Featured Sessions
Featured Sessions & Keynotes
Thursday, March 12 – Friday, March 13, 2026
Hilton Arlington National Landing Hotel
(Updated as of 12/2025)
Keynotes
- A Roadmap to Accelerate Traumatic Brain Injury Research into Clinical Best Practices
Geoffrey T. Manley, MD, PhD
- Bringing it All Together: State of the Field and Call to Action
Jonathan Lifshitz, PhD, Christopher Giza, MD, and Kristen Dams-O’Connor, PhD
Concurrent Sessions
- Advances in ABI Motor Rehabilitation and Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Language Disturbances following Traumatic Brain Injury
- Sleep and Post Traumatic Fatigue: Best Practices Assessment and Management
- Autonomic Dysfunction and TBI
- Managing Social Determinants of Health after TBI
- Guidelines on Sports Related Concussion in Pediatrics, Adults and the Geri-athlete
- Molecular Biomarkers and Their Application to Brain Injury
- New Diagnostic Criteria for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Clinical and Medical-Legal Considerations
- Understanding Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy: Evidence Informed Perspectives
- Social Cognitive Impairments following Brain Injury: Clinical Essentials
- Favorable Outcomes and Quality of Life following Severe TBI and DOC
- A Biopsychosocial Approach to Achieving Optimal Outcomes following Pediatric Brain Injury
- The Pathophysiology of Traumatic Brain Injury
- The Canadian Living Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Rehabilitation of Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury: Lessons Learned
- Utilizing Neuroimaging to Inform Best Practices Clinical Care
- Severe TBI: A Neurodiagnostic Framework for Clinical Management and Novel Interventions
- Care for Kids: Pediatric Brain Injury Best Clinical Practices
- Neuropsychiatric Management of Behavioral and Emotional Issues following Traumatic Brain Injury
- Effective Models for Residential Rehabilitation and Community Integration following ABI
- Navigating Brain Injury: Effective Case Management for Improved Outcomes
- Cardiovascular Considerations and Brain Health after TBI
Interactive Workshops
- Post-Concussive Headache Assessment: A “Hands-On” Workshop
- Post-Concussive Dizziness Assessment: A “Hands-On” Workshop
- Neuromodulation: Novel Strategies for ABI Neurorehabilitation and Neurobehavioral Recovery
- Teaching Emotional Self Awareness following ABI: Training Tools and Resources
- ABI Case Management: Key Pearls for Success and Optimal Outcomes
- Practical Use of the SCOAT-6 following Concussion
- Practical Tips and Tricks for Performing a Visio-Vestibular Assessment in Patients with Acute TBI
- Introduction to the Kennedy Krieger Measurement Scales: Tools to Assess Clinically Meaningful Recovery after Acquired Brain Injury in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults
- “Contextual” Interdisciplinary Brain Injury Inpatient Rehabilitation Best Practices Workshop
- Promoting Cardiovascular Health after TBI: An Evidence Based Intervention
Invited & Interactive Workshop Speakers
- Stephanie Abler, MS,CCC-SLP
- Michelle Baker, BS, RN-WCCM, CRRN, CCM
- Yelena G. Bodien, PhD
- Elena Bradley
- Steven Broglio, PhD
- Jo Carter, BSN, RN, CCM
- Haley Chizuk, PhD, ATC
- Meeryo Choe, MD
- Britta Colombo, MS,CCC-SLP
- John Corrigan, PhD
- Daniel Corwin, MD, MSCE
- Kristen Dams-O’Connor, PhD
- Jennifer Dawson
- Andrew Dennison, MD
- Ramon Diaz-Arrastia, MD, PhD
- Simon Driver, PhD
- Sarah Etheredge, DPT, PhD
- David Fischer, MD
- Kim Frey, PhD, CCC-SLP
- Trisha Funk, MS, CCC-SLP
- Joseph Giacino, PhD
- Gerard Gioia, PhD
- Christopher Giza, MD
- Brian Greenwald, MD, FAAPMR
- Flora Hammond, MD
- Madison Harris, OTD, MA, OTR/L
- Sidney R. Hinds II, MD, FAAN, COL(Retired), US Army
- Tamerah Hunt, PhD
- Grant Iverson, PhD
- John Leddy, MD
- Jonathan Lifshitz, PhD
- Amelia Maiga, MD
- Geoffrey Manley, MD, PhD
- Amy Meltzer, BSN, RN, CCM
- Martin Monti, PhD
- Brooke Murtaugh, otd
- Dawn Neumann, PhD
- Katherine O’Brien, PhD
- Greg O’Shanick, MD
- Matthew Peters, MD
- Shanti Pinto, MD
- Vani Rao, MD
- Nick Reed, PhD, OTR
- Caroline Schnakers, PhD
- Amy Shapiro-Rosenbaum, PhD
- Beth Slomine, PhD
- Jeffry Snell, PhD
- Candace Tefertiller, DPT, PhD
- Jen Weaver, PhD
- Alan Weintraub, MD
- Danita Williams, RN-WCCM, BS, MBA, CCM
- Jean Woo, MD
- Keith Yeates, PhD, ABPP, FCAHS, FRSC
- Nathan D, Zasler, MD
- Roger Zemek, MD
Speakers
Alan Weintraub
NABIS ChairpersonBrian Greenwald
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical SchoolCandace Tefertiller
Craig HospitalCaroline Schnakers
Casa Colina Hospital and Centers for HealthcareChristopher Giza
UCLA Mattel Children’s HospitalDanita Williams
Paradigm OutcomesDawn Neumann
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation InstitutionFlora Hammond
Indiana University School of MedicineGeoffrey T. Manley
Zuckerberg San Francisco General HospitalGerard Gioia
Children’s National HospitalGrant Iverson
Harvard Medical SchoolJeffry Snell
QLIJohn D. Corrigan
The Ohio State UniversityJohn Leddy
NABIS Conference Co-ChairJonathan Lifshitz
NABIS Conference Co-ChairKeith Owen Yeates
University of CalgaryKim Frey
Craig HospitalKristen Dams-O’Connor
Brain Injury Research Center (BIRC) of Mount SinaiMartin M. Monti
University of California, Los AngelesMatthew Peters
Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineMeeryo Choe
NABIS Conference Co-ChairMichelle Baker
Paradigm OutcomesNathan D. Zasler
Concussion Care Centre of VirginiaNick Reed
Canada Lead Representative Co-ChairRamon Diaz-Arrastia
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of MedicineRoger Zemek
Children’s Hospital of Eastern OntarioSidney R. Hinds II
Major League Soccer Players AssociationTamerah Hunt
Georgia Southern UniversityTrisha Funk
QLIVani Rao
Private PracticeYelena G. Bodien
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
