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Dr. Heidi Fusco, Alaina B. Hammond, Dr. Jessica Rivetz: Traumatic Brain Injury, Part 2

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Dr. Heidi Fusco is an assistant professor of Rehabilitation Medicine at NYU LANGONE Health and the Rusk Rehabilitation hospital. She is the Assistant Director of the Traumatic Brain Injury Program at Rusk and the Medical Director of the Brain Injury Unit at Queens Nassau Nursing and Rehabilitation. She completed a fellowship in Brain injury Rehab in 2013 at the Rusk Institute and is board certified in Brain Injury medicine and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

Alaina B. Hammond is a board certified rehabilitation psychologist and currently serves as Clinical Assistant Professor and Staff Psychologist in the NYU Langone Rusk Adult Inpatient - Brain Injury Rehabilitation Program. She provides psychological and neuropsychological intervention and assessment to patients and families with acquired brain injury, stroke, spinal cord injury and other illness/injuries. In addition, she supervises psychology interns and enjoys researching family/caregiver adjustment to medical illness.

Dr. Jessica Rivetz is the current Brain Injury Medicine Fellow at NYU Rusk Rehabilitation. She recently completed her residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at NYU Rusk. She received her MD degree at Albany Medical College, and also has a Master's of Science in health care management. Extracurricular activities include serving as co-chairperson of the NYU GME House Staff Patient Safety Council. Within brain injury medicine, she has a special interest managing patients with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury and helping them and their caregivers navigate life after brain injury and achieve their functional and quality of life goals.

Part 2

The discussion covered the following topics: persistence of sleep disorders and the role of physical exercise in treating them; definition of mindfulness; kinds of interventions included under the heading of mindfulness; examples of how it aims to address the severity of various TBI-related health problems; duration of mindfulness treatment; and self-compassion as another type of non-pharmacological intervention.

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Dr. Heidi Fusco is an assistant professor of Rehabilitation Medicine at NYU LANGONE Health and the Rusk Rehabilitation hospital. She is the Assistant Director of the Traumatic Brain Injury Program at Rusk and the Medical Director of the Brain Injury Unit at Queens Nassau Nursing and Rehabilitation. She completed a fellowship in Brain injury Rehab in 2013 at the Rusk Institute and is board certified in Brain Injury medicine and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

Alaina B. Hammond is a board certified rehabilitation psychologist and currently serves as Clinical Assistant Professor and Staff Psychologist in the NYU Langone Rusk Adult Inpatient - Brain Injury Rehabilitation Program. She provides psychological and neuropsychological intervention and assessment to patients and families with acquired brain injury, stroke, spinal cord injury and other illness/injuries. In addition, she supervises psychology interns and enjoys researching family/caregiver adjustment to medical illness.

Dr. Jessica Rivetz is the current Brain Injury Medicine Fellow at NYU Rusk Rehabilitation. She recently completed her residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at NYU Rusk. She received her MD degree at Albany Medical College, and also has a Master's of Science in health care management. Extracurricular activities include serving as co-chairperson of the NYU GME House Staff Patient Safety Council. Within brain injury medicine, she has a special interest managing patients with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury and helping them and their caregivers navigate life after brain injury and achieve their functional and quality of life goals.

Part 2

The discussion covered the following topics: persistence of sleep disorders and the role of physical exercise in treating them; definition of mindfulness; kinds of interventions included under the heading of mindfulness; examples of how it aims to address the severity of various TBI-related health problems; duration of mindfulness treatment; and self-compassion as another type of non-pharmacological intervention.

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