From TBI Survivor to Medical Doctor - My Road to Recovery: A Five Pillar Approach

The Ontario Brain Injury Association (OBIA) and Brain Changes Initiative (BCI) are pleased to announce the development of a Distinguished Speaker’s Webinar series designed to inform front-line health care workers and professionals in the field of brain injury.

This webinar in the 7-part series features Dr. Matthew Galati, a medical student who, in 2013, suffered a severe Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in a motor vehicle accident. Refusing to accept ill fate, he researched how best to heal and created his own recovery protocol based on revolutionary new science around a brain-supporting lifestyle. Against all odds, he recovered fully to complete his medical training and has come full circle as a physician. After finishing his residency training in Family Medicine in 2018, Dr. Galati completed a fellowship in Environmental Medicine which has a strong focus on Functional/Integrative Medicine. As of 2019, Dr. Galati has his own Family Medicine practice with the East GTA Family Health Team and he is also a Hospitalist at Runnymede Healthcare Centre. In addition to working as a physician, Dr. Galati is the clinical lead for research, being carried out at Toronto Rehab Institute, which is centred around 2 of the pillars he used during his own recovery (intensive physical and cognitive exercise). In 2019, Dr. Galati founded the not-for-profit organization, Brain Changes Initiative, to fund this groundbreaking research being carried out at Toronto Rehab and to provide education, awareness & support for TBI survivors and their families.

Thank you to the event sponsor: Vox Neuro