NSU is hosting the International Forum of Brain Injuries

On may 5, 2011 Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale Florida will host an internal forum on the impact of brain injuries.

The International Forum for Innovations in Diagnosis and Treatment of Mild/Moderate Brain Injury will take place from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at NSU’s Car DeSantis Building’s Knight Auditorium int the main campus and it will feature global experts, who will talk about the diagnosis and management of mild to moderate brain injury, non-accidental brain injury (e.g. blast injuries, child abuse), head injury in sport, and non-traumatic causes of brain injury (e.g. stroke, and anxiety as a consequence of brain injury).

Speakers:

George L. Hanbury II, Ph.D, president Nova Southeastern University

Jay M. Uomoto, Ph.D., interim deputy director of the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Barry Nierenberg, Ph.D., ABPP, associate professor, NSU’s Center for Psychological Services

Neal Baer, M.D., executive producer Law & Order: SVU; Deborah Ann Mulligan, M.D., director of NSU’s Institute for Child Health Policy

Daniel Fagbuyi, M.D. FAAP, FACEP, assistant professor of pediatrics and emergency medicine, George Washington University

Stephen A. Russo, Ph.D., assistant professor, NSU’s Center for Psychological Studies

Andrew M. Kusienski D.O. CSM, team physician and medical director for NSU Athletics; Vinny Scavo, University of Miami’s head athletic director

Susan Fisher-Owens , M.D., M.P.H., assistant clinical professor, University California at San Francisco; and U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz

This interdisciplinary continuing education forum will take place from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at NSU’s Car DeSantis Building’s Knight Auditorium on main campus.

To register onsite or for a webinar, please visit http://www.nova.edu/ichf/ For information, please call Eli Saleeby at 954-262-1942.