Brain Injury Center

In the News

• Children's Sports Concussion Clinic director William Meehan, MD, delivered a lecture, "Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment of Sports-Related Concussion," at the 2011 "Brain Trauma and the Athlete" conference on October 28. The conference was presented by the Boston University School of Medicine and the Boston University Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy, in conjunction with the Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts and the Sports Legacy Institute.
   
• William Meehan, MD, director of Children's Sports Concussion Clinic, spoke about his book, Kids, Sports and Concussion, as part of Mayor Thomas Menino's ReadBoston celebrity author series on September 19, 2011.
   
• Brain Injury Center director Mark Proctor, MD, hosted a live webcast, "Tackling Concussions Head-On", on September 12, 2011. The program—which also featured several other Children's experts—covered a range of topics, including why concussions are difficult to diagnose, the importance of neurocognitive testing and how to take preventive measures. You can now view the webcast on demand. 
   
• Mark Proctor, MD, director of the Brain Injury Center at Children's and chair of the ThinkFirst National Injury Prevention Foundation, was awarded a Presidential Citation from the Michigan State Medical Societ in July 2011.
   
• Lise Nigrovic, MD, MPH, of Children's Division of Emergency Medicine, co-led a major multi-center study that yielded a key revelation: implementing a brief period of observation after a child's head injury can cut down on the number of unnecessary CT scans by as much as 50 percent—without compromising care. Read more about the study.
   
• Research co-led by Children's neurologist Alexander Rotenberg, MD, PhD, has uncovered a link between head trauma in military veterans and the onset of epilepsy. Learn more.
   
• Children's has been named National Lead Center for the Prevention of Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury (PABI) and the Massachusetts Lead Center for PABI by the Sarah Jane Brain Project (SJBP), a national organization focused on the prevention and treatment of acquired brain injury in children. Learn more.