Symposium

Brain Injury

Clinical Practice (assessment, diagnosis, treatment, knowledge translation/EBP, implementation science, program development)

Operations and Outcomes of Three Specialized Disorders of Consciousness Programs (848054)

Presenter(s)

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  Yelena Bodien, PhD

  Research Scientist
  Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
  Boston, Massachusetts

  Presentation Slides
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  Ford Vox, MD, FAAPMR

  Medical Director, Disorders of Consciousness Program & Chair, Medical Ethics Committee
  Shepherd Center
  Atlanta, Georgia
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  Katherine O'Brien, PhD

  Clinical Neuropsychologist
  TIRR Memorial Hermann
  Houston, Texas
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  Douglas I. Katz, MD

  Professor; Medical Director of Brain Injury
  Boston University; Braintree Rehab
  Newton Center, Massachusetts
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  Joseph T. Giacino, PhD

  Director, Rehabilitation Neuropsychology
  Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital/Harvard Medical School
  Charlestown, Massachusetts

The purpose of this symposium is to review the operations and the patient outcomes of three DoC programs: Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Shepherd Center, and TIRR Memorial Herman.

Learning Objectives:

• describe the operations of three specialized disorders of consciousness programs
• Discuss standardized metrics collected across different disorders of consciousness programs
• identify similarities and differences between different disorders of consciousness programs