ABOUT THE FACULTYANTHONY FEINSTEIN is a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto.His neuropsychiatry research focuses on the search for cerebral correlates ofbehavioral disorders associated with multiple sclerosis, traumatic brain injury,and hysteria (Conversion Disorders). Dr. Feinstein is the author of DangerousLives: War and the Men and Women Who Report It (Thomas Allen, Toronto 2003),In Conflict (New Namibia Books, 1998), The Clinical Neuropsychiatry of MultipleSclerosis (Cambridge University Press 1999, with a second edition in 2007),Michael Rabin, America's Virtuoso Violinist (Amadeus Press, 2005, with a secondedition in 2011) and Journalists Under Fire: the Psychological Hazards ofCovering War (John Hopkins University Press). His most recent book is BattleScarred (Tafelberg Press, 2011). He has published widely in peer-reviewedjournals and has authored many book chapters. In 2000-2001 he was awardeda Guggenheim Fellowship.

KERRY GOULET was born and raised in Winnipeg, but now lives in Toronto.Although Kerry himself never played in the NHL he came up through theWinnipeg Jets organization. Kerry instead chose a successful international icehockey career that saw him spend 16 seasons as a player, coach and generalmanager with six different teams in the German 1st, 2nd and 3rd Division.Known in Germany as ‘Mr. Eishockey,’ his 1997 points collected in 505 gamesearned Goulet the honour of having his jersey (#29) retired by theTimmendorfer Strand Eisbars. Kerry’s jersey still hangs in honour of hiscommitment to hockey from the rafters. His coaching record was sensational,earning him with 312 wins in 452 games. One of Goulet’s hockey andballhockey teammates, Robert Vielfaure, suffered a broken neck that left himin a wheelchair and he was motivated by this injury to help others who areunable to help themselves. Goulet dedicates much of his energy to charitablecauses with his main focus on concussions and spinal cord injuries in sport. Heis one of the co-founders of stopconcussions.com along with Keith Primeau,former captain of the Philadelphia Flyers. Stopconcussions.com has becomeone of the leading ambassadors for safer sport and helping to knock outconcussions and spinal cord injuries in sport. Kerry was instrumental indeveloping the web platform and TIPS manual for stopconcussions.com. Kerryhas an extensive network and is a regular on OTR with Michael Landsberg, aTSN sport show. Kerry, along with Ron Ellis and several other formerprofessional athletes have created several key ambassadors for all major sportssuch as football, soccer, skiing, snowboarding and lacrosse.

ROBIN GREEN is a senior scientist in Cognitive Rehabilitation Neurosciences atToronto Rehab and a Canada Research Chair (II) in traumatic brain injury. Oneof her central programs of research addresses mechanisms of recovery fromTBI, in particular impediments to recovery. Using findings from this research,another key focus of her research concerns interventions to improve recovery.A predominant theme in both moderate-severe and mild TBI is deteriorationin the chronic stages of injury. Dr. Green completed her PhD at CambridgeUniversity and her clinical training in neuropsychology at the University HealthNetwork in Toronto.

ERIC LINDROS is considered one of the most dominant power forwards in thehistory of the game of hockey, Eric Lindros’ NHL career spanned 13 seasons,with the Philadelphia Flyers, New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs andDallas Stars. Over the course of his distinguished NHL career, Lindrosaccumulated career totals of 372 goals and 493 assists for 865 points. The 6-time NHL All-Star was the recipient of both the Lester B. Pearson Award(NHLPA Most Outstanding Player) and the Hart Trophy (Most Valuable Player)in 1994-95. ‘The Big E’, as he came to be known within the hockey world, madean immediate impact on the league with his offensive talent and imposing

physical presence. Eric would also represent Canada in three separate Olympicgames: 1992 in Albertville, France (silver medal); 1998 in Nagano, Japan (4thplace), where he served as Captain; and the 2002 games in Salt Lake City, Utah.In Salt Lake, Lindros played a key role with the team that brought the Olympichockey gold medal back to Canada for the first time in over fifty years. He alsosuited up for Canada at the 1996 World Cup of Hockey, where his Canadian sidewas defeated in the final series by Team U.S.A.  Eric, who retired from hockey inNovember 2007 after sustaining several concussions during this career, nowlives in Toronto where he pursues business interests and continues to enjoyplaying the game of hockey with friends.

SCOTT MCCULLAGH is a Neuropsychiatrist and the Clinical Director of theTraumatic Brain Injury Clinic at Sunnybrook Hospital. He is an educator and anAssistant Professor within the Department of Psychiatry at the University ofToronto. He has published research on the nature of clinical outcomesfollowing Traumatic Brain Injury and is an active member of the ABI PlanningCommittee at the Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation (ONF). With colleagues, hehas co-authored ONF’s Guidelines for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and PersistentSymptoms, a comprehensive, evidence-based set of clinical practicerecommendations for individuals with residual symptoms after mild TBI.

