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Brain Trauma Foundation to Sponsor On Line Brain Injury Lectures

By Michael Kaplen

The Brain Trauma Foundation which promotes current guidelines for the treatment of traumatic brain injury and the intra cranial pressure monitoring of patients who have sustained severe brain injuries, has announced a series of on line lectures dealing with the multiple aspects of brain injury including mild traumatic brain injury, nutrition support in acute brain injury, hypotermia as a treatment following brain damage, current clinical trials following a traumatic brain injury and the development of seizures and epilepsy following a traumatic brain injury.

The schedule of events with registration information is listed below.  You can register for any of the seminars by going to the brain trauma registration page.  You can contact Meredith Klein at the Brain Trauma Foundation if you have any questions about these programs.

June 20, 2008:  Practice Guidelines in Mild TBI: Implementation and Improving Outcomes- Andy Jagoda, MD, FACEP, Professor & Vice Chair, Medical Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

July 16, 2008: The Brain Trauma Foundation presents Nutrition Support in Patients with Acute TBI- Jimmi Hatton, Pharm.D., FCCM, FCCP, Interim Chair & Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice & Science, Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Kentucky.

August 15, 2008: The Brain Trauma Foundation presents Hypothermia in the Management of TBI- Stephan A. Mayer, MD, FCCM, Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology & Neurosurgery, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.

September 17, 2008: The Brain Trauma Foundation presents Current Active Clinical Trials in TBI-David O. Okonkwo, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

November 20, 2008: The Brain Trauma Foundation presents TBI Seizures: Myths, Realities, & Practicalities-Larry Hirsch, MD, Associate Clinical Professor of Neurology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. 

Full post as published by Brain Injury News and Information on June 03, 2008 (boomark / email).