Arkansas Trauma Rehabilitation Symposium Set for Sept. 19
| LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) invites health care professionals, social workers and case management specialists to the 2025 Arkansas Trauma Rehabilitation Symposium on Friday, Sept. 19, to learn more about treating patients with traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries.
Hosted by the UAMS Institute for Digital Health & Innovation Brain Injury Program, the event will be held at the Benton Event Center, 17322 I-30, in Benton.
“Our goal with this symposium is to empower health care providers and improve outcomes for survivors of trauma,” said Brandi Dawson, M.S., health educator with the Brain Injury Program. “Our 2025 theme, ‘Pay It Forward,’ reflects our commitment to fostering real-world impact, sustained collaboration and meaningful outcomes for those we serve.”
Yelena G. Bodien, Ph.D., a clinical neuroscientist and assistant professor at Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Division of Acute Care Surgery, will present the morning keynote lecture, “Evidence-based Paradigm Shifts in the Care of Patients with Disorders of Consciousness: Lessons from the Past and a Roadmap for the Future.”
Jeff Glasbrenner, a Paralympian, wheelchair basketball world champion and the first American amputee to summit Mount Everest, will present the afternoon keynote address, “The Gift of a Day.”
Additional sessions include the importance of advocacy and community engagement after brain injury, an emerging research roundtable and a look at assistive technology in pediatrics.
Registration is required by Sept. 12 — $119 for health care professionals or $25 for students and traumatic brain injury survivors. Continuing medical education credits are available. For more information or to register, visit idhi.uams.edu/brain-injury-program/for-professionals/artrs/.
UAMS is the state’s only health sciences university, with colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Health Professions and Public Health; a graduate school; a hospital; a main campus in Little Rock; a Northwest Arkansas regional campus in Fayetteville; a statewide network of regional campuses; and eight institutes: the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute, Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute, Psychiatric Research Institute, Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging, Translational Research Institute, Institute for Digital Health & Innovation and the Institute for Community Health Innovation. UAMS includes UAMS Health, a statewide health system that encompasses all of UAMS’ clinical enterprise. UAMS is the only adult Level 1 trauma center in the state. UAMS has 3,553 students and 902 medical residents and fellows. It is the state’s largest public employer with about 12,000 employees, including 1,200 physicians who provide care to patients at UAMS, its regional campuses, Arkansas Children’s, the VA Medical Center and Baptist Health. Visit www.uams.edu or uamshealth.com. Find us on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), YouTube or Instagram.###