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Adam
Adam Grove, N.D., is a Naturopathic Physician practicing family-medicine and specializing in children and adults with brain challenges. He practices in Anchorage, Alaska at Head to Toe Holistic Healthcare LLC. He emphasizes an individualized, whole-person focus with attention to accurate diagnosis and holistic treatment for brain-based issues. He works with people of all ages experiencing symptoms of ADD/ADHD, Autism, brain injury, age-related cognitive decline and other brain-based disorders. He is very active at the state level as member of the Alaska Traumatic and Acquired Brain Injury (TABI) Advisory Board and as a former member and director of the board of directors of the Alaska Brain Injury Network (ABIN) advocating for those with brain injuries. He is a certified Brain Injury Specialist and has served for many years on the Board of Directors for the Alaska Brain Injury Network. He is a 13 year veteran of the United States Air Force and a brain injury survivor.
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Karyn
Karyn Grove-Bruce, Psy.S., is a School Psychologist and Suzuki-method violin and viola music teacher. After working for a number of years in the Anchorage School district, she joined Dr. Grove in the clinic to provide quantitative EEGs and cognitive testing which assesses brain performance and forms the basis of Neuro-rehabilitation therapies provided by the clinic. She holds a a Brain Injury Specialist certification. Karyn has been teaching music for 21 years and also performs in the Anchorage Symphony and other local community musical groups. She is passionate about brain injury and helping people recover and find their way in life again.
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Amy
Amy Kolarova, D.O., is a staff physiatrist and lead physician of the telemedicine program at Shepherd Center. Dr. Kolarova also manages neurorehabilitation consultation services for the Stroke Center of Excellence at the Piedmont Hospital Marcus Heart and Vascular Center.
Dr. Kolarova obtained her medical degree at the Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine. From there, she did her post-graduate training in physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) beginning in the U.S. Army at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. She completed both her training in PM&R, as well as a brain injury medicine fellowship, at MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital in Washington, D.C. Since completing her fellowship, Dr. Kolarova has held several positions in the brain injury medicine field. She worked as a practicing physician at Providence Alaska Medical Center, where she was also involved with program development, establishing a multi-disciplinary outpatient brain injury clinic. Dr. Kolarova also assisted in developing a brain injury network throughout Alaska, providing educational programs to clinicians, community members, brain injury survivors and their families. Dr. Kolarova is board certified by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. |
RachAel
Rachael Hannah, Ph.D. is an associate professor of biological sciences at the University of Alaska, Anchorage where her research focus is on the brain circulatory system. She is currently exploring a new animal model, the red-eared slider turtle, in an effort to discover how some organisms' brain cells survive in low oxygen environments. She brings her expertise and passion for education and research to the Brain Bus project.
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