MARK RAPOPORT is an associate professor in the department of psychiatry atthe University of Toronto, in the geriatric psychiatry division, and is a clinicalscientist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. He is also a member of theCanadian Driving Research Initiative for Vehicular Safety in the Elderly(CanDRIVE), and an associate editor of the Canadian Journal of Geriatrics. Dr.Rapoport received his medical degree from McMaster University in 1995, andsubsequently trained in psychiatry at the University of Toronto, where he nowworks as a geriatric neuropsychiatrist. He has been a board member of theCanadian Academy of Geriatric Psychiatry (CAGP) since 2006, co-chairing theannual CAGP scientific meetings since 2008, and was the scientific co-chair forthe 2009 International Psychogeriatric Association Congress in Montreal,Quebec. His main areas of research are traumatic brain injury in the elderly andthe risk of motor vehicle conditions associated with neurological andpsychiatric diseases and their treatments.

JONATHAN M. SILVER is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at New York UniversitySchool of Medicine. He is a Fellow and past- President of the AmericanNeuropsychiatric Association. He is a Diplomat in Behavioral Neurology &Neuropsychiatry. Dr. Silver has authored over 45 papers and 55 chapters, focusing on theneuropsychiatric problems subsequent to traumatic brain injury and thepharmacologic treatment of those problems. He is senior editor of the"Textbook of Traumatic Brain Injury", which has just published the second edition. He has been listed in "BestDoctors in America" since 1992 for the area of neuropsychiatry, and receivedthe award for "Innovative Clinical Treatment" from the North American BrainInjury Society.  

ROBERT A. STERN is Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery at BostonUniversity School of Medicine, where he is Co- Director of the Center for theStudy of Traumatic Encephalopathy and Director of the Clinical Core of the BUAlzheimer's Disease Center. A major focus of his research involves the long-term effects of repetitive brain trauma in athletes, including chronic traumaticencephalopathy. Other areas of funded research include the assessment andtreatment of Alzheimer's disease, thyroid-brain relationships, and driving anddementia. Dr. Stern is the senior author of many widely usedneuropsychological tests, including the Neuropsychological AssessmentBattery (NAB). He has received several NIH and other grants and has over 250publications.

About Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, affiliatedwith the University of Toronto, is home toCanada’s first and largest acute Trauma Unit.Sunnybrook is also among the first traumaunits in the country to recognize thatindividuals with mild to moderate brain injurymay develop long-term medical andpsychological difficulties, and to establish aprogram to address these needs. For over 12years, the Sunnybrook Traumatic Brain InjuryClinic has assessed and treated over 2200individuals with mild to moderate TBI whowere previously without ongoing services.

The clinic is unique in providing routine follow-up to this patient group in the earliest stagesof recovery. Using standardized, evidencebased assessment and treatment protocols,the clinic initiates and monitors amultidisciplinary care plan – the mostsuccessful way to manage patients who maydevelop a range of deficits following headinjury. Integral to this service is a growingdatabase on mild and moderate TBI incidenceand outcomes, which has served to enhancethe progress of individual patients and providea crucial resource for ongoing research.

Ontario’s Personal Injury Law Firm

Neurobehavioural Issues following Mild to Moderate

TraumaticBrain Injury

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JOHN MCLEISH attended Western for his undergraduate degree andDalhousie University for his law degree. His practice and that of his firm,McLeish Orlando LLP, is dedicated exclusively to representing individualswho have suffered serious personal injuries, including traumatic braininjuries and spinal cord injuries, as well as representing family members infatality cases. John lectures across North America on all matters related topersonal injury and wrongful death damages, as well as trial advocacyissues. He is a co-author of four texts with his good friend Roger Oatley. TheOntario Trial Lawyers Association has established the John McLeish Award torecognize lawyers who make outstanding contributions to the goals of a fairtrial and access to justice.

ROGER G. OATLEY has over 30 years' experience as a plaintiff's personalinjury lawyer and restricts his practice to serious orthopedic injuries,neurotrauma, medical malpractice and fatalities. A partner at Oatley,Vigmond, Roger is supported by a team of 8 lawyers and about 35 lay staff.Roger has been a prominent leader in the legal profession. He has served asPresident of the Advocates' Society. He is an elected fellow of the AmericanCollege of Trial Lawyers. He is also an elected Fellow of Litigation Counsel ofAmerica. Less than one half of one percent of eligible lawyers is chosen."Fellowship is highly selective and by invitation only". Both The Advocates'Society and the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association have presented Roger withawards in recognition of his leadership in the field of advocacy.Roger has also been a frequent contributor to legal education, and haspresented from coast to coast in Canada and in the United States. He is co-author of The Oatley-McLeish Guide to Motor Vehicle Litigation, author ofAddressing the Jury, and the second edition of Addressing the Jury and co-author of The Oatley-McLeish Guide to Brain Injury Litigation, The Oatley-McLeish Guide to Anatomy and Impairment and The Oatley-McLeish Guide toDemonstrative Advocacy.

