TBI-Informed Referral Network

The TBI-Informed Referral Network is a multidisciplinary collaboration of healthcare professionals trained to identify, diagnose, treat, and support athletes experiencing traumatic brain injury and related mental health challenges. The network connects physicians who diagnose TBI with mental health professionals who provide therapeutic treatment and recovery support, ensuring athletes receive coordinated neurological, psychological, and behavioral health care throughout diagnosis, treatment, and recovery. 

To become the leading interdisciplinary referral network for TBI-informed care in athletics, connecting physicians, mental health professionals, and recovery specialists to deliver integrated, evidence-based support for athletes during and after their careers. 

Diagnostic physicians serve as the entry point into the referral network. Their role includes diagnosing concussion or TBI, providing neurological evaluation, referring athletes into the mental health network, and monitoring neurological recovery.

We're recruiting physicians across sports medicine, orthopedics, emergency medicine, neurology, primary care, and neuropsychology — particularly those with experience working with collegiate, professional, or retired athletes, military veterans with brain injury, or youth athletes in high-contact sports.

Behavioral health providers deliver mental health treatment and rehabilitation support once an athlete has been referred. This includes psychotherapists (trauma-informed therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, identity and career transition counseling), psychologists (neuropsychological screening, cognitive rehabilitation, return-to-play readiness assessments), psychiatrists (medication management, mood stabilization), and substance abuse therapists (addiction counseling, relapse prevention, dual diagnosis treatment).