Chautauqua Symposium: Rethinking How We Classify TBI Severity Progress and Controversies 1933

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

Location: ROOM: Continental Ballroom B DIRECTIONS: Lobby Level: From the Main Elevator Bank, proceed right toward the FedEx Office. At the Fed Ex Office, turn right and proceed past the ACRM Registration Desk and into the Continental Foyer. Continental B Lobby is directly adjacent to the center section of the Continental Ballroom.

Corresponding Presenter(s)

Shannon B. Juengst, PhD, CRC (she/her/hers)

Clinical Investigator, Senior Scientist, Adjunct Associate Professor
TIRR Memorial Hermann
Houston, TX, United States

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Moderator(s)

Yelena Bodien

Assistant Professor
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Presenter(s)

Kristen Dams-O'Connor, PhD

Professor
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York, United States
Amy K. Wagner, MD

Professor, Vice-Chair Faculty Development, Dept. PM&R, University of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Learn about the new NIH/NINDS TBI Classification and Nomenclature Initiative: A New Framework for TBI Characterization. The new TBI CBI-M classification system could change practice and change lives, but how does it apply to rehabilitation practice and research? Experts in the field with diverse perspectives on the CBI-M, its development, and its potential application, will discuss its potential and the further development needed to maximize application of the CBI-M to rehabilitation science and practice.

Learning Objectives:

Describe the new TBI CBIM classification system and its limitations
Evaluate whether the CBIM classification system does, or does not, apply to rehabilitaiton practice and research
Detemine what future development of the CBIM is needed to maximize its application to rehabilitation science.