Back on His Feet
Errol Samuels, a 22-year-old from Hollis, Queens, is paraplegic. The week before his college final exams in May 2012, he and his friends went to an off-campus party. He went out on a deck and the roof collapsed on him, crushing his spine. Remarkably, less than two years later with the help of a revolutionary new device named the “ReWalk”, Errol is back on his feet. Under the supervision of Allan Kozlowski, MD, Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and Alexandra Voigt, Clinical Research Coordinator in Rehabilitation Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Errol presses a button on a wristwatch-like wireless controller on his right arm. Dr. Kozlowski acknowledges that exoskeletons are still in their infancy and that “the manufacturers will have to address the patient’s ability to use them easily.”
-Dr. Allan Kozlowski, Assistant Professor, Rehabilitation Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
-Alexandra Voigt, Clinical Research Coordinator in Rehabilitation Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai