TBI One Love Podcast

To wrap up our June series, we are having Dr. Didehbani, with UT Southwestern Medical Center in Frisco Texas. Dr. Didehbani’s, specializes in neuropsychological assessment, with a primary interest in examining individuals with sports-related concussion and neurocognitive disorders. Her current research focuses on the longitudinal effects of head impact in youth athletes and the aging effects of TB...

Happy June! Tonight, we are having Dr. Perez with The University of Miami Health System, and she will be on the start to the June series of the TBI One Love Podcast. Dr. Perez is a Pediatric neuropsychologist and neurorehabilitator with ample training in the neurodevelopmental and neurocognitive evaluation as well as neurorehabilitation of medically complex children and adolescents. Her research f...

Tonight, we are having Jamie and her mother on the Grace on the TBI One Love Podcast!  Jamie was a World-Class Skiing Champion, and the FIRST female skier to land a double backflip, which took place in a competition at the Winter X Games XVII. But, in 2015 her professional career ended during her second run at the world tour finals. Jamie slammed her head into the ground, she had brain bleeds in 8...

To kick off the May series, we are having an inspirational guest calling in Michigan! Our guest tonight is: Dr. Ramona Pleva with Northern Lights Chiropractor. Besides Chropractor work, she has expanded to provide brain scanning asset tools to aid patients understanding the brain balance from brain injuries, learning difficulities, cognitive declines etc. Tune in starting at 9pm cst at: tbionelove...

To wrap up our April series, we are having an inspirational guest calling in from Australia! Our guest tonight is:  Professor Sah. Who is the Director of the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) at The University of Queensland and a world-renowned authority on the amygdala! His research offers hope for treating conditions such as anxiety, Traumatic Brain Injury, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, fear de...

To warp up the TBI One Love #mindfulmarch Podcast series we will be having two amazing guest from Europe with the BIF-EC. Which is a European Confederation of National Non-Governmental Organization that works to support the brain injured and their families! The guest are: first, Evelyn Vincent who is the Chair of Headway Basingstoke - a rehabilitation unit for survivors of a brain injury since 198...

To kick off the TBI One Love #mindfulmarch Podcast series on the 6th, we will be having:  Dr. Fatima Nasrallah from The University of Queensland in Australia. That is right, Australia! Dr. Nasrallah is a neuroscientist with a background in magnetic resonance and interdisciplinary brain research. Through her work, she has established herself as one of the world experts in the area of functional bra...

 to wrap up the TBI One Love February Podcast series on the 20th, we will be having: Marinet Brennan from Ireland! That is right, Ireland. Marinet is a Diagnostic Audiologist & Speech-Language Pathologist in Ireland. She is passionate about neurocentric education and the importance of 'move-to-learn & learn-to-move' while harnessing the brain's incredible potential to change & adapt. ...

To kick off the TBI One Love February Podcast series on the 6th, we will be having: Natalie Mackenzie from England! That is right, England. Natalie is the Director the of Brain Injury Support and Cognitive Rehabilitation: BIS Services in London with over 17 years experience of working with individuals with brain injuries and is highly specialized in the area! She also is a Cognitive Rehabilitation...

To wrap up our January Podcast series on the 30th, we will be having: Dr. Markus from Illinois! Dr. Markus is the founder of the Designs for Strong Minds™! Which is, an innovative program of exercises that uses game-like, context-free exercises to filter out emotional influences to work solely on cognitive skills for all ages who have suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury. In addition, she was selecte...

Happy MLK Day!  Tonight, we are every excited to have Sara McGann here in DFW Metroplex. Sara is an UTSW graduate, and Lead Counselor at a Neuro Transitional Center in Dallas, she specializes in adjustment to disability and recovery from Traumatic Brain Injury, Post-Concussive Disorder, Acquired Brain Injury, Stroke and Spinal Cord Injury! She does not only adjustment for the survivor but for thei...

To kick off our final series of 2022, our guest tonight is inspirational difference maker, educater and Innovator, founder of the Galaxy Brain & Therapy Center: Meg Scaling. Meg has been providing excellence in community-based occupational therapy for almost 20 years. She focuses on helping individuals gain independence through innovative whole-brain remediation exercise, as well as providing...

