2026 Speaking Faculty
Andreas Jeromin, Ph.D.Chairperson/Chief Scientific Officer
The Annual Traumatic Brain Injury Conference/Atlantic Biomarkers
Kristen Dams-O'Connor, Ph.D.Vice Chair of Research, Director, Brain Injury Research Center
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
C. Edward Dixon, Ph.D.Professor of Neurological Surgery, Anesthesiology, Neurobiology & Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Ramon Diaz-Arrastia, MD, Ph.D.John McCrea Dickson M.D. Presidential Professor, Department of Neurology
University of Pennsylvania
Ragini Verma, Ph.D.Professor of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Niklas Marklund, MD, Ph.D.Professor of Neurosurgery
Lund University
Douglas Smith, MDThe Robert A. Groff Professor of Teaching & Research in Neurosurgery, Director, Center for Brain Injury and Repair
University of Pennsylvania
Erin Elizabeth Kaiser, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Neuroscience, Regenerative Bioscience Center
University of Georgia
Mary Jo Pugh, Ph.D.Professor, Department of Medicine
University of Utah
Shawn Eagle, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery, School of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh
Michael Kahana, Ph.D.Edmund and Louise Kahn Term Professor of Psychology
University of Pennsylvania
Ava Puccio, RN, Ph.D.Associate Professor Co-Director, Neurotrauma Clinical Trials Center, School of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh
W. Frank Peacock, MD, FACEP, FACC, FESCProfessor, Vice Chair for Research
Baylor College of Medicine
Bryan Clossen, Ph.D.Director of Translational Programs
Stream Biomed
Vanessa Mazandi, MDAssistant Professor, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Michael Roy, MD, MPHDeputy Director, Military Traumatic Brain Injury Initiative, Professor of Medicine
Uniformed Services University
Ruchira Jha, MD, MScDivision Chief, Neurocritical Care, Professor, Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Translational Neuroscience
Barrow Neurological Institute
Rachel Morris, MDAssociate Professor of Surgery, Trauma & Critical Care; Associate Director of Research
Medical College of Wisconsin
Juliet Haarbauer-Krupa, Ph.D., FACRMResearcher and Adjunct Faculty, Department of Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine
John Leddy, MDClinical Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
University of Buffalo
Sarah Svirsky, Ph.D.Postdoctoral Scholar, Safar Center for Resuscitation Research
University of Pittsburgh
Kelly Cheever, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Kinesiology Department
University of Texas at San Antonio
Jason KerkmansFounder & Executive VP, Strategic Development
Mindset Integrated
Douglas Wiebe, Ph.D.Director, U-M Injury Prevention Center, Co-Director | Outreach, U-M Concussion Center, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Michigan
Cole Vonder Haar, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
The Ohio State University College of Medicine
W. Brad Hubbard, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Spinal Cord & Brain Injury Research Center
University of Kentucky
Matthew Grady, MDProfessor of Clinical Pediatrics
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Kevin K. Wang, Ph.D.Executive Director of Translational and Multi-Omic Medicine
Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution (FfAME)
Sofia Chavez, Ph.D.Director of Research
Preoperative Performance
Wes HodgesFounder
Synaptive Medical
Kim Heidenreich, Ph.D.Co-Founder & Manager/Professor Emeritus
Bioscience Pharma/University of Colorado School of Medicine
