The Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis

Cause Area

  • Health & Medicine
  • People with Disabilities

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1095 NW 14th TerraceMIAMI, FL 33136 United States
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The Miami Project is the world's most comprehensive spinal cord injury research center. The international team is housed in the Lois Pope LIFE Center and located at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine with more than 300 scientists, researchers, clinicians and support staff who take innovative approaches to the challenges of brain and spinal cord injury.

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In 1985, Barth A. Green, M.D. and NFL Hall of Fame linebacker Nick Buoniconti helped found TheMiami Projectto Cure Paralysis after Nick’s son, Marc, sustained a spinal cord injury during a college football game. Today, The Miami Project is the world’s most comprehensive spinal cord injury research center, and a designated Center of Excellence at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.

Committed to finding a cure for paralysis resulting from spinal cord injury and to seeing millions worldwide walk again, the Buoniconti family established The Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis in 1992, a non-profit organization devoted to assisting The Miami Project achieve its national and international goals.

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