Monthly Archives: April 2012

NASHIA: Administrative News Update

As President of the Brain Injury Association of Hawaii, Ian Mattoch receives frequent updates on what’s happening on a national level on legislation that affects persons with traumatic brain injury and their families through the National Association of Head Injury … Continue reading

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NASHIA: WASHINGTON WEEKLY Update

Attorney Ian Mattoch posts today’s Washington Weekly highlights from the National Association of State Head Injury Administrators (NASHIA).  In  this week’s issue, there are highlights regarding legislation and hearings pertaining to traumatic brain injury.   The Law Offices of Ian Mattoch … Continue reading

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TBISERV Update

As personal injury attorneys specializing in the representation of persons with traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury and other catastrophic injuries, the Law Offices of Ian Mattoch is part of TBISERV, a listserv for the Federal TBI Program.  The TBISERV … Continue reading

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NASHIA’S WASHINGTON WEEKLY: Update

WASHINGTON WEEKLY:  Friday, April 13, 2012’s update was prepared by Susan L. Vaughn, Director of Public Policy, of the National Association of State Head Injury Administrators (NASHIA).  As the president of the Brain Injury Association of Hawaii, Ian Mattoch receives … Continue reading

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USA Today: Better tests find record concussions among US troops

The Law Offices of Ian Mattoch was forwarded the below article by a California neuropsychologist who serves as an expert in many of our cases involving persons that have suffered a traumatic brain injury as the result of someone else’s … Continue reading

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Federal TBI Program Info Alert: Head Impact Exposure in Youth Football

The Law Offices of Ian Mattoch is a personal injury law firm with offices throughout the State of Hawaii specializing in the representation of persons that have suffered traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, or catastrophic injuries as a result of … Continue reading

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Action Alert: Help with Co-Sponsors for TBI Act

On March 21, Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ) and Todd Platts (R-PA) introduced H.R. 4238, the Brain Injury Act of 2012, to reauthorize programs established by the TBI Act of 1996, as amended. The National Association of State Head Injury … Continue reading

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Neuropathology of mTBI: relationship to neuroimaging findings

Erin D. Bigler & William L. Maxwell Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012 Published online March 21, 2012 Neuroimaging identified abnormalities associated with traumatic brain injury (TBI) are but gross indicators that reflect underlying trauma-induced neuropathology at the cellular level. This review … Continue reading

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NASHIA: Washington Weekly Update

Hawaii’s personal injury attorney Ian Mattoch shares National Association of State Head Injury Administrators (NASHIA)’s Washington Weekly post in celebrating March as Brain Injury Awareness Month.  This update was prepared by Susan L. Vaughn, Director of Public Policy, publicpolicy@nashia.org: HHS Appoints … Continue reading

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CDC is making noise about TBI – Once a Silent Epidemic

Attorney Ian Mattoch and the Law Offices of Ian Mattoch in Hawaii is passing along a recent post by CDC Injury Center.  As the closing of Brain Injury Awareness Month activities, the below are links to stories of three individuals … Continue reading

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