DVBIC - San Antonio Military Medical Center

The Neurology staff and residents at Wilford Hall Medical Center (WHMC) have been involved with the TBI initiative since its inception by Congressional act in 1991. The current San Antonio Team supports TBI patients and their families from both WHMC and Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC) across town about 15 miles away. The Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center and the medical center TBI Team work together to ensure that all TBI injured servicemembers are identified and receive treatment. Members of DVBIC review post-deployment questionnaires, airevac manifests, and screen servicemembers at Troop Clinics to ensure each returning, injured servicemember is screened for a TBI injury.  They also pre-screen inpatients at BAMC. DVBIC providers at WHMC and in the TBI clinic at BAMC conduct evaluations and follow-up treatment. Neurological and neuropsychological evaluations and cognitive rehabilitation are completed by DVBIC staff and TBI clinic providers at BAMC and WHMC.