Dr. Kevin Wang is the Director of the Program for Neurotrauma, Neuroproteomics & Biomarkers Research and Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, USA. He is also Health Research Neuroscientist and Merit Award Principal Investigator at the Brain Rehabilitation Research Center at the Malcom Randall VA Medical Center (Gainesville, FL). Dr. Wang is a neurotrauma researcher since the late 1990's. He has served as President and Council Member of the National Neurotrauma society, Board Member, Board of Governors of the International Brain Injury Association and Presidium Member of the Academy for Multidisciplinary Neurotraumatology. His research focus is translational research for traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, post-traumatic epilepsy, and chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Two acute TBI blood-based protein biomarkers he co-discovered at University of Florida have now been clinically validated. In 2018, these two TBI biomarkers received FDA approval as the first-in class in vitro diagnostic tests for detecting cranial CT abnormality in TBI patients.

Stephen T. Ahlers, PhD
Director, Operational and Undersea Medicine Directorate
Department of Neurotrauma
Naval Medical Research Center
Silver Spring, MD
USA

Hisham Bahmad, MD, MSc
Faculty of Medicine
Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology, and Physiological Sciences
American University of Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon

Lijun Bai
Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Charlestown, Massachusetts
and
Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering
Ministry of Education, Department of Biomedical Engineering
School of Life Science and Technology
Xi'an Jiaotong University
Xi'an, China

Zachary Bailey
Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
USA

Andrew J. Baker, MD
Chief, Department of Critical Care
Director, Trauma and Neurosurgery Program
St. Michael's Hospital
Professor, Departments of Anesthesia and Surgery
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Nagaraja Balakathiresan, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Bethesda, MD
USA

Codruta Barle
RoNeuro Institute for Neurological Research and Diagnostic
Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Michael J. Bell, MD
Professor of Critical Care Medicine, Neurological Surgery, and Pediatrics
Director, Pediatric Neurocritical Care Research Group
Director, Pediatric Neurotrauma Center Department
Associate Director, Safar Center for Resuscitation Research
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
USA

Melany Betancourt-Loza
Department of Neurobiology
Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Havana, Cuba

Rachel Pardes Berger, MD, MPH
Department of Pediatrics
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Pittsburgh, PA
USA

Manish Bhomia, PhD
Department of Pathology
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Bethesda, MD
USA

Angela M. Boutté, PhD
Principle Investigator
Brain Trauma Neuroprotection and Neurorestoration Branch
Center for Military Psychiatry and Neuroscience
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Silver Spring, MD
USA

Helen M. Bramlett, PhD
Professor
Department of Neurological Surgery
University of Miami
Miami, FL
USA

Ross Bullock, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
Director, Clinical Neurotrama
University of Miami
Miami, FL
USA

Nicole Bye, PhD
Division of Pharmacy
University of Tasmania
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Joseph A. Caruso, PhD
Assistant Professor
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI
USA

Ibolja Cernak, MD, PhD
Professor and Chair, Military and Veterans' Clinical Rehabilitation Research
Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Peng-Yuan Chang, MD
Department of Neurological Surgery
University of Miami
Miami, FL
USA

Amit Chakrabarty, Mch
Consultant Neurosurgeon
Eternal Hospital
Jaipur, India

Jinhui Chen, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Group
Stark Neuroscience Research Institute
Indiana University
Indianapolis, IN
USA

Mauricio Chinchilla, MD
Department of Neurology
Hermanos Ameijeiras Hospital
Havana, Cuba

Jennifer Clarke, MD
Department of Pediatrics
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Pittsburgh, PA
USA

Anay Cordero-Eiriz
Neurobiology Department
Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Havana, Cuba

Cezara Costin, MD
Psychologist
RoNeuro Institute for Neurological Research and Diagnostic
Cluj-Napoca, Romania

S. A. Dambinova, DSc, PhD
Brain Biomarkers Lab
DeKalb Medical Center
Decatur, GA
USA

Ramon Diaz-Arrastia, MD, PhD
Department of Neurology
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
University of Pennsylvania Perelman
Philadelphia, PA
USA

W. Dalton Dietrich, PhD
Scientific Director, The Miami Project
Kinetic Concepts Distinguished Chair, Department of Neurosurgery
Senior Associate Dean, Discovery Science
Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery, Neurology, and Cell Biology
University of Miami
Miami, FL
USA

Hansen Deng, BA
Department of Neurological Surgery
University of California
and
Brain and Spinal Injury Center
San Francisco General Hospital
San Francisco, CA
USA

