Chloe Slocum

Dr. Slocum completed her Spinal Cord Injury Medicine fellowship training at Harvard Medical School Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, and VA Boston Healthcare System. Clinically, she specializes in neurological rehabilitation and management of complications that arise from spinal cord injury and neurological disorders. She is especially interested in urological health and health promotion for people with spinal cord injury and neurological conditions. Dr. Slocum received her Master in Public Health degree from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with the Commonwealth Fund Mongan Fellowship in Minority Health Policy at Harvard Medical School, where she focused on health policy and health equity for people with disabilities. Dr. Slocum is actively involved in clinical research with the Spaulding New England Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center (SNERSCIC) Model System and medical education.

Certified Specialities

• Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
• Spinal Cord Injury Medicine

Clinical & Research Interests

Neurological rehabilitation, spinal cord injury medicine, spasticity management including medication, injections, and intrathecal pump refills and management, urologic health for men and women with spinal cord injury and neurological disorders, health promotion for people with disabilities.

Publications

1: Bajorek AJ, Slocum C, Goldstein R, Mix J, Niewczyk P, Ryan CM, Hendricks CT, Zafonte R, Schneider JC. Impact of Cognition on Burn Inpatient Rehabilitation Outcomes. PM R. 2016 Jul 9. pii: S1934-1482(16)30252-0. doi: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2016.06.023. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27404335.

2: Slocum C, Gerrard P, Black-Schaffer R, Goldstein R, Singhal A, DiVita MA, Ryan CM, Mix J, Purohit M, Niewczyk P, Kazis L, Zafonte R, Schneider JC. Functional Status Predicts Acute Care Readmissions from Inpatient Rehabilitation in the Stroke Population. PLoS One. 2015 Nov 23;10(11):e0142180. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0142180. eCollection 2015. PubMed PMID: 26599009; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4657881.

3: Gerrard P, Goldstein R, DiVita MA, Slocum C, Ryan CM, Mix J, Niewczyk P, Kazis L, Zafonte R, Schneider JC. Functional status and readmissions in unilateral hip fractures. Am J Manag Care. 2015 Apr 1;21(4):e282-7. PubMed PMID: 26244792.

4: Slocum CS, Goldstein R, DiVita MA, Mix J, Niewczyk P, Gerrard P, Sheridan R, Kowalske KJ, Zafonte R, Ryan CM, Schneider JC. Assessing the ability of comorbidity indexes to capture comorbid disease in the inpatient rehabilitation burn injury population. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2015 May;94(5):373-84. doi:10.1097/PHM.0000000000000180. PubMed PMID: 25171665.

5: Purohit M, Goldstein R, Nadler D, Mathews K, Slocum C, Gerrard P, DiVita MA, Ryan CM, Zafonte R, Kowalske K, Schneider JC. Cognition in patients with burn injury in the inpatient rehabilitation population. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2014 Jul;95(7):1342-9. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2014.01.029. Epub 2014 Feb 28. PubMed PMID:24582616.

6: Slocum C, Blauwet CA, Allen JB. Sports Medicine Considerations for the Paralympic Athlete. Curr Phys Med Rehabil Rep. 2015; 3(1): 25-35.