PHILADELPHIA – Penn Medicine will host Mind Your Brain, a free event offering insights on the latest brain injury research and therapies from Penn Medicine neuroscience and neurology and brain injury. The 3rd annual Mind Your Brain @Penn Conference, on Friday, March 24, coincides with observation of March as National Brain Injury Awareness Month.
Anything from a blow to the head to an accident during sports play could lead to concussion or traumatic brain injury (TBI). Trisha Meili, known to the world as the Central Park Jogger, will serve as the keynote speaker during the Mind Your Brain @ Penn conference. Meili has turned the story of her brutal 1989 beating and rape, during which she suffered a severe blow to the head among other life-threating injuries, into a story of recovery, healing and survival. She first shared her story in a 2002 interview with Oprah Winfrey and has since become an outspoken voice for other TBI survivors, like herself, who have survived unexpected traumatic events.
Thought leaders from Penn’s Center for Brain Injury and Repair will also present conference attendees—including brain injury patients and their families and caregivers—with the latest advances and future directions in the field of traumatic brain injury during a moderated research panel. Miss Pennsylvania 2016, Samantha Lambert, a former gymnast who suffered a brain injury in her youth, and other Penn Medicine patients will share their recovery journeys during a survivor’s panel.
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WHERE:
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Smilow Center for Translational Research
3400 Civic Center Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 19104
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WHEN:
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Friday, March 24, 2016, 8 AM to 3 PM
Timeline:
7:30 AM
Registration
8:30 AM
Introduction/Welcome:
- M. Sean Grady, MD, chair of the department of Neurosurgery in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
- Candace Gantt, Founder of Mind Your Brain @Penn Medicine conference
8:45 AM
Keynote speaker:
- Trisha Meili, Central Park Jogger, brain injury survivor
9:45 AM – 11:30 A.M.
Breakout Sessions:
- Current trends in cognitive training
- Tips for returning to activity following concussion
- An introduction to improvisation
- Emerging science: Nutrition and TBI recovery
- A support group for caregivers (Closed to Media)
- Managing sleep disturbances following a brain injury
- Innovative treatments for patients with mild TBI or concussion
- The importance of vascular health for recovery after TBI
- How to live a meaningful life following brain injury
- Hyperbaric oxygen treatment
1:45 PM – 2:40 PM
Research Panel: A moderated panel of research professionals will discuss the latest advances and future directions in the field of traumatic brain injury.
- John A. Wolf, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Pennsylvania
- Randel Swanson, DO, PhD, Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
- Richard L. Doty, PhD, Professor of Psychology in Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery in the Perelman School of Medicine
- Han-Chiao Isaac Chen, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the Presbyterian Medical Center
- Eileen M. Maloney-Wilensky, CRNP, MSN, Director, Clinical Research Division/Quality & Safety Program
- Christina L. Master, MD, Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
- Jose L. Pascual L., MD, PhD, FACS, FCCM, FRCSC, Associate Professor of Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Presbyterian Medical Center of Philadelphia
2:45 PM – 3:30 PM
Survivor’s Panel
- Samantha Lambert, Miss Pennsylvania 2016, brain injury survivor
- Local brain injury survivors
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