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Dr. Anand Veeravagu outlines the cognitive and physical symptoms that can result from a blast injury as well as the general timeline for recovery.

Dr. Anand Veeravagu talks about the efficacy of coordinated care among a patient's entire medical care staff and how it ties into patient-centered care and successful outcome.

Dr. Heechin Chae explains how setting goals for recovery involves not only the individual and the medical team, but the whole family since a brain injury affects everyone in a family.

Dr. Heechin Chae says most people with TBI can return to school but may have to develop new ways to study and learn.

Dr. Heechin Chae explains how acupuncture, as fascinating and mysterious as the brain, can affect neurochemical function.

Dr. Heechin Chae says he feels like a conductor in an orchestra -- each patient is a different symphony and he has to understand that music and then come up with the exact right "instruments" and "musicians."

Dr. Heechin Chae says he feels like a detective when treating a patient with TBI; you have to ask the right questions so as to develop an individual treatment plan.

Helping a patient with TBI learn how to grocery shop in an actual store can be as important in TBI treatment as prescribing a medication.

Dr. Heechin Chae talks about understanding what a person truly wants to focus on during his recovery and building an individualized treatment plan with those goals in the forefront.

Dr. Heechin Chae talks about how a brain injury is like an earthquake in a city, changing, damaging, or destroying the roads and bridges in the city of the brain.

Dr. Anand Veeravagu talks about how the military's ability to deliver high-end acute care on the battlefield can benefit paramedics and EMTs handling acute care in the civilian world.

Dr. Anand Veeravagu talks about how Obama's BRAIN initiative will further advancements in research for TBI, stroke, Alzheimer's and other neurological conditions to the arena of clinical care.