Brain Injury Medicine

Blessen Eapen is the Chief of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) Department at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System and is a Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Eapen is a physiatrist, researcher, and medical educator who has received numerous professional awards and honors and has authored many peer-reviewed publications, chapters and books in the field of rehabilitation medicine David Xavier Cifu is an American physiatrist, researcher, and medical educator. He is the Associate Dean for Innovation and System Integration in the School of Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, the chairman and Herman J. Flax M.D. Professor of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Virginia Commonwealth University, staff physiatrist at the Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Administration Medical Center, founding director of the VCU-Center for Rehabilitation Science and Engineering and senior TBI specialist in the Department of Veterans Affairs' Veterans Health Administration.

• Section 1:  Brain Anatomy and Physiology1. Neuroanatomy Correlates Jason R. Soble, Samantha DeDios-Stern, David Andrés González and Kenneth Chase Bailey2. Pathophysiology and Basic Sciences Gary Goldberg and David H. GlazerSection 2: Traumatic Brain Injury Severity & Patterns3. Mild TBI (Concussion), Moderate to Severe TBIJuan Cabrera4. TBI by Pattern: Penetrating, Non- Penetrating, Blast Injury Rebecca Tapia and Nick Vlahos5. Brain Death Criteria Cherry JunnSection 3: Epidemiology and Risk Factors6. Epidemiology and Public Health & Prevention Kelly Heath and Jaclyn Barcikowski7. Proteomic, Genetic, and Epigenetic Biomarkers in TBIKimbra Kenney, J. Kent Werner Jr. and Jessica Gill8. Prognosis and Recovery Patterns Rosanna C. Sabini and Komal PatelSection 4: Emergency Room and Intensive Care Management9. Prehospital CareGeoffrey Ling and Andrea Lauren Christman Schneider10. Acute Emergency Management (Non-surgical Care & Surgical Care)Alex valadka, Peter Horvath and Ketan Verma11. Critical Care ManagementClaudia Robertson, Yi Deng and Jovany Cruz-Navarro12. ComplicationsClaudia Robertson, Jovany Cruz-Navarro and Samantha Fernandez HernandezSection 5: Evaluation and Diagnosis 13. Physical Examination, signs and symptoms Brian Im and Emma Nally14. Diagnostic Procedures and Electrophysiology Kirk Lercher15. Neuroimaging (structural and functional) Saman Hazany, Jimmy C. Huang and Zaid Haddadin16. Functional EvaluationDaniel W. Klyce, Ronald Seel and Richard Kunz17. Intensity of Services, Specialized Rehabilitation Therapies, Interdisciplinary Team ManagementGary Noel Galang and Justin Louis WeppnerSection 6:  Complications and Management18. Cardiovascular and PulmonaryJames J. Begley and Victoria C. Whitehair19. GI and Nutrition Kelly Crawford20. GenitourinaryKelly Crawford21. Soft Tissue and Orthopedic ConditionSanjog Pangarkar and Gaurav Sunny Sharma22. PainSanjog Pangarkar and Morgan O'Connor23. Neuroendocrine/ Metabolic/ Hormonal Ondrea McKay and Neil Jasey24. Paroxysmal Sympathetic HyperactivityJames J. Begley and Victoria C. Whitehair25. Spasticity & Contractures Katherine Lin and Blessen C. Eapen26. Post-traumatic Hydrocephalus Neil Jasey and Laurie Dabaghian27. Cranial Nerve Disorders Gary Noel Galang and Justin Louis Weppner28. Seizure DisorderJustin Sup Hong29. Movement DisorderMiriam Segal30. Pressure Injuries, Bed Rest and DeconditioningFabienne Saint-Preux, Emma Nally and Heidi Fusco31. Dysphagia and AspirationBenjamin Ngocquang Nguyen and Lauren E. Fulks32. Speech and LanguageBenjamin Ngocquang Nguyen and David Eng33. Cognitive DysfunctionDouglas Cooper34. Neurosensory DysfunctionKelly Heath35. Emotional DyscontrolJustin B. Otis and Hal S. Wortzel36. Agitation and Restlessness Lindsay Mohney and Blessen C. Eapen37. Sleep Dysfunction and FatigueBillie Anna Schultz and Dmitry Esterov38. Mood DisordersNazanin Bahraini, Suzanne McGarity and Hal S. Wortzel39. PTSDDouglas Cooper, Christopher Ticknor and Jan E. Kennedy40. Suicide, personality d/o, anxietySuzanne McGarity, Nazanin Bahraini and Hal S. Wortzel41. Substance AbuseAlphonsa Thomas and Christine Greiss42. Sexuality and IntimacyKirk Lercher and Paul YooSection 7 Rehabilitation Concepts43. Therapeutic Exercise/RehabilitationJoel Scholten, Kimberly Benson and Katharine Stout44. Assistive Technology Sheital Bavishi45. Community Re-entry Eric Tomas Spier46. Involving Family in Rehabilitation: Role of PhysiatryLillian Flores Stevens and Angelle M. SanderSection 8: Special Topics47. Pediatric TBIDavid Cancel, Ruth E. Alejandro and Dara Jones48. Geriatric TBI Jaime M. Levine and Ekua B. Gilbert-Baffoe49. Military TBIAmy O'Brien Bowles and Meghan Jean McHenry50. Sports Concussion Rosanna C. Sabini51. Gender specific Issues in TBI  Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez and Jason Edwards52. Post-Concussion Syndrome Assessment, Management and Rx) Thomas Watanabe and Abana Azariah53. Nontraumatic brain Injury Rani Haley Lindberg54. Dual Diagnosis -TBI and SCIGemayaret Alvarez and Kevin Dalal55. Anoxic Brain InjuryMonica Verduzco-Gutierrez and Sima A. Desai56. DOC and Rehabilitation Sunil Kothari and Matthew Lin57. Complementary Alternative Therapies  Billie Anna Schultz and Dmitry Esterov58. Neuromodulation & Neuroprosthetics Miriam Segal59. NeuropharmacologyCraig DiTommaso, Susan Loughlin and Christopher Falco60. Neurodegeneration and DementiaStephen Mernoff, Stephen Correia and Breton Michael Asken61. Basic Statistics/Research Methods Mauro Zappaterra and Dixie Aragaki62. Ethics and LawSunil Kothari, Bonny Su Wong and Jean E. Woo

" As a candidate for the brain injury medicine board exam, I intend to thoroughly utilize this study guide and its practice questions in my exam preparation. It stands apart from existing board review books in its quality and breadth of topics."-Jamie L Ott, DO (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab) Doody Review: 98 - 5 Stars!