Early in his career he studied anatomy and held research and faculty positions at the universities in Zürich, Switzerland and Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.
[2][3] At that time, comprehensive care for the injured veterans was hindered by a lack of a cohesive approach to their complex medical and social problems.
Bors was appalled by the lack of specific interventions for bladder management and other conditions secondary to spinal cord injury.
He also developed a holistic multidisciplinary approach that formed the foundation for modern spinal cord injury care centers.
In 1958, Bors helped oversee the construction of a new facility dedicated to the SCI Service, which is now known as Long Beach VA Medical Center.