Hearings

Strengthening Services for Veterans with Spinal Cord Injury and Disorder

September 17, 2025 04:00 PM Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 106

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Agenda

              WITNESS LIST

                  Panel I

Shelly Hoover, EdD, Navy Veteran

Mandi Bailey, Veteran ALS Action Committee

Mary Ward, Veteran Spouse/Caregiver and Fellow, Elizabeth Dole Foundation

Robert L. Thomas, Jr., National President and Chairman of the Board, Paralyzed Veterans of America

                  Panel II

Erica Scavella, MD, FACP, FACHE, Assistant Under Secretary of Health for Clinical Services, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

      Accompanied by:

               Manosha Wickremasinghe, MD, Executive Director, VA’s Spinal Cord Injuries and Disorders (SCI/D) System of Care

Testimony

  • Shelly Hoover, EdD

    Navy Veteran
    Download File (86.74 KB)

  • Mandi Bailey

    Veteran ALS Action Committee
    Download File (85.75 KB)

  • Mary Ward

    Veteran Spouse/Caregiver and Fellow
    Elizabeth Dole Foundation
    Download File (219.76 KB)

  • Robert L. Thomas, Jr.

    National President and Chairman of the Board
    Paralyzed Veterans of America
    Download File (362.06 KB)

  • Erica Scavella, MD, FACP, FACHE

    Assistant Under Secretary of Health for Clinical Services
    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
    Download File (115.36 KB)