DALE ORLANDO received a BA in Economics from McMaster University in1991, his law degree from the University of Western Ontario in 1994 and wascalled to the bar in 1996. His practice is restricted to personal injury andwrongful death cases, acting on behalf of injured people and their familymembers. Dale is the vice-president of the Ontario Trial Lawyers Associationand is a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America and TheAdvocates Society. He has acted as co-chair and lectured at conferencesheld by the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association and the Advocate Society andhas also lectured at conferences held by The Law Society of Upper Canadaand the Carleton County Law Association.

JAMES L. VIGMOND is a certified litigation specialist who devotes hispractice to helping seriously injured people. Jim is a past president of theOntario Trial Lawyers Association. Jim has travelled from coast to coastspeaking to lawyers' groups and health care professionals on issues relatingto personal injury litigation, auto insurance and advocacy. He has regularlychaired conferences for the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association and haspublished extensively on all matters relating to personal injury litigation.Jim is an adjunct professor of law at Queen's University law school where heteaches Personal Injury Advocacy, a course he developed. In 2009, thestudents voted Jim the Adjunct Professor of the Year - Winter Session. Jimhas been voted one of the Best Lawyers in Canada by his peers in 2008, 2009and 2010. In 2011, Jim was invited to become a Fellow of the LitigationCounsel of America, a trial lawyer honorary society. He has run the New YorkCity and Toronto Marathons. He enjoys fishing, scuba diving and traveling(except when he gets stuck in Europe because of Icelandic volcanoeruptions).

About the Sponsors

The two firms of Oatley, Vigmond Personal Injury Lawyersand McLeish Orlando LLP have a national reputation aspersonal injury trial lawyers and educators. Both firms havebeen chosen as among the Top 5 Personal Injury Law Firmsin Canada by Canadian Lawyer Magazine. Because eachlawyer and staff member at the firms devotes their fullenergy to serving injured people, they bring a uniqueperspective and expertise to this conference. The lawyers ofMcLeish Orlando LLP and Oatley, Vigmond are honoured tosupport this conference.

John McLeish, Dale Orlando, Jim Vigmond and Roger Oatley,and the associate lawyers in their firms, share a tradition forcontinuing education and leadership. John and Jim haveboth served as president of the Ontario Trial LawyersAssociation. Roger has served as president of theAdvocates’ Society. Canada Law Book has published TheOatley-McLeish Guide to Brain Injury Litigation authored byRoger and John. John, Jim, Roger and Dale also share apassion for innovative trial practice techniques that haveearned them their national reputation for outstanding resultsin the courtroom. These two law firms enjoy a closerelationship forged by a common commitment to education,leadership and outstanding advocacy for their clients.

Financial support for the conference, including conference materials, meals andrefreshments is gratefully acknowledged.

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This program is directed towards healthcare practitioners

and will provide an update on assessment and treatment

strategies for individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).

Mild and moderate TBI, giving rise to postconcussion

syndrome, is a very common neurological disorder that

affects thousands of Ontarians each year. Despite its high

incidence, how best to assess and treat these patients has

not always been clearly appreciated. Sunnybrook Health

Sciences Centre has a clinic devoted exclusively to this

patient group and has developed considerable clinical

expertise in the area.

The conference is designed to increase awareness and

understanding of mild and moderate TBI and to provide

guidelines with respect to assessment, diagnosis and

treatment. Those attending will learn about the nature and

impact of mild and moderate TBI, and the important interplay

between emotional, cognitive, and physical symptoms. A

particular emphasis will be upon the range of

neurobehavioural sequelae following such injuries, including

an update on the long-term consequences of repetitive

trauma. Didactic lectures will be supplemented by

interactive discussion sessions. A special panel will offer a

unique perspective on the impact of concussions from the

vantage point of professional sport players.

Aims and Objectives

Neurobehavioural Issues following Mild toModerate Traumatic Brain Injury

7:45 Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:15 Welcome and Introduction

8:30 Behavioral Disorders after TBI –Insights from the Sunnybrook ResearchDatabase Dr. Anthony Feinstein

9:00 Head Games: Long-Term Consequencesof Repetitive Brain Trauma Dr. Robert Stern

9:45 Effort, Exaggeration, and Malingeringafter Concussion Dr. Jonathan Silver

10:30 Refreshment Break

11:00 Mood Disorders Following TBI Dr. Mark Rapoport

11:30 Psychosis Following TBI: Who GetsWhat? Dr. Scott McCullagh

12:15 Lunch

1:30 Post-recovery Neurological DeclineAfter TBI Dr. Robin Green

2:00 Long-Term Effects of Concussion inSport – Implications and PreventionPanel Discussion: Mr. Eric Lindros, Mr.Kerry Goulet, Dr. Scott McCullagh, Dr.Robert Stern, Dr. Jonathon Silver, andChair: Dale Orlando

2:45 Meet the Experts: Interactive Panel for Q & A With the conference speakers and Chair:James Vigmond

3:15 Closing Remarks & Cocktail Reception

All speakers are confirmed at time of

printing but are subject to change.

Agenda

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