{"id":29629,"date":"2019-10-30T12:14:13","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T12:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/?page_id=29629"},"modified":"2026-03-16T17:23:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T17:23:13","slug":"colasante-cesar-md","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/team\/investigators\/colasante-cesar-md\/","title":{"rendered":"Colasante, Cesar, MD"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"fes-profile\">\n<div class=\"profile-name-section\">\n<p class=\"profile-name\">Colasante, Cesar, MD<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"profile-layout\"><!-- LEFT COLUMN --><\/p>\n<div class=\"profile-left\">\n<div class=\"profile-photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-28637 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CesarColasante_sized.jpg\" alt=\"Colasante, Cesar, MD\" \/><\/div>\n<h4 class=\"profile-heading\">PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Investigator<\/strong><br \/>\nCleveland FES Center<br \/>\nSyracuse VA Medical Center<\/p>\n<p><strong>Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation<\/strong><br \/>\nSUNY Upstate University<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"profile-heading\">CONTACT INFORMATION<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Program Contact:<\/strong><br \/>\nCesar Colasante<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact Email:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:cesar.colasante@va.gov\">cesar.colasante@va.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button-publications\" href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?hl=en&amp;user=M-JfFWwAAAAJ&amp;view_op=list_works\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PUBLICATIONS<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- RIGHT COLUMN --><\/p>\n<div class=\"profile-right\">\n<p class=\"profile-subtitle\">Dr. Colasante is a professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at SUNY Upstate and part of the Syracuse VA Medical Center SCI\/D Department. He completed his residency and fellowship at SUNY Upstate Medical Center.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Colasante&#8217;s research goals are to improve independence and quality of life for patients with SCI. Current projects include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Electrical stimulation for patients with Spinal Cord Injury<\/li>\n<li>3D printing for assistive devices<\/li>\n<li>Robotic devices to aid with activities of daily living<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dr. Colasante&#8217;s achievements include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aapmr.org\/docs\/default-source\/default-document-library\/2025_i-i-insert_final.pdf?sfvrsn=9fbd357c_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2025 Innovator and Influencer Honoree for the American Association of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/summitpva.org\/clinical-excellence-awards\/2024-winners\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024 Paralyzed Veterans of American Clinical Excellence Award<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li>In the news:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/abc7news.com\/post\/3-year-old-boy-believed-to-be-youngest-recipient-of-3-d-prosthetic\/2159608\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Three-Year Old Boy Believed to be Youngest Recipient of 3D Prosthetic<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Podcast:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/physiatry-tech-ep-1-3d-printing-prosthetics-orthotics\/id1152965073?i=1000721199773\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Association of Academic Physiatrist Tech, episode 1<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Presentation:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/cnybac.com\/news\/upstate-faculty-3d-mentor-dr-cesar-colasante-presents-at-am-medical-summit-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mentor for Central New York Biotech Accelerator<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lecture:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nyspmr.org\/courses\/electrostimulation-for-neurogenic-bowel-bladder-managementcopy-noncme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NYPMR<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Patent:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/patents.google.com\/patent\/US20210035370A1\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Methods and devices for intraoperative viewing of patient 3D surface images<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Board certified by ABPMR (American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation); SCIM (by ABPMR &#8211; Spinal Cord Injury Medicine); ABWMS (American Board of Wound Medicine and Surgery)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;] Colasante, Cesar, MD PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Investigator Cleveland FES Center Syracuse VA Medical Center Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation SUNY Upstate University CONTACT INFORMATION Program Contact: Cesar Colasante Contact Email: cesar.colasante@va.gov PUBLICATIONS Dr. Colasante is a professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at SUNY Upstate and part of the Syracuse VA Medical Center [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":29630,"parent":27304,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-29629","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29629"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31186,"href":"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29629\/revisions\/31186"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27304"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}