A Walk-through of New Disorders of Consciousness Program Accreditation Standards 4215

Thursday, October 30, 2025

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM

Location: ROOM: Private Dining Room #1 >>> DIRECTIONS: Third Floor >>> From the Main Elevator Bank, proceed left past Williford and Astoria. PDR #1 is located to the left in the small corridor.

Presenter(s)

Terrence C. Carolan, MSPT, MBA

Managing Director, Medical Rehabilitation and Aging Services
CARF International
Middletown, NJ, United States

Slides Slides
Brooke M. Murtaugh, OTD, OTR/L, CBIST, BT-C (she/her/hers)

Brain Injury Program Manager
Madonna Rehabilitation Hospitals
Lincoln, NE, United States
Juliana M. Gregory, M.S., CCC-SLP

Resource Specialist
CARF International
Tucson, Arizona, United States
Tammy L. Miller, COTA/L, MHS, CBIST, CCM (she/her/hers)

Director of Outpatient Services
On With Life, Inc
Ankeny, IA, United States
Katherine O'Brien, PhD

Clinical Neuropsychologist
TIRR Memorial Hermann
Houston, TX, United States
Christina Papadimitriou, PhD FACRM

Professor
Oakland University
Rochester, Michigan, United States

To be added

Learning Objectives:

Describe the challenges and barriers to care for persons experiencing DoC.
Analyze novel CARF DoC program standards, intent and examples of conformance.
Identify methods of implementation of DoC standards for CARF organizations.