Events for December 16 - December 5

Understanding Concussion: Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment Approaches is a new certificate course offered through the Academy of Certified Brain Injury Specialists. Designed for healthcare professionals seeking to enhance their understanding of concussion-related issues, this course identifies core topics associated with concussion identification, treatment, and management. It offers an overview of concussion symptoms, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment approaches and is designed for healthcare professionals seeking to enhance their foundational understanding of concussion-related issues. Register here.

Event will be held at the James Haley Veterans Hospital (SCI Basketball Court) in Tampa.  Rain date will be 27 March 2025. More information will be posted as it becomes available.

REGISTRATION COMING SOON! Exhibitors & Sponsors &   Call for Presenters Brain Injury Florida invites you, or someone you know, to submit an application to be a Presenter for the BIF 2025 Spring Conference, which will be held on May 22nd and 23rd at The University of Florida Research Center in Lake Nona, FL.  This year’s conference is titled Guiding Systems of Change in Brain Injury Rehabilitation.   The goal of this conference is to present cutting-edge knowledge on brain injury therapies, treatment, and research that will promote maximum recovery and a high quality of life for people with lived [...]

Brain aneurysms are health events that can potentially cause widespread damage in more extreme cases. This is a condition where the blood vessel walls begin to weaken in the brain. Over time, a bulge forms on the blood vessel, which can grow in size. If it ruptures, the leaked blood can lead to a hemorrhagic stroke. However, brain aneurysms are more common than you might think, and most of them don’t progress to become damaging. What makes them dangerous is that usually there are no symptoms. In many cases, people don’t learn that they have a brain aneurysm until they seek treatment for a [...]