Brain Injury Connector

Oct 14 2024 68 ep. 2
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This is Bryan Pugh. Brain Injury Connectors is my chance to talk with individuals with brain injuries, family members, healthcare providers, policy makers and other members of the brain injury community making an impact on their community, their state, their country, and beyond. We will hear their stories. Learn what inspires their lives and work. Find out what they know or would like to have known. And discover what factors and individuals have been most influential on their success in the ever evolving world of brain injury and brain injury recovery.

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Amy Zellmer - #5Thoughts Flashback: Producer, Perfection, and PTSD

Oct 14 2024 43 mins  
Amy Zellmer is Editor-in-chief of Midwest YOGA Magazine, and an award-winning author, and keynote speaker. In 2014 Amy suffered a life-changing traumatic brain injury (TBI) after a slip and fall on black ice. Since then, she has published six books that focus on TBI issues, and created the Not Invisible awareness campaign in 2019. Amy has a passion to spread the message that yoga

Ethan Jeaneault - #5Thoughts Flashback: AI, Angelina, and Aristotle.

Aug 26 2024 55 mins  
Ethan Jeanneault is a junior at Clemson University who is passionate about investments and is working towards his degree in finance with minors in accounting and mathematical sciences. He is known for his exceptional people skills, strong work ethic, and transparent approach to customer service. After Clemson, he is considering attending graduate school for Financial Engineering.

Kelly Tuttle - #5Thoughts Flashback: Dolly, Durable, and Drug

Aug 12 2024 47 mins  
Kelly Tuttle joined the “head injury survivors club” (as she described it) in 2015, the night another car pulled in front of her as she was driving. It wasn’t until three months later that she realized something was seriously wrong. Kelly’s traumatic brain injury (TBI) marked the beginning of a new life and personal journey of self-rediscovery. A neurology nurse practitio

Lakeisha Mixon, LCSW-C - #5Thoughts Flashback: Patients, Path, and Pavese

Jun 10 2024 53 mins  
Lakeisha Mixon is a Social Worker with the University of Maryland, School of Medicine. Join us as we learn about her and the Maryland Young Stroke Program. You can learn more about the Maryland Young Stroke Center HERE https://govappointments.maryland.gov [email protected] #5 Thoughts Friday - Patients, Path, and Pavese For more information you can visit www.biamd.org or cal

Meet the BIAMD: Maureen Scarboro - #5Thoughts Flashback: Connections, Carolyn, and Cinco de Mayo

May 27 2024 43 mins  
Maureen Scarboro is a CRNP from Shock Trauma. She is also a member of the Brain Injury Association of Maryland Board. Join us as we learn how she came to be so involved and why she does it. More information about Shock trauma can be found here. #5 Thoughts Friday: Connections, Carolyn, and Cinco de Mayo For more information you can visit www.biamd.org or call the free helpli

Victor Pablo Acero, PhD - #5Thoughts Flashback: Science, Seafood, and Story

Apr 22 2024 51 mins  
Victor is 6th Year Bioengineering PhD at the University of Pennsylvania in the Cullen Lab, affiliated with the Center for Neurotrauma, Neurodegeneration and Restoration at the CMJC Veterans Hospital and UPenn’s Center for Brain Injury and Repair. Correction, he has graduated and has his PhD. He is also the Co-Founder and Associate Director for the Penn Psychedelics Collaborative,

John Wood - #5Thoughts Flashback: Covid, Connectivity, and Combat

Apr 01 2024 51 mins  
John Wood is an artist living and working in Detroit, Michigan. John was diagnosed with a memory impairment and retired from teaching in 2014 at the age of 45. He has volunteered extensively with organizations worldwide that promote the arts in dementia care. John lives with his wife Carol and their son Julian. #5 Thoughts Friday: Covid, Connectivity, and Combat For more inf

Walter Kilcullen - #5Thoughts Flashback: Harris, Human, and Harriet

Mar 18 2024 44 mins  
Walter was born and raised in Kearny, New Jersey, a suburb of New York City with a population of about 60,000. He liked everything about the town and Kearny High School. The town was ethnically diverse, as was Kearny High School. He did reasonably well academically and played basketball and baseball all four years. One day a nurse came up to him and told him about a mentoring progr

Your Brain Injury Recovery Team Durga Roy, MD - #5Thoughts Flashback: Discovered, Department, and Disliked

Mar 04 2024 55 mins  
Durga Roy is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the Medical Director of the Johns Hopkins Neuropsychiatry and Brain Injury Clinic, and Head Injury Outpatient Psychiatric Day Program. She is the Director of Education for the Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Internship and the Director for the Consultation-Liaison P

Aaron Avila - #5Thoughts Flashback: Survey, Scientist, and Stroke

Feb 19 2024 48 mins  
Aaron Avila had a Brain Aneurysm rupture on September 17, 2010, and after surviving certain death from the aneurysm, two weeks later, he suffered a stroke. Stroke symptoms include F-Face drooping A-Arm weakness S-Slurred Speech T-Time Equals Brain Loss so call 911 FAST! Other symptoms may include difficulties with walking, balance issues. If you have any questions, email him at aar