James M. Ecklund, MD
Chairman of Neurosurgery
Inova Fairfax Hospital
Falls Church, Virginia
Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Bethesda, MD
USA

Mario Estévez, MD, PhD
Consulter and Member of the Scientific Committee
Clinical Neurophysiology
Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Havana, Cuba

Shiqing Feng
Department of Orthopedics
Tianjin Medical University General Hospital
Tianjin, China

Elizabeth Fievisohn, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
USA

Candace L. Floyd, PhD
Associate Professor and Director of Research
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
USA

Xiang Gao
Department of Pharmacology
Yale University
New Haven, CT
USA

James W. Geddes, PhD
Vice Dean for Research, College of Medicine
Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Faculty of Medicine, Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
USA

Thomas Gennarelli, MD
Department of Neurosurgery
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI
Neurological Surgical Consultant
West Chester, PA
USA

Alexander V. Glushakov, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
USA

Olena Y. Glushakova, MS
Department of Neurosurgery
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
USA

Sergio González-García, MSc, PhD
Department of Neurobiology
Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Havana, Cuba

Alina González-Quevedo, PhD
Neurobiology Department
Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Havana, Cuba

Per-Olof Grände, MD, PhD
Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care
Skåne University Hospital
Lund, Sweden

Allison Guettler
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
USA

Joy Guingab-Cagmat, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
USA

Margalit Haber, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Neurology
University of Pennsylvania Perelman
Philadelphia, PA
USA

Lauren A. Hanlon, BS
Graduate Program in Neuroscience
Drexel University College of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
USA

Yan Hao
Department of Orthopedics
Tianjin Medical University General Hospital
Tianjin, China

Ronald L. Hayes, PhD
Department of Neurosurgery
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
USA

Sarah C. Hellewell, PhD
Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine
Canadian Military and Veterans' Clinical Rehabilitation Research Program
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Helene Henson, MD
Executive, Rehabilitation Service Line
Michael E. De Bakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Professor, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
USA

Zenaida Hernández-Díaz
Department of Radiology
Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Havana, Cuba

Jimmy W. Huh, MD
Attending Physician
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, and the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
USA

Christine Leeper, MD
Department of Surgery
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Pittsburgh, PA
USA

Kimbra Kenney, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Neurology
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Uniformed Services University
Bethesda, MD
USA

Firas Kobeissy
Department of Psychiatry
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
USA
Faculty of Medical Sciences
Neuroscience Research Center
Lebanese University
Beirut, Lebanon

John Paul G. Kolcun, MS
MD Candidate
Department of Neurological Surgery
University of Miami
Miami, FL
USA

Isha Kothari
Department of Psychiatry
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
USA

Barbara Knollmann-Ritschel, MD, CAPT, MC, USN
Professor and Vice Chair
Department of Pathology
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Bethesda, MD
USA

Michelle C. LaPlaca, PhD
Associate Professor
Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA
USA

Harvey S. Levin, PhD
Research Scientist
Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Professor, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
USA

Jianjun Li
Center of Neural Injury and Repair
Capital Medical University
Beijing Institute for Brain Disorder
Beijing, China

Geoffrey S. F. Ling, MD, PhD
Interim Vice-Chair of Research
Inova Fairfax Hospital
Falls Church, VA
Professor, Department of Neurology
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Baltimore, MD
Professor, Department of Neurology
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Bethesda, MD
USA

Calixto Machado, MD, PhD
Senior Professor and Researcher
Clinical Neurophysiology
Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Havana, Cuba

Geoffrey T. Manley, MD, PhD
Department of Neurological Surgery
University of California
Brain and Spinal Injury Center
San Francisco General Hospital
San Francisco, CA
USA

Amy J. Markowitz, JD
Department of Neurological Surgery
University of California
Brain and Spinal Injury Center
San Francisco General Hospital
San Francisco, CA
USA

Ahmed Moghieb, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
Department of Psychiatry
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
USA

Christina Morganti-Kossmann, PhD
Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Monash University
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Research Associate Professor
Department of Child Health
Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children's Hospital
University of Arizona College of Medicine
Phoenix, Arizona
Lex Medicus Publishing
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

J. D. Mullins, MD
Department of Surgery
Piedmont Hospital
Atlanta, Georgia
USA

Dafin Muresanu, MD, PhD, MBA, FANA
Chairman
Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Ioana Muresanu, PhD
Psychotherapist
RoNeuro Institute for Neurological Research and Diagnostic
Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Magnus Olivecrona, MD, PhD
Faculty of Health and Medicine
Departments of Anesthesia and Intensive Care and of Medical Sciences
Örebro University
Örebro, Sweden

