Speaker Presentations

6th Annual
NKY TBI Conference
March 23, 2012

8:15-9:15      AM FEATURED SESSION
“Concepts for treatment of mild TBI in military” 
Warrior Resilency and Recovery Center (additional handout)
David A. Twillie, MD, Director, Warrior Resiliency and Recovery Center, Branchfield Army Community Hospital, Fort Campbell, KY 

12:00-1:00      POST LUNCH FEATURED SESSION
“Introduction and Overview of Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: Current status and future directions” 
Richard A. Falcone, Jr, MD, MPH, FAAP, FACS, Director Trauma Services,
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

3:15-4:15      PM FEATURED SESSION
“Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and the Role of the Polytrauma VA Clinic”  Sarah Wagers, MD / Vickie Zaborowski, LCSW, both from Robley Rex, Louisville VA Medical Center


TRACK ONE - CLINICIAN

   9:30-10:15    “Clinical Review of TBI Effects on Social Reintegration and Complex ADLs”  Stephanie Ciccarella PT MPT / Nancy Wylie, MS, OTR, CDRS,
both from Cincinnati VA Medical Center

10:30-11:15     “Medical Management of Spasticity on the
Traumatic Brain Injury Patient”  Chad Walters, DO, RehabSolutions

  1:15-2:00     “The ABC's of TBI” 
Rachel Garvin, MD, Neurocritical Care, University of Cincinnati

   2:15-3:00      “When to Hold ‘Em and When to Fold ‘Em” - Part 1 (Pisacano); Part 2 (Goodman)
Margaret Pisacano, BSN, JD, Director of Risk Management, University of Kentucky Medical Center / R. Lanahan Goodman, JD, President of Southwest Ohio Trial Lawyers Association


TRACK TWO - MILITARY / VETERAN
SURVIVOR / CAREGIVER

10:30-11:15    “Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Postconcussion Syndrome” Tarvez Tucker, MD, Neurocritical Care Fellow, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

  1:15-2:00       “Cincinnati VA Medical Center’s Approach to Care for Veterans with Polytrauma/Traumatic Brain Injury”
Michelle Trainor, MSW, LISW, Polytrauma/Traumatic Brain Injury Care Coordinator, Cincinnati VA Medical Center / Linda Brashears, SSG US Army (RET), Military Services Advocate, Brain Injury Alliance of Kentucky

 2:15-3:00       “Food As Medicine: Managing TBI Through Nutrition”  Francoise Kazimierczuk, MS, RD, CSSD, LD, ATC, CSCS Cincinnati VA Medical Center 


TRACK THREE - ADULT SURVIVOR/CAREGIVER

10:30-11:15     “Financial & Estate Planning for Those with Special Needs”  Jeffrey Yussman, JD, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs

 1:15-2:00        “Advocating for Yourself and Others”
Sharon Marsh, RN, BSN, CCM, Arch Care Consultants 

 2:15-3:00       "It Doesn't Take a Lot of Brains to Understand the Brain:  Functional Neuroanatomy Made Ridiculously Simple" James F. Phifer, PhD, Radical RehabSolutions


TRACK FOUR - PEDIATRIC SURVIVOR/CAREGIVER

10:30-11:15     "Endocrinopathies after Traumatic Brain Injury"
Susan R. Rose, MD, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

  1:15-2:00       “Preparing Students with Disabilities for the School-to-Work Transition”  Teri Hogan, MS, CRC, CBIS-T, Deputy State Director of    NeuroRestorative, Carbondale, IL 

  2:15-3:00       “Michelle P Waiver / Consumer Directed Options (CDO)”  Shelley Kelch, BSSW, Northern Kentucky Area Development District /
Colleen Gribben, OT, Parent and Caregiver