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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.  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.

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. 

Sarah

​Sarah Witmer moved to Alaska, making it her home, shortly after suffering her brain injury. Her background is in Counseling Psychology and she worked as a technician for Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) which is a treatment for depression. Through this work she had the pleasure of helping a few brain injury survivors cope with and address their depression which is often a side effect of brain injury. Having struggled to find help and resources during her recovery she is passionate about helping others have access to information and resources to navigate their recovery.

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.

Christine

Christine Decourtney comes to us with a rich background in helping Alaskans.  She gained valuable experience and perspective in running state-wide health programs working as the Manager of Cancer Program Planning at the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium based in Anchorage and in a variety of positions in the Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation.  Christine also served at the director of External Affairs at Alaska Sealife Center.  She is a TBI survivor and her passion to help others is enormous. Her deep experience in health program management, research and boots on the ground management of programs through Alaska helps us plan and execute more efficiently and thoughtfully. 

Kivalina

Kivalina holds a PhD in Business Marketing from the University of Oregon and has a family member with a TBI so she brings excellent tools and compassion to the bus project.  Working as a professor, she has excellent teaching skills, which when combined with marketing expertise helps guide us in our outreach efforts.  She also studies and publishes on practices that contribute to individual and community well-being which is right in line with our mission.  

Christine

Dr. Christine Woods is a board-certified neurologist specializing in sports neurology, traumatic brain injury, and headache medicine. After completing her fellowship training in Sports Neurology and Headache Medicine at UT Southwestern and serving as an assistant professor, Dr Woods returned to Alaska in 2024 with a passion for bringing Alaskans comprehensive head injury care.  Her clinical area of focus in on comprehensive concussion care, headache management, post-stroke care, and head injury prevention. She has worked with athletes at all levels, including collaboration with the Dallas Stars (NHL) the XFL, and collegiate athletes.  She is dedicated to supporting brain injury survivors in their recovery, educating the community on brain injury awareness and prevention, and being a resource to the Alaska community for compassionate neurological care.