Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Organizations that Host Model System Centers Ranked by U.S. News

 U.S. News evaluated 1,083 hospitals for rehabilitation and ranked the best-performing ones based on their care for patients recovering from many illnesses including spinal cord injury (SCI), traumatic brain injury (TBI), and burn injury. We present the ranking of rehabilitation facilities that house the currently funded Model System centers below.

Ranking 1: Shirley Ryan Abilitylab
Ranking 8: Rusk Rehabilitation at NYU Langone Hospitals
Ranking 10: Craig Hospital
Ranking 11: UPMC Mercy
 
Ranking 12: New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell
 
Ranking 13: Baylor Scott and White Institute for Rehabilitation-Dallas
Ranking 14: Mount Sinai Hospital
Ranking 17: Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital
 
Ranking 17: UT Southwestern Medical Center
Ranking 19: WakeMed Health and Hospitals-Raleigh Campus
 
Ranking 20: MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital
 
Ranking 21: Magee Rehabilitation Hospital-Jefferson Health
Ranking 22: University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital
Ranking 23: Johns Hopkins Hospital
 
Ranking 24: MetroHealth Medical Center
Ranking 25: University of Michigan Hospitals-Michigan Medicine
Ranking 26: Banner Del E. Webb Medical Center
 
Ranking 26: Emory Rehabilitation Hospital
 
Ranking 26: Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center
 
Ranking 29: Kaiser Permanente Vallejo Medical Center
 
Ranking 30: JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute at Hackensack Meridian Health
Ranking 31: Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Ranking 32: UW Medicine-Harborview Medical Center
Ranking 33: St. David’s Medical Center
 
Ranking 34: Banner Boswell Medical Center
 
Ranking 34: OhioHealth Rehabilitation Hospital
 
Ranking 36: Brooks Rehabilitation Hospital
 
Ranking 36: Tampa General Hospital
 
Ranking 38: WellStar Kennestone Hospital
 
Ranking 39: Sarasota Memorial Hospital
 
Ranking 40: Providence St. Jude Medical Center
 
Ranking 41: Swedish Medical Center-Cherry Hill
 
Ranking 41: UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital
 
Ranking 43: Atrium Medical Center-Middletown
 
Ranking 44: Froedtert Hospital and the Medical College of Wisconsin
 
Ranking 44: Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian
 
Ranking 46: Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital
 
Ranking 47: St. David’s North Austin Medical Center
 
Ranking 48: CarolinaEast Medical Center                    
 
Ranking 48: Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas
 
Ranking 48: University of North Carolina Hospitals

Thursday, June 11, 2020

TBI Model System Researchers Publish Position Statement on Disorders of Consciousness in Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation


TBI Model System researchers recently, in collaboration with the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Evidence and Practice Committee (ACRM EPC), published a position statement, “Minimum competency recommendations for programs that provide rehabilitation services for persons with disorders of consciousness: A position statement of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems,” in Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. The position statement discusses practice guidelines and minimum competencies of the clinical programs for the treatment and support of individuals with disorders of consciousness. The recommendations fall into several categories: diagnostic and prognostic assessment, treatment, transitioning care/long-term care needs, and management of ethical issues. Authors from the currently-funded TBI Model System centers include: Spaulding-Harvard Traumatic Brain Injury Model System (Joseph Giacino, PhD; and Ross D. Zafonte DO), Moss Traumatic Brain Injury Model System (John Whyte, PhD), Tampa Polytrauma Rehabilitation TBI Model System Center (Risa Nakase-Richardson, PhD), JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute TBI Model System (Brian Greenwald, MD), Indiana University School of Medicine / Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana TBI (Flora Hammond, MD), and Rocky Mountain Regional Brain Injury System (Alan Weintraub, MD). View the article here.

Monday, March 9, 2020

TBI Model Systems Researchers Planned and Participate in the North American Brain Injury Society (NABIS) 15th Annual Conference (ABI2020)


TBI Model Systems researchers have been critical in the planning of and many will present at the North American Brain Injury Society (NABIS) 15th Annual Conference (ABI2020). The event will be held February 26-29 in New Orleans, LA. For more information about the conference, view the conference program here.

The following TBI Model System researchers assisted in planning ABI2020:
  • Alan Weinstraub, MD, Medical Director for the Rocky Mountain Regional Brain Injury System and Medical Director of the Brain Injury Program at Craig Hospital, will serve as conference chair for the North American Brain Injury Society (NABIS) 15th Annual Conference (ABI2020). With the theme ‘Best Practices in Brain Injury Medicine and Neurorehabilitation: Improving Outcomes Through Interdisciplinary Collaboration,’ this conference will be the premier educational event for multidisciplinary medical professionals involved in brain injury in North America in 2020. Learn more about this honor here.

