES AND MANAGES THE ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL.

Fund medical research Fund research for A-T, a rare genetic disease affecting young children.

THE PURPOSE OF THE CORPORATION IS TO SERVE AS AN EDUCATIONAL, RESEARCH AND CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION TO CONDUCT MEDICAL RESEARCH IN ORTHOPAEDICS

PROVIDE EDUCATION IN THE AREA OF NEUROSCIENCE OF CHILDREN, MEDICAL STUDENTS, PHYSICIANS, AND OTHER HEALTHCARE PERSONNEL. PERFORM BASIC SCIENCE RESEARCH USING IMMUNOLOGICAL STUDIES. PERFORM CLINICAL RESEARCH STUDIES OF PHARMACEUTICAL AGENTS.

OUR MISSION: DRIVE RESEARCH, EXPAND KNOWLEDGE, AND ADVANCE CARE FOR THE NF COMMUNITY. OUR VISION: END NF.

THE JACOBS INSTITUTE, INC., LOCATED IN BUFFALO, NEW YORK, WAS FORMED IN 2008 TO ACCOMPLISH THE VISION OF MAKING WESTERN NEW YORK A CENTER FOR WORLD-CLASS EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH, TEACHING, PUBLIC AWARENESS AND ADVANCES IN CLINICAL AND MINIMALLY-INVASIVE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF GLOBAL VASCULAR DISEASE.

SEE SCHEDULE O.

OUR MISSION IS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PEOPLE AFFECTED BY OI THROUGH RESEARCH TO FIND TREATMENTS AND A CURE, EDUCATION, AWARENESS, AND MUTUAL SUPPORT. THERE ARE AT LEAST FOUR DISTINCT FORMS OF OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA REPRESENTING EXTREME VARIATIONS IN SEVERITY AND AFFECTING 20,000 TO 40,000 PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES.

The mission of the Child Neurology Foundation is to serve as a collaborative center of education, resources, and support for children and their families living with neurologic conditions, and facilitate connection with medical professionals who care for them. The Child Neurology Foundation connects partners from all areas of the child neurology community so those navigating the journey of disease diagnosis, management, and care have the ongoing support from those dedicated to treatments and cures. Our expanding network of patients and caregivers, volunteers and advocates, researchers and clinicians is committed to helping one another along the path that leads to the best quality of care - and the highest quality of life-for every child.

THE PRIMARY MISSON OF MPN RESEARCH FOUNDATION IS TO PROMOTE, FUND AND SUPPORT THE MOST INNOVATIVE AND EFFECTIVE RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES, TREATMENTS, AND POTENTIALLY THE CURE FOR ET, PV, AND MF.

With a single focus on funding research, the CMT Research Foundation exclusively funds research leading to the discovery, development, and clinical application of treatments and cures for Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT).

THE ORTHOCAROLINA RESEARCH INSTITUTE (OCRI) IS AN INDEPENDENT, NON-PROFIT 501(C)3 THAT EXISTS TO FACILITATE RELEVANT ORTHOPEDIC RESEARCH WHICH ADVANCES ORTHOPEDIC TREATMENTS, IMPROVES QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PATIENTS, AND EDUCATES THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY.

ORTHOPAEDIC RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

CHARLEY'S FUND'S SINGULAR MISSION IS TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF TREATMENTS AND A CURE FOR DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY (DMD). WE IDENTIFY AND DIRECT FUNDING TO THE MOST COMPELLING RESEARCH AND TREATMENT PROGRAMS RELATED TO DMD AND, (CONT. ON SCH. O.)

TO ADVANCE MUSCULOSKELETAL HEALTH THROUGH COMMUNITY SERVICE, ORTHOPEDIC RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND TRAINING.

OFFERING EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS AND ANATOMY WORKSHOPS TO PHYSICIANS, RESEARCHERS AND FELLOWS PARTICIPATING OFF SITE AT TEACHING HOSPITALS AND UNIVERSITIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. BY ATTENDING ONGOING MEDICAL EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCES, PHYSICIAN AND OTHER HEALTH PROFESSIONALS WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO KEEP CURRENT WITH ORHOPAEDIC, MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES AND MOVEMENT ANALYSIS INFORMATION. PHYSICIANS CAN ALSO BE TRAINED TO APPLY NEW OR EMERGING TECHNIQUES IN KNEE, SHOULDER, ELBOW, WRIST AND HAND SURGERY.

To obtain resources of human capital, monetary, in-kind, restricted and non-restricted gifts and grants to help provide access to optimal orthopedic and spine care for the underserved in Ghana and other countries.

THE HAWKINS FOUNDATION IS FOCUSED ON THE ADVANCEMENT AND ORTHOPAEDIC CARE AND EDUCATION BY UTILIZING SCIENTIFIC AND CLINICAL ORTHOPAEDIC RESEARCH. SUPPORT EDUCATION VIA ORTHOPAEDIC SPORTS MEDICINE FELLOWSHIPS AND VARIOUS MEDICAL AND PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL SYMPOSIUMS.

To engage, educate and empower people throughout the country to build and maintain strong bones to prevent osteoporosis and fractures and live a long and healthy life.

TO HELP PIONEER ANTERIOR APPROACH HIP TECHNIQUE TO BETTER SERVE THE GLOBAL PATIENT POPULATION THROUGH EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY, AND ADVANCED CARE METHODOLOGIES.

THIS CORPORATION IS ORGANIZED FOR CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES INCLUDING FOR SUCH PURPOSES, THE FUNDING OF TARGETED SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL RESEARCH WHICH IS DEDICATED TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PERSONS WITH A SPINAL CORD INJURY AND THOSE WITH RELATED NEUROLOGICAL DEFICITS AND THE FUNDING OF AWARENESS AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC WITH THE GOAL OF REDUCING THE INCIDENCE OF SPINAL CORD INJURIES

THE MISSION OF THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT LINK IS TO HELP PATIENTS, CAREGIVERS, AND FAMILIES COPE WITH THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL CHALLENGES OF BONE MARROW/STEM CELL TRANSPLANT FROM DIAGNOSIS THROUGH SURVIVORSHIP. WE PROVIDE MULTIPLE FREE PROGRAMS FOR PATIENTS, CAREGIVERS, AND HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS INCLUDING MONTHLY LUNCH AND LEARNS, WEBINARS, PODCASTS, COFFEE KLATCHES, AND VALUABLE RESOURCE BOOKS.

THE INTERNATIONAL THYROID ONCOLOGY GROUP HAS BEEN ORGANIZED AND WILL BE OPERATED EXCLUSIVELY TO SERVE THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF (1) FURTHERING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INTO POSSIBLE CURES FOR THYROID CANCER; AND (2) EDUCATING THE PUBLIC REGARDING THYROID CANCER AND RESEARCH INTO POSSIBLE CURES FOR THE DISEASE BY HOSTING CONFERENCES, MEETINGS, AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, AND BY DISSEMINATING RESEARCH RESULTS REGARDING THYROID CANCER TREATMENTS.

HINRI IS A VENTURE PHILANTHROPY WITH A MISSION OF BRINGING SERVANT LEADERSHIP, COMPASSION AND INNOVATION TO BEAR IN SOLVING THE WORLD'S MOST DIFFICULT HEALTH CHALLENGES.