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NSU’s Institute for Child Health Policy Hosts Forum on Brain Injury
Nova Southeastern University’s Institute for Child Health Policy hosted the International Forum for Innovations in Diagnosis and Treatment of Mild/Moderate Brain Injury on May 5 at the Knight Auditorium. Participants learned from international experts on the diagnosis and management of mild to moderate brain injury, non-accidental brain injury (e.g. blast injuries, child abuse), head injury in sport, and non-traumatic causes of brain injury (e.g. stroke, and anxiety as a consequence of brain injury).
U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz was one of the speakers at the Forum on Brain Injury.
Speakers included: NSU President George L. Hanbury II, Ph.D, ; U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz; Jay M. Uomoto, Ph.D., interim deputy director of the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Barry Nierenberg, Ph.D., ABPP, associate professor, NSU’s Center for Psychological Services; Neal Baer, M.D., Executive Producer of the television show, Law & Order: SVU; Deborah Ann Mullligan, M.D., director of NSU’s Institute for Child Health Policy; Daniel Fagbuyi, M.D. FAAP FACEP, assistant professor of pediatrics and emergency medicine, George Washington University; Stephen A. Russo, Ph.D., assistant professor, NSU’s Center for Psychological Studies; Andrew M. Kusienski D.O. CSM, team physician and medical director for NSU Athletics; Vinny Scavo, University of Miami’s head athletic director; and Susan Fisher-Owens , M.D., MPH, assistant clinical professor, University California at San Francisco.