The following TBI Model System Researchers will present at ABI2020:
  • Anthony Lequerica, PhD (Northern New Jersey Traumatic Brain Injury System) will present, “Lifetime Exposure to Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurobehavioral Symptoms Among Spanish-speaking Individuals from an International Sample,” as part of the Accepted Oral Scientific Papers on Integration and Lifelong Living.

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

TBI Model System Researchers Present at 13th World Congress on Brain Injury

TBI Model System researchers presented at the 13th World Congress on Brain Injury held March 13-16, 2019, in Toronto, Canada. This conference is the largest gathering of international professionals working in the field of brain injury.

Lisa Payne, PhD, Lenore Hawley, MSSW, Jessica Ketchum, PhD, Clare Morey, MA, and Angie Philippus, BA, researchers at Rocky Mountain Regional Brain Injury System, presented “Improving well-being after traumatic brain injury through volunteering:  A randomized controlled trial.”

Candy Tefertiller, PT, Kaitlin Hays, PhD, Audrey Natale, OT, Denise O'Dell, PT, Jessica McKinney Ketchum, PhD, Mitch Sevigny, MS, CB Eagye, MS, Angela Philippus, BA, and Cindy Harrison-Felix, PhD, researchers at Rocky Mountain Regional Brain Injury System, presented “Ready to be steady: Results from a randomized controlled trial to address balance deficits after traumatic brain injury (TBI).”


Geraldine Martens, PhD, Yelena Bodien, PhD, and Joseph Giacino, PhD, researchers at Spaulding-Harvard Traumatic Brain Injury Model System, presented "Behavioral markers of recovery of consciousness after severe brain injury."


Kristen Dams-O'Connor, PhD, Wayne Gordon, PhD, Alex Landau, BA, Lisa Spielman, PhD, and Eric Watson, PhD, researchers at New York Traumatic Brain Injury Model System, presented "Treatment of post-TBI fatigue with light exposure."


Jeanne Hoffman, PhD, researcher at University of Washington Traumatic Brain Injury Model System, presented "TWILIGHT: RCT of phototherapy."


John Whyte, PhD,  co-principal investigator at Moss Traumatic Brain Injury Model System, along with Ingrid Poulsen, Pengsheng Ni, Marianne Eskildsen, and Rikke Guldager, presented "Development of a measure of nociception and pain for patients with severe brain injury."


Dmitry Esterov, DO, Thomas Bergquist, PhD, and Allen Brown, MD, researchers at Mayo Clinic Traumatic Brain Injury Model System, presented "Predictors of neurobehavioral symptom reporting in a community based sample with mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI)."


Arielle Resnick, PT, DPT, NCS, Irene Ward, DPT, NCS, Erin Donnelly, PT, NCS, Jacquelyn Candras, Marisa King, PT, DPT, Justine Mamone-Lucciola, Stefanie Migliaccio, Allison Miller, and Anthony Lequerica, PhD, researchers at Northern New Jersey Traumatic Brain Injury System, presented "Predicting the need for supervision following traumatic brain injury."


Yelena Bodien, PhD, Geraldine Martens, PhD, and Joseph Giacino, PhD, researchers at Spaulding-Harvard Traumatic Brain Injury Model System, presented "When will he talk to me? Mapping the time course of recovery of communication in patients with disorders of consciousness following severe brain injury."


Ross Zafonte, DO, and Grant Iverson, PhD, along with Jenkin Mok, Douglas Terry, Brucee Maxweell, Paul Berkner, and Magdalena Wojtowicz, researchers at Spaulding-Harvard Traumatic Brain Injury Model System, presented "The impact of migraine history and short sleep duration on preseason symptom reporting in adolescent student athletes."


Ross Zafonte, DO, Joseph Giacino, PhD, Michael Bergin, PhD, and Felipe Frengi, MD, researchers at Spaulding-Harvard Traumatic Brain Injury Model System, presented "Huperzine A in the treatment of cognitive and mood deficits after severe and moderate TBI."


Candace Tefertiller, PT,  Kaitlyn Hays, PT, DPT, Jessica Ketchum, PhD, Audrey Natale, PT, DPT,  Denise O'Dell, Mitch Seveigny, and Cynthia Harrison-Felix, researchers at Rocky Mountain Regional Brain Injury System, presented "Ready to be steady: Virtual reality and balance after traumatic brain injury."


Jennifer Marwitz, MA,  Jeffrey Kreutzer, PhD,  Adam Sima, PhD, Kristin Graham, PhD, Nancy Hsu, PsyD, and Herman Lukow, PhD, researchers at Virginia Commonwealth Traumatic Brain Injury Model System, presented "Efficacy of a couples intervention to promote relationship quality after traumatic brain injury."


