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TBICoE at MHSRS 2022
Last month, TBICoE researchers headed to Florida for the 2022 Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS). MHSRS is the Defense Department's premier scientific meeting, a joint symposium that provides a collaborative environment for military medical care providers with deployment experience, military scientists, academia, and industry to exchange information on research and health care advancements within the areas of Combat Casualty Care, Military Operational Medicine, Clinical and Rehabilitative Medicine, and Military Infectious Disease Research Programs. Check out some of our highlights below:
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TBICoE Branch Chief U.S. Navy Capt. Scott A. Cota outlines the history and purpose of the longitudinal medical study on blast overpressure exposure and its effects on service members' brain health. |
Dr. Jason Bailie, one of TBICoE’s researchers at Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton, discusses findings in a study evaluating Strategic Memory Advanced Reasoning Training (SMART), an evidence-based manualized cognitive training protocol focused on increasing top-down executive functioning in patients with traumatic brain injury.
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Jacques Arrieux (left), TBICoE researcher at Womack Army Medical Center, and Dr. Josh Gatson, Research Network Program Manager at our headquarters in Silver Spring, Md., present their poster at MHSRS. Their research examined biomarkers in active duty service members with acute concussion compared to those without TBI.
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Head over to our Facebook page for more highlights from this year’s MHSRS and discover a full list of all posters and presentations on our website. (This list is best viewed in Firefox or you can download the PDF.)
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New Provider Resource on Neuroendocrine Dysfunction After TBI
Neuroendocrine disorder (NED) is also known as post-traumatic hypopituitarism and can occur in a small subset of patients following traumatic brain injury (TBI). Those most at risk for NED after mild TBI include those with a history of multiple TBIs, repetitive low-level blast exposure, and blast-related TBI. Screening for NED involves complex dynamic testing that can be logistically challenging for the primary care manager and may not be cost effective. To aid primary care managers, TBICoE created a fact sheet to provide information on NED symptomology, screening interpretation, and patient referrals that can be downloaded directly to your computer or mobile device.
Download the Neuroendocrine Dysfunction Following Concussion/Mild TBI Provider Fact Sheet now from health.mil/TBIProviders.
Upcoming Event
TBICoE provides virtual provider trainings on a number of key clinical topics. Be sure to save the following event to your calendar and visit health.mil/TBICoEEvents for more information.
Nov 16 - TBICoE Quarterly Education Series: Global Impact of Traumatic Brain Injury Care
Check out the TBICoE Facebook Page and to provide feedback, contact us at dha.TBICoEinfo@health.mil.
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A New Way to Meet with Your Military Health Care Team
You and your family can conveniently get care in a new and easy way. All active duty service members, retirees, and families enrolled in a military hospital or clinic can now use MHS Video Connect - the Military Health System's web-based telehealth solution to access care.
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