Our guest tonight is inspirational difference maker andOccupational Theray assistant from California: Jillian Carlin. Jillian has been working with in-patient rehab at level 2 trauma center for over 6 years! She understand the power of OT and the ability it helps brain injury survivors. One love

Tonight we have another guest calling in from the other side of the world. Which is, Ed Sorich from GLIA Diagnostics in Australia!  He currently is engaged with ADF and US DoD developing and validating technologies for TBI and Point of Care devices!  *His mission; close the gap between patient and practitioner. To learn more- gliadiagnostics.com One love

Tonight to kick off our October series, we are having: Dr. Emma Power, who is a speech pathologist and academic at the University of Technology Sydney. She has worked in the area of communication impairments following Brain Injuries for over 25 years in a variety of clinical and academic positions. Dr. Power has led research on the development of post-stroke aphasia best practice guidelines and th...

To kick off our Septemeber series, we are having two amazing guest.  First, we have NFL Hall of Famer: Brett Farve! Brett is a quarterback who played in the National Football League for 20 seasons, primarily with the Green Bay Packers. He recfently has opened up about Brain Injuries and estimates he may have suffered hundreds or even thousands of concussions during his career! He stated “head inju...

To wrap up our August series tonight, we are having, Veronica Garcia from Switzerland! Veronica has a Masters degree in: Functional Recovery in Neurological physiotherapy and a Masters in Neuroscience: medical, surgical and neurological patient rehabilitation. She has received a PH.D from the University of València in Spain! Her Ph. D. trajectory includes a first year collaborating with Neurorehab...

Tonight, for the middle of our August series we are having Kathryn Rodgers. Who is with the Wounded Warrior Project! Kathryn, has 15 years of professional Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation experience working specifically with Brain Injuries, Spinal Cord Injuries, and other Neurological Conditions in various roles, settings (inpatient/residential/community), and populations (military/civilian/...

To kick off our only July series segment, we are having Dr. Ann Guernon is an Assistant Professor at the Lewis University. Her research interests include injury prevention and management of concussion in youth sports, neuromodulation for cognitive-communication impairments, and support for decision-making and communication between clinicians and caregivers. Tune in starting at 9pm cst: tbionelove....

To wrap up our June series, we are having Dr Kate Gould with The Monash University in Australia. Dr. Gould, is a Senior Researcher who leads a theme of clinically applied research on understanding and improving cognitive, psychiatric and behavioural changes following Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) with the Monash-Epworth Rehabilitation Research Centre. She is a scientist-practitioner, with her resear...

Tonight to kick off our June podcast series, we are having Kathryn Hyzak with The Ohio State University. She is Ph. D Candidate with 10 years of research experience in: Traumatic Brain Injury. She also has guest lectured at the bachelor and doctoral levels on Traumatic Brain Injury in social work practice, a proud member of the Society for Implementation Research Collaboration and elected member o...

Tonight, to wrap up our May series we are having Tracy Milner with Brainfx. She is one of the Co-founders. She has a history of Occupational Therapists who has been extensively in the area of neurorehabilitation with adults and children and led multi-disciplinary healthcare organizations for the past eighteen years. Brainfx's mission is to  make the invisible effects of brain disorders VISIBLE. On...

Tonight, we are having Dr. Weaver with Colorado State University. She is an assistant professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy!  She has an occupational therapy background including: a work history in post-acute care, specifically inpatient rehabilitation services(minimum of three hours of therapy a day, five days a week to patients in the hospital). The patients that she typically work...

To kick off our May series, tonight we are having Michelle Ranae Wild. Who is a teacher at Coastline College (for over the past 3 decades) teaching education executive function and self-regulation skills to students in Coastline College’s Acquired Brain Injury Program. Plus she is the founder and CEO of Brain Education Strategies & Technology (BEST)! BEST provides tools and building blocks to...

To wrap up our April series, we are having one of our own survivor family members: Melissa Mesazaros from Washington State.  Melissa is a comic book publicist and three years ago(04/17/2018) she was walking to a Judas Priest gig with some friends in Portland when she was hit by a car while was walking on a designated cross walk and suffered a Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. She had a long road of r...