Paul Pasquina, MD, on Brain Injury in Military Personnel
07/28/2019
In this podcast, Paul Pasquina, MD, from the Uniformed Services University of the Health and Sciences, discusses the perspective of the Department of Defense regarding concussion, managing concussion and other traumatic brain injuries in military personnel, and the treatment options for individuals with concussion.
Additional Resources:
- Shively SB, Horkayne-Szakaly I, Jones RV, Kelly JP, Armstrong RC, Perl DP. Characterisation of interface astroglial scarring in the human brain after blast exposure: a post-mortem case series. Lancet Neurol. 2016;15(9):944-953. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(16)30057-6.
- National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). NCAA-DOD Care Consortium. http://www.ncaa.org/sport-science-institute/topics/ncaa-dod-care-consortium. Accessed July 31, 2019.
Paul F. Pasquina, MD, is a professor and department chair of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and is chief of the Department of Rehabilitation at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.