Posts tagged brain

• Auto Crash Brain Injury Victims Call For Stronger Consumer Protection

  Timothy Smith | July 14, 2009 4:27 PM | 0 CommentsTraverse City, MI Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  Michael Dabbs, president of the Brain Injury Association of Michigan [BIAMI] announced on Monday July 13, 2009 that the BIAMI, insurance industry whistle blowers, medical providers and accident...

• Timothy Smith accepts position on the National Advisory Board to the Sara Jane Brain Project

  Timothy Smith | July 06, 2009 1:56 PM | 0 CommentsGrand Rapids, MI Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  Odd name, huh? The Sara Jane Brain Project. But what is odd in name is absolutely breathtaking in what the project is trying to accomplish as it works to create a model system for children suffering...

• A Number of Victories for Traumatic Brain Injury Cognitive Rehabilitation Coverage

  Timothy Smith | July 06, 2009 1:25 PM | 0 CommentsTraverse City, MI Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  One of the benefits of sitting on the Board of Directors for the Brain Injury Association of Michigan [BIAMI] is that Smith and Johnson will receive weekly updates from the state and national level...

• Timothy Smith elected to the Board of Directors to the Brain Injury Association of Michigan

  Timothy Smith | July 06, 2009 1:05 PM | 0 CommentsTraverse City, MI Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  I'm honored to announce that I was elected to the Board of Directors of the Brain Injury Association of Michigan [BIAMI]. This state organization is the Michigan branch of the Brain Injury...

• Woman's Fall from Disneyland Tram Leads to Settlement

  David Mittleman | May 31, 2009 10:00 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  An Anaheim, California woman had less than a magical time at the Disneyland theme park when she fell from a tram and hit her head hard enough to cause her permanent brain injuries that will require...

• $17.3 Million Settlement Reached in Medical Malpractice Case

  David Mittleman | May 01, 2009 9:40 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  In June 2007, eight-year-old Shelbey Bomkamp underwent a procedure to have her spleen removed at St. Mary’s Hospital, in Madison, Wisconsin. Court documents stated that Dr. Leonard Go used a...

• Head Injuries In the Spotlight Following Death of Natasha Richardson

  David Mittleman | March 20, 2009 8:33 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  By now we are all familiar with the untimely passing of actress Natasha Richardson. While her death is undoubtedly tragic, it should also serve as a stark reminder all head injuries should carefully...

• Car Crashes and Traumatic Brain Injury

  David Mittleman | March 18, 2009 8:50 AM | 2 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Americans suffer nearly 6 times as many brain injuries each year than all of the people who will be diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, suffer a spinal cord injury, contract HIV/AIDS, and be...

• Endocrine System Dysfunction Following Brain Injury

  Timothy Smith | January 15, 2009 2:14 PM | 2 CommentsGrand Rapids, MI Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  SeminarWeb has asked me to speak again on this emerging issue in the area of traumatic brain injury. I presented this issue to a national group of attorneys in early 2008 and have been asked to...

• Childhood Traumatic Brain Injury

  Daniel Buckfire | December 08, 2008 10:54 AM | 0 CommentsDetroit, MI Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  Children with traumatic brain injuries face some of the most difficult challenges a parent or teacher is likely to encounter. Unfortunately, thousands of children suffer traumatic brain injuries...