American College of Surgeons Traumatic Brain Injury Best Practice Guidelines 2024: Novel Collaborative Partnership to Improve Interdisciplinary Care for Survivors of TBI: Part 1 Acute Care

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM

Location: ROOM: Conference Room 4F >>> DIRECTIONS Fourth Floor >>> From the Main Elevator Bank, proceed left. Room 4F is to the left beyond the Pullman Boardroom.

Corresponding Presenter(s)

Amelia Maiga, MD, MPH, FACS

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN, United States

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Presenter(s)

Shanti M. Pinto, MD, MSCS (she/her/hers)

Physician-Scientist
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Cambridge, MA, United States
Yelena Bodien

Assistant Professor
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Geoffrey Manley, MD, PhD, FACS

Professor and Vice Chairman of Neurological Surgery
University of California at San Francisco
San Francisco, CA, United States

The American College of Surgeons (ACS) Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP) and Committee on Trauma (COT) collaborated with ACRM to develop the 2024 ACS TQIP Best Practice Guidelines for the Management of Traumatic Brain Injury. The updated 2024 edition includes a new dedicated chapter focused on rehabilitation. Rehabilitation recommendations include the need for early, interdisciplinary rehabilitation services, physiatry as key member of the primary trauma team and the benefit of transition to post-acute specialized rehabilitation programs. This Part 1 symposium provides an overall review of the development of the 2024 ACS TQIP Best Practice Guidelines and summarizes key updates in guidelines related to TBI acute management, prognosis, and outcomes, as well as how trauma centers are held accountable by the ACS COT for TBI-specific quality metrics and their implementation.

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe the context for the 2024 ACS TQIP Best Practice Guidelines for Traumatic Brain Injury
2. Review major changes in the updated ACS TQIP guidelines related to acute TBI management
3. Summarize significant guideline updates related to TBI prognosis and outcomes
4. Understand the ACS COT quality control of individual trauma centers, including the VRC process and quarterly reports
5. Discuss implementation of the new TBI guidelines