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Clinicians describe gaps in specialty brain‑injury care, long‑term follow‑up and mental‑health integration
Summary
Penn State clinicians and fellowship directors said Pennsylvania lacks consistent specialty coverage, that many patients face barriers from emergency discharge to long‑term follow‑up, and that mental‑health and substance‑use care needs adaptation for brain‑injury patients.
Dr. Theru Anaswamy, professor and chair of physical medicine and rehabilitation at Penn State Health, and Dr. Lori Grafton, assistant clinical professor and co‑director of the Brain Injury Fellowship, told the House Human Services Committee that specialty brain‑injury care in Pennsylvania is limited and unevenly distributed.
"We treat brain injury patients across the continuum," Anaswamy said, describing care from emergency consultations to inpatient acute rehabilitation and lifelong outpatient follow‑up. He said only about 31 accredited brain‑injury medicine fellowships exist nationwide and…
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