NIH Consensus Development Conference on Rehabilitation of Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury

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NIH Consensus Development Conference on Rehabilitation of Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury

NIH Planning Committee

Chairperson: Duane Alexander, M.D.
Director
National Institute of Child Health and
Human Development
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

Beth Ansel, Ph.D.
Health Scientist Administrator
National Institute on Deafness and
Other Communication Disorders
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

Geoffrey Cheung, Ph.D.
Deputy Director
Office of Alternative Medicine
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

Mary Ellen Cheung, Ph.D.
Division of Stroke, Trauma, and
Neurodegenerative Disorders
National Institute of Neurological
Disorders and Stroke
National Institutes of Health
Rockville, Maryland

Margaret Coopey, R.N., M.G.A., M.P.S.
Health Policy Analyst
Center for Practice and Technology
Assessment
Agency for Health Care Policy and
Research
Rockville, Maryland

Jerry M. Elliott
Program and Management Analysis
Officer
Office of Medical Applications of
Research
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

John H. Ferguson, M.D.
Director
Office of Medical Applications of
Research
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

Marcus J. Fuhrer, Ph.D.
Director
National Center for Medical
Rehabilitation Research
National Institute of Child Health and
Human Development
National Institutes of Health
Rockville, Maryland

William H. Hall
Director of Communications
Office of Medical Applications of
Research
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

Cassandra E. Henderson, M.D.
Guest Scientist
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics,
and Prevention Research
National Institute of Child Health
and Human Development
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

David Heppel, M.D.
Maternal and Child Health Bureau
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Rockville, Maryland

Danuta Krotoski, Ph.D.
Chief of Basic Rehabilitation
Medical Research Branch
National Center for Medical
Rehabilitation Research
National Institute of Child Health
and Human Development
National Institutes of Health
Rockville, Maryland

Toby S. Lawrence, R.P.T.
Program Manager
Medical Science Programs
National Institute on Disability and
Rehabilitation Research
Washington, District of Columbia

L. Don Lehmkuhl, Ph.D.
The Institute for Rehabilitation and
Research
Houston, Texas

Harvey S. Levin, Ph.D.
Professor and Director of Research
Department of Physical Medicine
and Rehabilitation
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Kristjan T. Ragnarsson, M.D.
Lucy G. Moses Professor and
Chairman
Department of Rehabilitation
Medicine
Mount Sinai Medical Center
New York, New York

Andrés Salazar, M.D.
Director
Defense and Veterans Head Injury
Program
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Washington, District of Columbia

Charles R. Sherman, Ph.D.
Deputy Director
Office of Medical Applications of
Research
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

Hilary D. Sigmon, Ph.D., R.N.
Physiologist
Program Director
National Institute of Nursing Research
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

David J. Thurman, M.D., M.P.H.
Medical Epidemiologist
Division of Acute Care, Rehabilitation
Research and Disability Prevention
National Center for Injury Prevention
and Control
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia

Stephen M. Tuel, M.D.
Director
Clinical Practices Program
National Center for Medical
Rehabilitation Research
National Institute of Child Health and
Human Development
National Institutes of Health
Rockville, Maryland

Benedetto Vitiello, M.D.
Chief
Child and Adolescent Treatment and
Preventive Intervention
Division of Services and Intervention
Research
National Institute of Mental Health
National Institutes of Health
Rockville, Maryland

Judith M. Whalen, M.P.A.
Associate Director for Science Policy,
Analysis and Communication
National Institute of Child Health and
Human Development
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

John Whyte, M.D., Ph.D.
Director
Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute
Moss Rehabilitation Hospital
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

George A. Zitnay, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Neurosurgery
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia

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