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Former Chicago radio reporter Janet Sutherland was living alone when a ruptured brain aneurysm left her fighting for her life. Now she is a survivor and an author! Her book highlights that caring for dogs often inspires us to take better care of ourselves, particularly in times of crisis. Andrew J immediately took on the role as a “therapy” dog for Janet.

A portion of the proceeds from this book will be donated to the Brain Aneurysm Foundation, the globally recognized leader in brain aneurysm awareness, education, support, advocacy and research funding. The foundation provides support, education, and information to brain aneurysm patients, their families, and the medical community. They also fund essential research that can directly benefit those affected and help to reduce the incidence of ruptured aneurysms. For more see janetesutherlandcom

Kathy Moeller is a Certified Brain Injury Specialist who, herself experienced a car crash 25 years ago that resulted in a brain injury and a five-month stay in a residential brain injury brain injury treatment facility. A former New York marketing executive, for the next 18 months she struggled with keeping entry level finally landing in Medford, Oregon where she became a Vocational Rehabilitation client.

Kathy has spent the past 20 years perfecting software she has designed specifically for workers with brain injury. Known as My Bionic Brain®, this state-of-the art cognitive prosthetic works like an electronic job coach to help individuals with brain injury return to the workplace, maintain jobs they may be struggling to keep, move upward in their chosen profession. For more info see: cognitiveharmonics.com

Poli McClatchey is a survivor of a stroke in 2007 and craniotomy in 2012 to clip an enraptured aneurysm. In 2016 she established the Omaha Chapter support group to provide education and support for Aneurysms, AVM and Hemmoragic stroke, survivors, caregivers and families.

Luz Carter was diagnosed on 10-3-13 with an aneurysm that by the grace of God has not grown since found. She was getting headaches every time she lifted weights.

That day in 1995 was like any other until a pain like a bolt of lightening shot through my head. I was misdiagnosed, spent 11 days in a coms, experienced an NDE, and had my life change in a flash from a rutured brain aneurysm.

Join us and share your own story, or caregivers also welcome, as we wind up Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month. Learn about the types, treatments and personal experience of other survivors.

Jim Proebstle received his BA and MBA from Michigan State University and was honored as an outstanding alumni from the Eli Broad College of Business in 2001. He was fortunate enough to play on MSU’s National Championship football team in 1965 and earn academic honors. In addition to Unintended Impact, Jim has two award-winning, novels; Fatal Incident and In the Absence of Honor.

Unintended Impact: One Athlete’s Journey from Concussions in Amateur Football to CTE Dementia: Non-fiction account of the tragedy and destruction of a star athlete’s life as a result of concussions. See: jimproebstle.com

Carole Starr sustained a brain injury in a car accident in 1999, which left her unable to return to her career as a corporate trainer or her hobby as a classical musician. She struggled for many years to come to terms with a life forever changed. She’s reinvented herself as a brain injury keynote speaker, the leader of the award-winning Maine survivor group Brain Injury Voices and the creator of the traveling photography exhibit, Resilience: Moving Forward after Adversity. She’s also writing a book about accepting brain injury. See braininjuryvoices.org

Larry D. Morries, DC brings a distinguished 30-year career studying and treating the brain. As co-founder of Neuro-Laser Foundation, his chiropractic expertise is complemented with extensive study of near-infrared-light therapy applications, clinical radiology, clinical neurology and sports injury and rehabilitation. Dr. Morries has contributed extensively to both chiropractic and medical professions throughout his career. He is a recognized expert often called upon for review services, treatment utilizations, and documentation presentations.

See TBI.care or call 1-720-493-1101 for more information.

Police officer Jennifer Fortezzo left law enforcement due to injuries received in the line of duty. She has been plagued with numerous after-effects of TBI. Recently Fortezzo found a new treatment that the latest in science shows may reverse brain damage, and restore normal functioning to injuries caused by TBI. Instead of donating her brain for research after she dies, like several celebrity athletes are doing, she joined the “Say Goodbye TBI” campaign. Now she seeks to raise funding and awareness for this new treatment.

Rob Oliver is an award winning speaker and bestselling author. At the age of 21, Rob Oliver sustained a spinal cord injury while body surfing on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The injury left him paralyzed from the chest down with limited use of his arms and hands. These limitations forced Rob to take a long hard look at life, relationships and success. In spite of the physical challenges, Rob determined to “live life to the fullest”.

As an author, Rob’s bestselling autobiography entitled “Still Walking” chronicles his determination to move along life’s pathway regardless of limitations and barriers. Rob is working on his second book, entitled “Still Falling”, which shares more life stories and lessons including the fact that a positive attitude won’t prevent you from tipping over your wheelchair.

As a speaker, Rob has shared his message with thousands in many venues. Thumbtack.com users voted Rob the “Best Motivational Speaker” in the Pittsburgh area for both 2015 and 2016.

Thomas H. Dahlborg is an Industry Voice for Relationship Centered, Compassionate Care and Servant Leadership. He is also an author, consultant, advisor, and nationally recognized speaker. Tom is passionate about changing the healthcare system to a healthCARING system.

He has more than 30 years of extensive leadership experience building relationship centered, patient and-family focused, empathetic, compassionate care models; analyzing and meeting patient and family expectations; optimizing strategic partnerships, ventures and teams; innovating leadership, and bending the cost curve.

Tom recently founded P.E.T.S. (Patient Engagement Treatment Services) where he calls attention to the important role of animals in health and healthcare, and their positive impact on human healing (and dying) journey..

From his extensive experience in the field, Tom is currently writing the health care novel, From Heart to Head and Back Again … a journey through the healthcare system. See dahlborghlg.com and his blogsite tdahlborg.wordpress.com

Theodore Henderson, MD., PhD, is a psychiatrist and co-Founder of Neuro-Laser Foundation in Denver, Colo.. He specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of complex adult, child, and adolescent psychiatric cases, including finding answers to previously considered “untreatable” conditions like traumatic brain injury. In 2015, Dr. Henderson’s involvement with being able to distinguish between TBI and PTSD was listed No. 19 among the Top 100 Medical Discoveries of the Year by Discover Magazine. In the last six months, he has published five studies showing the efficacy of using a unique ‘neuro-laser’ to reverse brain damage caused by TBI. Learn more at www.TBI.care and please support the “SayGoodbyeTBI” campaign.

Mitchell E.Tyler is a biomedical engineer and scientist with 32 years of experience in research & development of medical devices. He is the lead inventor of the BrainPortTM Balance device, co-inventor of the portable neuromodulation stimulator or PoNSTM, and co-discoverer of the neurorehabilitation potential of tongue-based electrotactile stimulation.

He is currently Principal Investigator (PI) on a controlled clinical trial sponsored by the US Army to investigate the efficacy of PoNS Therapy for symptomatic treatment of traumatic brain injury. He was also PI on three NIH SBIR Phase-1 and Phase-2 grants to develop both the BrainPort Balance and Vision systems, and on a DARPA contract for development of a hazardous environment navigation & orientation system.

Mr. Tyler is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and a Researcher in the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, where he teaches courses in bioinstrumentation, biomedical engineering design, biomechanics, and neuromotor control.