Welcome to the 2019 Brain Injury Conference - Brain Injury Rehabilitation: The Health & Wellness Connection sponsored by Kessler Institute Rehabilitation and Kessler Foundation. Each year, an estimated 2.8 million Americans sustain a traumatic brain injury and face a wide range of physical, functional, emotional and social challenges. This course will focus on the importance of an individual’s overall health and wellness in rehabilitation and recovery. Topics will include personal identity, cognition and memory, maintaining relationships and the capacity to return to fitness and other physical activities. In this lecture podcast Neil Jasey, MD, Director of Brain Injury Rehabilitation at Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation presents “Maximizing Recovery After Brain Injury”. This presentation was recorded, produced, and edited by Joan Banks-Smith, Creative Producer for Kessler Foundation on Wednesday, May 15, 2019 at the Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, Chester Campus, Chester, New Jersey. To listen to more conference podcasts, go to https://soundcloud.com/kesslerfoundation/sets/2019-traumatic-brain-injury-conference For more information about Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, go to www.kessler-rehab.com For more information about Kessler Foundation and our researchers, go to www.KesslerFoundation.org. Like us on FaceBook, follow us on Instagram, listen to us on Soundcloud, and tweet with us on Twitter! ★ Support this podcast ★