Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center

The Level I Trauma Program

Trauma Brain Injury Program

The Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Program was created to optimize care for patients with serious brain injuries. This program creates a continuum of care for these patients - from life-saving efforts in the Emergency Department, Operating Rooms, and Intensive Care Unit,  to maximizing the patient's day-to-day ability to function through rehabilitative care. Elements of the program include around-the-clock attending neurosurgeon coverage to respond to all major resuscitations, continuity of care, and neuro-psychologist consults. These efforts result in decreased length of stay in critical care and advances in recovery of patients in acute units. The program staff include two nurse practitioners and a neuroscience clinical nurse specialist to provide continuity of care.

TBI Program Staff

• Neurosurgery Attending Physician: Geoff Manley, MD
• Director for Rehabilitation Services, TBI Program Project Leader: Bonnie Seaman, PT, MA
• Neurosurgeon Nurse Practitioners: Twyila Lay, RN, MS, ACNP and Ryan Gustafson, RN, MS, NP
• Clinical Nurse Specialist: Christine Martin, RN
• Social Worker: Carey Edmeades, MSW

For more information about the TBI program, please call 415-206-8300.

The San Francisco Chronicle reported on Dr. Martin Holland in the Miracle Workers in June 2003.

California's Department of Health and Human Services operates a Traumatic Brain Injury Surveillance Program

Please call 9-1-1 if this is a medical emergency. Please call Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Centerl at (628) 206-8000 for general information.

For issues or questions other than medically related, you may email the Department of Public Health.