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BOSTON, MA – This afternoon the Sarah Jane Brain Foundation held an event presenting the National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan (PABI Plan). The event was part of the Sarah Jane Brain Project’s 40+ state national youth brain injury tour to promote the prevention, identification and treatment of brain injury.
The panel was moderated by Roberta DePompei, a Ph.D. who is a professor at The University of Akron and DeAnna Frye, Ph.D. who is Neuropsychologist with Neurology and Neuroscience Associates.
Dr. Mark Proctor, Associate Professor, Neurosurgery, Children’s Hospital Boston, commented that “prevention is the best possible treatment for brain injury and is often under appreciated.”
Dr. David Mooney, Director, Trauma Program, Children’s Hospital Boston, stated that “the PABI plan has great potential.”
Dr. Bryan Hudson, a Neuropsychologist, discussed the importance of the rural aspect of the PABI plan and pointed out that “in a rural areas there are rarely medical professionals who are qualified to treat a serious brain injury in stages of treatment and recovery.”
Dr. Stephanie Peabody, Executive Director of International Mind, Brain, Health and Education Initiative; Harvard Graduate School of Education, discussed how the “PABI plan can help provide a seamless continuity of care for our patients.” She also mentioned that in her experience “a major challenge is trying to raise awareness within the system, especially educators, primary care physicians and family care givers,” about what brain injury survivors need when they reintegrate into their communities.
Elisa Jacobs, Founder of Harvard Sarah Jane Brain Club and brain injury survivor, said that with her personal experience it “was an absolute maze trying to find quality care for myself,” after suffering her brain injury.
In attendance was Dick Delrossi, whose wife Cheryl passed away due to a brain injury said, “I want to thank each and every one of you for your efforts” on brain injury.