Concussion

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.

• 1. Acute Management of Concussion and Diagnostic Criteria2. Neuropsychological Assessment3. Neuroimaging in Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation4. Postconcussive Syndrome (PCS)5. Assessment and Management of Psychiatric Symptoms Among Adults With Mild Traumatic Brain Injury6. Postconcussive Headache7. Assessment and Treatment of Sleep in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury8. Management and Rehabilitation of Cognitive Dysfunction9. Neurosensory Deficits Associated with Concussion (Auditory, Vestibular, and Visual Dysfunction)10. Rehabilitation and Management of Fatigue11. Management of Adult Sports Concussion12. Assessment, Management, and Rehabilitation of Pediatric Concussions13. Assessment and Treatment of Concussion in Service Members and Veterans14. Gender and Sex Considerations in Traumatic Brain Injury15. A Look Ahead: Cutting Edge Research in the Diagnosis, Assessment, Rehabilitation Management, and Prevention of Concussion and Its Sequelae