Brain Injury Research Lab

BIRL Member Spotlight: Dr. Daniel Rafter, MD

Dr. Daniel Rafter grew up in Chicago and double majored in Chemistry and Entrepreneurship at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, MN. He graduated at Ross University (which is the top Caribbean Medical School). After graduating, he took a year off before residency to do Neurosurgery Research at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis under the direction of Dr. Uzma Samadani, M.D., Ph.D as the Clinical Coordinator for the TRACK-TBI study.

His ultimate goal is to end up in trauma surgery and critical care medicine. 🚑 👨‍⚕️

BIRL Member Spotlight: Tabitha Chettupally (Tabitha Chettupally)

Meet Tabitha! Tabitha is currently a pre-med student majoring in Neuroscience at the University of Minnesota. She currently works at the Brain Injury Research Lab and U of M Genomics Center. In her spare time, she enjoys singing and songwriting. 🎤 🎶 Fun Fact: Tabitha sang an Indian movie song that exploded in popularity. Hear her sing: https://youtu.be/MC26Iko4kDE

Renowned neurosurgeon Dr. Uzma Samadani will serve as president-elect for Think First National Injury Prevention Foundation (http://www.thinkfirst.org/). This foundation is devoted to preventing brain, spinal cord, and other traumatic injuries through cutting-edge research. Congratulations Dr. Samadani!

Belated Happy Birthday to the "founder of neuroscience" Santiago Ramon y Cajal! Check out his remarkable illustrations here:

The Beautiful Brain: The Drawings of Santiago Ramón y Cajal - Grey Gallery The Beautiful Brain: The Drawings of Santiago Ramón y Cajal is the first U.S. museum exhibition to present the extraordinary drawings of Santiago Ramón y Cajal (Spain, 1852–1934), the father of modern neuroscience. Cajal’s astonishing depictions of the brain—which combine cutting-edge scient...

Dr. Samadani was on the StoneArch Podcast!! Go take a listen!

https://www.stonearchcreative.com/podcast/

The Art of Neuroscience with Dr. Uzma Samadani:

There’s a lot more to diagnosing traumatic brain injury than meets the eye. Thanks to revolutionary research by Dr. Uzma Samadani, Neurosurgeon at Hennepin Healthcare and MN VAMC, there’s a powerful new diagnostic tool in town: eye-tracking technology. Hear more about the technology’s potential on football fields and beyond—and learn Dr. Samadani’s hopes for the future of her field.

Take a look at this patient testimonial video for our Vagus Nerve Stimulation Study!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA3ZKq90v60

to learn more about this study and others in our lab go to www.samadanilab.com !

Patient Testimonial: VNS Brain Injury Research Lab: Phone: 612-873-7190 http://samadanilab.com/_index.html Dr. Uzma Samadani Twitter: MN SCI-TBI Research Symposium: http:...

Welcome to the new, official page of the Brain Injury Research Lab! We are located at 701 Park Avenue S PL 610, Minneapolis, MN 55415.

If you would like to learn more about our research or have an interest in participating in one of our research studies, please feel free to contact us at 612-873-7190 or email us at [email protected]

Uzma Samadani, MD, PhD was born in Wimbledon, England and moved to Beaver Dam, Wisconsin at the age of two. After high school, she matriculated into the University Wisconsin-Madison’s Medical Scholars Program where she had her first exposure to research and graduated with majors in Molecular Biology and English Literature.

Dr. Samadani joined the MD/PhD program at the University of Illinois and, upon completion of medical school, undertook an internship and neurosurgery residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvana. Dr. Samadani then worked as an attending neurosurgeon at NYHHCS from September 2007 to July 2015, becoming Chief of Neurosurgery in 2010.

In 2015, Dr. Samadani joined the Department of Neurosurgery at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota when she started the Brain Injury Research Lab.

TED Talk Link: https://www.tedmed.com/speakers/show?id=299199

Welcome to the (NEW) official page of the Brain Injury Research Lab at Hennepin County Medical Center!

The Brain Injury Research Lab was started by Dr. Samadani in August of 2015 and is a joint venture between HCMC Neurosurgery and the Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation (MMRF).

Our mission is to further our understanding of brain injury to better prevent, classify, and treat traumatic brain injury as well as to improve brain health in the greater Minneapolis/St. Paul community by creating innovative, sustainable solutions that can be applied to larger scale communities throughout the world.

If you would like to learn more about our research or have an interest in participating in one of our research studies, please feel free to contact us at 612-873-7190 or email us at [email protected]. We are located at 701 Park Avenue S PL.610, Minneapolis, MN 55415.