TBI Model Systems (clickable map)
The Model Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) System program, sponsored by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, U.S. Department of Education, supports innovative projects and research in the delivery, demonstration, and evaluation of medical, rehabilitation, vocational and other services to meet the needs of individuals with traumatic brain injury.
NIDRR awards Model TBI System grants to institutions that are national leaders in medical research and patient care and provide the highest level of comprehensive specialty services, from the point of injury through rehabilitation and re-entry into full community life.
Each TBI Model System contributes to the national TBI database, participates in independent and collaborative research, and provides information and resources to individuals with TBI, their family and care givers, health care professionals and the general public.
Grants are awarded in five-year cycles. There are currently 16 TBI Model System projects around the U.S. as well as one TBI data center that directs the collection, management and analysis of an ongoing national TBI database. In addition, there are two collaborative research projects implemented by the model systems.
TBI Data Center
The National Data and Statistical Center for the Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems
Craig Hospital, Englewood, CO
http://www.tbindsc.org/
TBI Collaborative Projects
TBI Model System Collaborative Study of Amantadine for Post TBI Irritability and Aggression.
Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC
http://www.carolinasrehabilitation.org/body.cfm?id=200
Individualized Planning for the First Year Following Acute Rehabilitation Project
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
http://www.ohiovalley.org
TBI Model Systems
Alabama
UAB TBI Model System
University of Alabama/Birmingham
http://main.uab.edu/tbi
tbi@uab.edu; 205-934-3283
California
Northern California Traumatic Brain Injury Model System of Care
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC), San Jose, CA
http://www.tbi-sci.org/tbi.html
richard.patterson@hhs.sccgov.org; 408-793-6428
Colorado
The Rocky Mountain Regional Brain Injury System (RMRBIS)
Craig Hospital, Englewood, CO
For TBI research inquiries:
Cynthia Harrison-Felix, Ph.D.
charrisonfelix@craighospital.org
charrison-felix@craighospital.org; 303-789-8565
http://www.craighospital.org/research/TBIMain.asp
For Clinical inquiries or referrals:
Maggie Rose, R.N.
Director of Admissions
admissions@craighospital.org; 303-789-8344
http://www.craighospital.org/referralAdm/default.asp
Illinois
Midwest Regional Traumatic Brain Injury Model System
Rehabilitation Institute Research Corporation,
Chicago, IL
http://www.ric.org/research/centers/MRTBIMS/index.aspx
eroth@ric.org; 312-238-4864
Michigan
Michigan Traumatic Brain Injury Model System (SEMTBIS)
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
http://www.semtbis.org
ckoviak@dmc.org; 313-745-9737
Minnesota
Mayo Clinic Traumatic Brain Injury Model System
Rochester, MN
http://mayoresearch.mayo.edu/mayo/research/tbims/
brown.allen@mayo.edu; 507-255-3116
New Jersey
Northern New Jersey Traumatic Brain Injury System (NNJTBIS)
Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, West Orange, NJ
http://www.kesslerfoundation.org/research/lab/modelsys.php?lab=nnjtbis
tbi@kesslerfoundation.org; 973-530-3640
JFK-Johnson Rehabilitation Institute TBI Model System
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute, Edison, NJ
http://www.njrehab.org/tbims/
kcicerone@solarishs.org; 732-906-2640
New York
New York Traumatic Brain Injury Model System (NYTBIMS)
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
http://www.mssm.edu/tbicentral/nytbims/
wayne.gordon@mssm.edu; 212-659-9372
North Carolina
Carolinas Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation and Research System (CTBIRRS)
Charlotte Mecklenburg Hospital Authority, Charlotte, NC
http://www.carolinas.org/services/rehab/CIR/brain_system.cfm
rehabrelations@carolinas.org; 800-634-2256
Ohio
Ohio Regional TBI Model System
Ohio Valley Center for Brain Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation, Columbus, OH
http://www.ohiovalley.org/
brello.1@osu.edu; 614-293-3802
Pennsylvania
The Moss Traumatic Brain Injury Model System
Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, Philadelphia, PA
http://www.mossrehab.com/content/view/8909/170/
thart@einstein.edu; 215-663-6153
Texas
North Texas Traumatic Brain Injury Model System (NT-TBIMS)
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/utsw/home/research/neurology/tbi/index.htm
caryn.harper@utsouthwestern.edu; 214-648-7613
The Texas TBI Model System of TIRR
TIRR Memorial Hermann, Houston, TX
http://www.memorialhermann.org/locations/tirr/forhealthprofessionals/content.aspx?id=1162
mark.sherer@memorialhermann.org;
713-799-6990
Virginia
Virginia Commonwealth Traumatic Brain Injury Model System
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
http://www.tbi.pmr.vcu.edu/
jhmarwit@vcu.edu; 804-828-3704
Washington
University of Washington Traumatic Brain Injury Model System
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
http://tbi.washington.edu/
uwtbi@u.washington.edu; 206-616-0334
For UW Clinical inquiries or referrals, call the University of Washington Rehabilitation Medicine clinics:
University of Washington Medical Center: 206-598-4295
Harborview Medical Center: 206-744-8845