Advances in the Evaluation of TBI

Welcome to Neurology: Disease Deep Dive. In this episode, Dr. Beth McQuiston, MD, RD, Medical Director at Abbott Laboratories, and Dr. David Okonkwo, MD, PhD, Professor of Neurological Surgery, Clinical Director of the Brain Trauma Research Center, and Director of the Neurotrauma Program at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center discuss evaluation and advances in evaluation of traumatic brain injury. Dr. McQuiston is talking with us today on behalf of Abbott, which is sponsoring this podcast. Dr. Okonkwo is a physician scientist whose research on blood biomarkers was instrumental for advancing traumatic brain injury biomarker diagnostics.

Resources from this episode:

• More information on concussions
• Information on i-STAT TBI test cartridge with the i-STAT Alinity instrument
• Information on Alinity i TBI test