Focus Day: 23rd March 2010

10.00 - 17.00 Advances in TBI and PTSD Treatments

This focus day will concentrate on the latest treatments and understanding of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), with contributions from the IDF, German Armed Forces and US DoD

Facilitated by:

Les Folio, DO, MPH; Col (ret), USAF, MC, SFS
Associate Professor, Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Associate Professor, Military and Emergency Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Radiologist
National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Topics and Speakers include:

The Diagnostics And Treatment Of Combat Head Injures: Lessons From The German Armed Forces

Colonel (Prof. Dr.) Ulrich Kunz
Head of Neurosurgical Department of Armed Forces Hospital Ulm
Bundeswehr

Colonel (Dr) Burkhardt Danz
Radiologist, Armed Forces Hospital Ulm
Bundeswehr

Colonel (Prof. Dr.) Frank Weber
Neurologist, Armed Forces Hospital, Ulm
Bundeswehr

PTSD In Low Intensity Conflict:

Dr. Ishay Ostfeld MD MHA
Cardiothoracic Surgeon Commander
SUMA (Israeli Defence Force Special Units Medical Administration) IDF

The National Intrepid Center Of Excellence: A New Paradigm In The Diagnosis, Treatment Planning And Life Long Follow Up Strategy Of MTBI And Behavioural Health Conditions

Colonel George F. Nussbaum PhD
RN Assistant Professor
Graduate School of Nursing Uniformed Services University

TBI Imaging At Walter Reed

Gerard Riedy
MD, PhD, Director National Capital Neuroimaging Consortium, Department of Radiology
Walter Reed Army Medical Centre

Treating Head Injuries At LRMC

Major Shawna Scully
Chief of Neurology, LRMC
ERMC

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