Released: 4.11.2025
Expires: 4.10.2028

4.11.2025

Description:

According to the CDC, in 2021, there were more than 586 TBI-related hospitalizations and 190 TBI-related deaths per day. These numbers do not include concussions or mild TBIs that were discharged from the emergency department. According to Schneider (2021), approximately 47.4% of individuals over the age of 40 have a history of TBI and are living with a disability.

Based on evaluation data from the TCAA’s on-demand learning system, many healthcare providers have requested additional education on TBIs. In response, TCAA’s Education Committee has developed a nine-part series covering the continuum of care, from EMS to discharge to the community. The series will conclude with a session on coding TBI-related injuries. Each webinar will feature healthcare providers from across the United States.

Objectives:

• Review available and potential biomarkers for traumatic brain injury
• Review pivotal studies leading to FDA approval of GFAP and UCH-L1 for mild TBI in adults
• Review past and on-going studies for use of biomarkers for TBI in pediatric population

Moderator: Kim Barre  
Presenter: Dr. Grace Lai

Bio: Dr. Lai is a Pediatric Neurosurgeon at Children's Nebraska. She is originally from the East Coast where she completed her undergraduate and PhD in child development and developmental neuroscience at Cornell and Columbia University. She went to medical school at the University of California San Diego, residency in Neurosurgery at Northwestern University, and fellowship in Pediatric Neurosurgery at the University of California San Francisco.

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