Jennifer Bogner, PhD, John Corrigan, PhD, and Chelsea Kane, PsyD, researchers at Ohio Regional Traumatic Brain Injury Model System, presented "Randomized controlled trial of a brief intervention for substance misuse following moderate or severe TBI."








Monday, December 24, 2018

TBI Model System Researchers Contribute to Textbook of Traumatic Brain Injury, 3rd Edition

The following TBI Model Systems researchers contributed to the newly-published 3rd edition of The Textbook of Traumatic Brain Injury as editor of the textbook or chapter authors:

David B. Arciniegas, MD, The Texas TBI Model System of TIRR
Kathleen R. Bell, MD, North Texas TBI Model System
Jennifer Bogner, PhD, Ohio Regional Traumatic Brain Injury Model System
John D. Corrigan, PhD, Ohio Regional Traumatic Brain Injury Model System
Kristen Dams-O’Connor, PhD, New York Traumatic Brain Injury Model System
Joseph T. Giacino,PhD, Spaulding-Harvard Traumatic Brain Injury Model System
Flora M. Hammond, MD, Indiana University School of Medicine / Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana TBI Model System
Cynthia Harrison-Felix, PhD, TBI Model Systems National Data and Statistical Center
Tessa Hart, PhD, Moss Traumatic Brain Injury Model System
Jeffrey S. Kreutzer, PhD, Virginia Commonwealth Traumatic Brain Injury Model System
James F. Malec, PhD, Indiana University School of Medicine / Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana TBI Model System
Dawn M. Neumann, PhD, Indiana University School of Medicine / Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana TBI Model System
Amanda Rabinowitz, PhD, Moss Traumatic Brain Injury Model System
Angelle M. Sander, PhD, The Texas TBI Model System of TIRR
Mark Sherer, PhD, The Texas TBI Model System of TIRR
John Whyte, MD, PhD, Moss Traumatic Brain Injury Model System

In addition, Risa Nakase-Richardson, PhD, at the Department of Veteran Affairs-funded Tampa Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center, contributed to the textbook.

Monday, August 20, 2018

TBI Model System Researchers Collaborate on Recently Published Articles


A host of TBI Model System researchers from the Rocky Mountain Spinal Injury System (RMRSIS) published the following articles: 
  • "Physical, Cognitive, and Psychosocial Characteristics Associated with Mortality in Chronic TBI Survivors: A National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems Study."  Authors of the article include Therese O’Neil-Pirozzi, ScD, CCC-SLP; Jessica Ketchum, Ph.D.; Flora Hammond, M.D.; Angela Philippus, B.A.; Erica Weber, Ph.D.; and Kristin Dams-O’Connor, Ph.D.  View the abstract here.      
  • "Obesity and Overweight Problems Among Individuals 1 to 25 Years Following Acute Rehabilitation for Traumatic Brain Injury: A NIDILRR Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems Study. Authors of the article include Laura Dreer, Ph.D.; Jessica Ketchum, Ph.D.; Thomas Novack, Ph.D.; John Corrigan, Ph.D.; Jennifer Bogner, Ph.D.; Elizabeth Felix, Ph.D.; Douglas Johnson-Greene, Ph.D.; and Flora Hammond, M.D." View the abstract here.
  •  "Social Competence Treatment after Traumatic Brain Injury: A Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled Trial of Interactive Group Treatment versus Non-Interactive Treatment. Authors of the article include Cynthia-Harrison-Felix, Ph.D.; Jessica Ketchum, Ph.D.;  Jody Newman, MA, CCC-SLP; Lenore Hawley, MSSW, LCSW ; Clare Morey, MA, CCC-SLP; Cynthia Braden, MA, CCC-SLP; CB Eagye, MS; William Walker, MD; Kathleen Bell, MD; Scott Millis, Ph.D.; James Malec, Ph.D.; and Laura Howe, JD, Ph.D." View the abstract here.




Model Systems Researchers selected as Fellow of American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine

The following Model Systems researchers were awarded the Fellow of American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine designation:

  • Yu-Ying Chen, M.D., Ph.D., FACRM, Project Director of the National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center; Professor & Director, University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • Thomas F. Bergquist, Ph.D., ABPP-CN, FACRM, Assistant Professor and Program Director, Mayo Brain Injury Outpatient Program
  •  Kristen Dams O'Connor, Ph.D, FACRM, Associate Professor, Director, Brain Injury Research Center; Research Director, Mount Sinai Injury Control Research Center
  • John DeLuca, Ph.D., Project Director of the Northern New Jersey Traumatic Brain Injury Model System; Senior Vice President for Research, Kessler Foundation