The Management of Concussion and mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Resource Constrained Environments
8th October 2025, 17:00 to 18:00 BST
Overview
The worldwide incidence of mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI) exceeds 12.5 million yearly according to the Global Burden of Disease Study. mTBI, including concussion, is associated with a number of disruptive and disabling consequences in all age ranges and qualifies as one of the leading causes of global morbidity. Many patients with mTBI go untreated under the assumption their condition will normalize spontaneously. While most do normalize, many suffer disabling symptoms and complications which escape both recognition and optimal management.
This webinar will discuss current approaches to the diagnosis, management and, of special importance, the rehabilitation of patients with mTBI and concussion in resource constrained environments.
Aims
The webinar will review the diagnosis and management, including rehabilitation, of mTBI in resource constrained environments.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this webinar, attendees should be able to:
- Diagnose mTBI and concussion and differentiate them from other categories of TBI
- Determine what diagnostic tests are indicated, if any
- Manage the condition initially
- Determine whether and when referral and evacuation might be appropriate
- Understand Institute rehabilitation after concussion.
Panellists
Our panellists include:
(Chris) Fox, M.D., FAANS, FACS
Chris is Professor of Neurosurgery and Vice Chair of Neurosurgery at Mayo Clinic Florida; Associate Dean of Student Affairs, Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine; former active duty neurosurgeon, the United States Navy; prior member of 2 NCAA National Championship teams as an ice-hockey player at the University of Michigan and professional hockey player for the Edmonton Oilers'. He has special interests in athletic head injury.
Stacy Suskauer M.D.
Stacy is Professor and Division Director for Pediatric Rehabilitation, and Vice President of Rehabilitation within the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She the Concussion Clinic at Kennedy Krieger Institute and leads federally funded research related to understanding and improving outcomes after youth concussion.
Aris Exadaktylos MD, FRCSEd, FRRHHEd
Aris is the Chairman and Director of the Emergency Department of the University Hospital (Inselspital) in Bern and Professor and Vice Dean of the Medical School, University of Bern. He has extensive experience in the provision of emergency medical services in resource constrained environments.
T. (Teo) Forcht Dagi MD, DmedSc, DHC, MPH, FRCSEd, FRRHHEd, FAANS
Teo is Professor of Neurosurgery at the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Deputy Chair of the Surgical Specialty Board of Neurosurgery at the Royal College of Surgery of Edinburgh, former director of neurology and neurosurgery at the U.S. Airforce and U.S. Army training programs for flight surgery, editor of a US Revision of the NATO Handbook of War Surgery and a textbook on penetrating head injury, and editor of Neurosurgery and the Journal of Special Operations Medicine. He has special interest in neuroplasticity and neurorehabilitation.
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Recording
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