Dr. McCrea and Dr. Gupta | A Conversation About the Future of TBI Care
Dr. Sanjay Gupta + Dr. Michael McCrea
What do we understand about traumatic brain injury today, and what will it take to improve care for those who continue to experience persistent symptoms?
Avalon Action Alliance brought together Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent and practicing neurosurgeon, and Dr. Michael McCrea of the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), Principal Investigator of the VICTORY-RCT and one of the nation’s leading traumatic brain injury researchers, for an in-depth conversation about the evolving science of TBI, gaps in care, interdisciplinary rehabilitation and the research underway to help shape the future of TBI treatment.
Their conversation explores concussion and TBI, whole-person recovery, advances in treatment and diagnostics, access to coordinated care, and the VICTORY-RCT—Veteran’s Interdisciplinary Care for TBI and co-Occurring Disorders Rehabilitation Trial.
Topics include:
- What is the VICTORY-RCT?
- Concussion vs. traumatic brain injury
- The whole-person approach to TBI recovery
- Is there a standard of care for concussion?
- What does interdisciplinary TBI care look like?
- How does the VICTORY-RCT work?
- Could this model change TBI care?
- Could this research expand access to TBI care?
Led by the Medical College of Wisconsin and sponsored by Avalon Action Alliance, the VICTORY-RCT is a four-year, multi-center randomized controlled clinical trial evaluating an intensive, interdisciplinary rehabilitation model for veterans and first responders living with TBI and co-occurring conditions.
Watch the conversation:
Dr. Sanjay Gupta + Dr. Michael McCrea: A Conversation About the Future of TBI Care