9:00 - 9:30 a.m.

Opening Statements

• Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security Administration
• Lynda Davis, PhD., Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Military and Community and Family Policy
• Walter Koroshetz, MD, Deputy Director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• Ellen Embrey, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Health Protection and Readiness 
• David A. Rust, Deputy Commissioner for Retirement and Disability Policy, Social Security Administration
• Nancy Griswold, Deputy Chief Administrative Law Judge, Social Security Administration

9:30 - 10:40 a.m.

TBI and PTSD:  As Seen from Different Perspectives

• James P. Kelly, MA, MD, Chairman, Traumatic Brain Injury Subcommittee of the Defense Health Board, U.S. Department of Defense and Department of Neurosurgery, University of Colorado [testimony]
• Nancy Hogan, Associate Executive Director for Veterans Benefits, Paralyzed Veterans of America
• Carla Sarno, MD, Chief Psychiatric Consultant, State of Maryland, Disability Determination Service[testimony]
• Katherine Helmick, Director, Clinical and Educational Affairs, Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center

10:40 - 10:50 a.m.

Morning Break

10:50 - 11:50 a.m.

Traumatic Brain Injury: Today and Tomorrow

• Jerome Herbers, Jr. MBA, MD, Medical Consultant, Office of the Inspector General, Department of Veterans Affairs [testimony]
• John W. Sharpe, MBA, MS, PT, Service-Connected Veteran with a TBI [testimony]
• Ali R. Rezai, MD, Director, Center for Neurological Restoration & Professor of Neurosurgery, The Cleveland Clinic [testimony]

12:00 – 1:30 p.m.

Lunch Break

1:30 – 2:30 p.m.

Children and Adults with Brain Injuries

• Rachel P. Berger, MD, Associate Director, Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, U. of Pittsburgh Medical Center [testimony]  
• Greg Ayotte, Director, Consumer Services, Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) [testimony]
• Kelly L. Lang,  Parent of a Child with Traumatic Brain Injury [testimony]

2:30 - 3:00 p.m.

Afternoon Break

3:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Stroke and Disability

• James Baranski, CPA, Chief Executive Officer, National Stroke Association [testimony]
• Richard D. Zorowitz, MD, Chairman, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center [testimony]
• Jose Maldonado, Co-Founder Centre TEK , Stroke Survivor and Advocate [testimony]

4:00 - 4:30 p.m. 

Closing Remarks