Zandra Olivecrona, MD, PhD
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care
Örebro University Hospital
Örebro, Sweden

Linda Papa, MD
Director of Academic Clinical Research and Attending Emergency Physician
Department of Emergency Medicine
Orlando Regional Medical Center
Orlando, FL
USA

Eugene Park, PhD
Jesús Pérez-Nellar, MD
Professor
Department of Neurology
Hermanos Ameijeiras Hospital
Havana, Cuba

G. K. Prusty, Mch
Professor
Department of Neurosurgery
MGM Medical College
Kishanganj, India

Alexandru Rafila, MD, PhD
Professor
Department of Microbiology and Epidemiology
Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Bucharest, Romania

Ramesh Raghupathi, PhD
Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy
Drexel University College of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
USA

Rafael Rodríguez, MD
International Center of Neurologic Restoration
Havana, Cuba

Olivia Rosu
RoNeuro Institute for Neurological Research and Diagnostic
Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Richard Rubenstein, PhD
Department of Neurology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, NY
USA

Randall Scheibel, PhD
Research Scientist
Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Professor, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
USA

Bridgette D. Semple, PhD
Department of Medicine (Royal Melbourne Hospital)
The University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Deborah Shear, PhD
Chief, Brain Trauma Neuroprotection and Neurorestoration Branch
Center for Military Psychiatry and Neuroscience
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Silver Spring, MD
USA

Riyi Shi, PhD
Professor
Department of Basic Medical Sciences
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
USA

Kentaro Shimoda, MD, PhD
Department of Neurosurgery
Nihon University School of Medicine
Tokyo, Japan

Virendra Deo Sinha, Mch
Senior Professor and Head
Department of Neurosurgery
S.M. S. Medical College and Hospital
Jaipur, India

Dana Slavoaca
RoNeuro Institute for Neurological Research and Diagnostic
Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Paul M. Stemmer, PhD
Associate Professor
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI
USA

Chuanzhu Sun
Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering
Ministry of Education, Department of Biomedical Engineering
School of Life Science and Technology
Xi'an Jiaotong University
Xi'an, China

Dong Sun, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
USA

Wenjing Sun, PhD
Research Scientist
Department of Neuroscience
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
USA

Charles H. Tator, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
University of Toronto
Director
Canadian Concussion Centre
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Andrea Tedeschi, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Neuroscience
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH

Karin Thompson, PhD
Director, PTSD Clinic, Mental Health Line
Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
USA

Maya Troyanskaya, MD
Research Scientist, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Assistant Professor
Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
USA

Johan Undén, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care,
Hallands Hospital Halmstad
Skåne University Hospital
Lund, Sweden

Alex B. Valadka, MD
Department of Neurosurgery
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
USA

Pamela VandeVord, PhD
N. Waldo Harrison Professor and Biomedical Engineering Program Chair
Interim Department Head
Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
USA

Johannes Vester, MD
Department of Biometry and Clinical Research
IDV Data Analysis and Study Planning
Krailling, Germany

Michael Y. Wang, MD, FACS
Departments of Neurosurgery and Rehabilitation Medicine
University of Miami
Miami, FL
USA

Shan Wang
Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering
Ministry of Education, Department of Biomedical Engineering
School of Life Science and Technology
Xi'an Jiaotong University
Xi'an, China

Xiaoting Wang, BS
PhD Student
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN

Shanna Williams, MS OTR/L, CBIS
Tree of Life Services, Inc.
Richmond, VA

Ethan A. Winkler, MD, PhD
Department of Neurological Surgery
University of California
Brain and Spinal Injury Center
San Francisco General Hospital
San Francisco, CA
USA

Aaron T. Wong
Department of Psychiatry
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
USA

Kendra Woods, MD
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Specialist
Department of Critical Care Medicine
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Pittsburgh, PA
USA

Ping Wu, MD, PhD
Professor
Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology, and Anatomy
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, TX
USA

Mingliang Yang
Department of Spinal and Neural Function Reconstruction
Capital Medical University
Beijing Institute for Brain Disorder
Beijing, China

Zhihui Yang, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
USA

Shoji Yokobori, MD
Senior Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine
Nippon Medical School
Tokyo, Japan

John K. Yue, BA
Department of Neurological Surgery
University of California
Brain and Spinal Injury Center
San Francisco General Hospital
San Francisco, CA
USA

Nathan Zasler, MD
Professor
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
Associate Professor
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
USA

Tian Zhu, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
USA

Jenna M. Ziebell, PhD
Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre
University of Tasmania
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Department of Child Health
BARROW Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children's Hospital
University of Arizona College of Medicine
Phoenix, AZ
USA

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