Invited Concurrent Sessions
Invited Concurrent Sessions
Thursday, March 12 – Friday, March 13, 2026
Hilton Arlington National Landing Hotel
(Updated as of 12/2025)
Explore how leading experts are advancing the future of brain injury care and neurological rehabilitation in our Invited Speaker Sessions. These sessions bring together a multidisciplinary group of distinguished professionals who will share the latest insights in acute management, clinical assessment, and neurorehabilitation strategies.
Designed to offer high-value learning, each session provides a rare opportunity to hear directly from leaders who are driving progress in brain injury recovery through collaborative, evidence-based practice.
- 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
Invited Concurrent Speakers
- Michelle Baker, BS, RN-WCCM, CRRN, CCM
- Yelena G. Bodien, PhD
- Jo Carter, BSN, RN, CCM
- Meeryo Choe, MD
- John Corrigan, PhD
- Dan Corwin, MD, PhD
- Kristen Dams-O’Connor, PhD
- Ramon Diaz-Arrastia, MD, PhD
- Simon Driver, PhD
- Sarah Etheredge, DPT, PhD
- Kim Frey, PhD, CCC-SLP
- Trisha Funk, MS, CCC-SLP
- Gerard Gioia, PhD
- Christopher Giza, MD
- Brian Greenwald, MD, FAAPMR
- Flora Hammond, MD
- Sidney R. Hinds II, MD, FAAN
- Tamerah Hunt, PhD
- Grant Iverson, PhD
- John Leddy, MD
- Jonathan Lifshitz, PhD
- Geoffrey Manley, MD, PhD
- Amy Meltzer, BSN, RN, CCM
- Martin Monti, PhD
- Dawn Neumann, PhD
- Greg O’Shanick, MD
- Matthew Peters, MD
- Shanti Pinto, MD
- Vani Rao, MD
- Nick Reed, PhD, OTR
- Caroline Schnakers, PhD
- Beth Slomine, PhD
- Jeffry Snell, PhD
- Candace Tefertiller, DPT, PhD
- Alan Weintraub, MD
- Danita Williams, RN-WCCM, BS, MBA, CCM
- Keith Yeates, PhD, ABPP, FCAHS, FRSC
- Nathan D, Zasler, MD
- Roger Zemek, MD
Speakers
Brian 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 MedicineGerard Gioia
Children’s National HospitalGrant Iverson
Harvard Medical SchoolJeffry Snell
QLIJennifer Dawson
Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research InstituteJennifer Weaver
Colorado State UniversityJohn 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 OntarioShanti Pinto
Spaulding Rehabilitation HospitalSidney R. Hinds II
Major League Soccer Players AssociationSimon Driver
Spaulding RehabilitationTamerah Hunt
Georgia Southern UniversityTrisha Funk
QLIVani Rao
Private PracticeYelena G. Bodien
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
