Category Archives: Brain Trauma Foundation
“Real Warriors”
“Real Warriors” is a campaign launched by members of the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury. This project aims to heal veterans who seek treatment for the invisible TBIs they have suffered from since their … Continue reading
Traumatic Brain Injury May Be Treatable
A recent study depicting the slow-developing effects of an injury to the brain may change the way those brain injuries are treated. The Brain Trauma Foundation, chaired by financier Alan Quasha, highlighted media reports of a new study published in … Continue reading
Concussion Awareness Campaign
The Brain Trauma Foundation (BTF), chaired by Alan Quasha, reports that concussion, or mild TBI (traumatic brain injury) is by far the most underdiagnosed and underestimated of the millions of head injuries suffered by people in the United States. Concussion … Continue reading
Important Brain Trauma Foundation Webinar
On December 1, the Brain Trauma Foundation will be hosting a webinar on Decompressive Craniectomy for patients with severe TBI – a randomized trial. The speaker for this will be Jamie Cooper, MD. Who is currently in charge of Trauma … Continue reading
Football, Brain Trauma & More
If you love football and you love sarcasm, this is the post for you. This recent tongue-in-cheek article in The New York Times highlights many of the recent problems that college and professional football have seen. From brain injury research, … Continue reading
Diagnosing Traumatic Brain Injuries
It is not always so easy to diagnose traumatic brain injuries (TBIs). The Brain Trauma Foundation of which Alan Quasha is chairman, works hard to “improve[e] the outcome of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) patients worldwide by developing best practices guidelines, … Continue reading
Alan Quasha and TBI
New trials for TBI sufferers to take place. Continue reading
“Leaders” Interviews Alan Quasha
Leaders interviewed Alan Quasha in April, 2009. Continue reading