MEDICAL CONSULTATION AND EDUCATION
MediMental Care is distinguished by its strong links to academic research and physician-based medicine. Our organizational CEO was the recipient of 12 years of medical training in fellowship with physicians, received appointment to the medical staffs of 2 hospital systems and the adjunct faculty of a world-renowned medical school, and has been a medical author and academic instructor of physicians and surgeons since 2006. It is to her medical mentors that Dr. Parker owes a debt of gratitude, for the exceptional training which, years later, continues to be reflected in her clinical practice at MediMental Care.
As clinical and forensic traumatologists, we at MediMental Care represent the highly specialized “bridge discipline” which spans the conceptual divide between clinical psychology and biomedical and neurophysiology. As such, we have a continuing responsibility to learn from disciplinary experts on both sides of that clinical expanse.
In that clinical tradition, MediMental Care is the only traumatological practice in the nation which maintains high standards for staff members’ regular receipt of not only mental health education, but continuing medical instruction as well. We are deeply grateful to our MediMental Care Consulting Physician, as well as the eminent doctors on our Medical Advisory board, who impart their consultation and instruction to our clinical professionals on an ongoing basis through our own, in-house MediMental Care Academy. In doing so, they help us to maintain the highest professional standards of continuing education in both behavioral and biomedical sciences.
OUR MEDIMENTAL CARE PHYSICIAN CONSULTANT
SANTO STEVEN BIFULCO, M.D., CLCP
Treating Physician Specialist in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation National & International Certified Physician Life Care Planner National & International Testifying Expert
To those involved in the treatment of severe and catastrophic physical injury, Dr. Santo BiFulco is widely regarded as the dean of certified physician life care planners in America and abroad. His storied professional career involves decades of treatment for over 100,000 patients, suffering all manner of acute, chronic, and catastrophic injury. He is arguably the most prolific and widely trusted Certified Physician Life Care Planner in the U.S.
Dr. Bifulco holds specialty training and certifications in Interventional Pain Management, Radio-Frequency & Intra-Discal Therapies. In 2019, he initiated a relationship of clinical cross-consultation with Dr. Chrysanthe Parker in the field of traumatic stress injury. As a result of their interdisciplinary collaboration in the care of many patients, Dr. Bifulco possesses a unique level of medical expertise regarding the causal relationship between TSI and its involvement in organic and structural injury throughout the body. His nuanced understanding of the cardiovascular implications of TSI, as well as its involvement in ortho-neuro injury, makes Dr. BiFulco an unequalled medical resource.
MediMental Care and its staff are deeply grateful to Dr. BiFulco for his medical expertise and consultation. in the field of traumatic stress injury.
MEDIMENTAL CARE MEDICAL ADVISORY PANEL
The MediMental Care Medical Advisory Panel is an educative body comprised of outstanding physicians, and other doctoral practitioners, who share a special interest in traumatic stress injury. Their special commitment to trauma-related patient care and clinician education leads these experts to support the MediMental practice with monthly presentations to the MediMental Academy, an internal learning and conferencing curriculum for board certified traumatologists, as well as clinicians who aspire to enter the discipline.
We express our deepest thanks to the members of the MediMental Medical Advisory Panel for their dedication to continued interdisciplinary learning in the field of traumatic stress.
S. GREGORY HIPSKIND, MD, PhD
Behavioral Neurology and Nuclear Neurology Certified Brain Injury Specialist President, Brain Injury Consulting, LLC
S. Gregory Hipskind, MD, PhD is a nuclear and behavioral neurologist and published neuroscientist who is considered an international expert on the evaluation and treatment of mild traumatic brain injury. He is the reigning published expert on the use of functional brain SPECT imaging to evaluate mTBI as well as the use of photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT) to treat it. Dr. Hipskind enjoys a national reputation for advocacy on behalf of brain injured patients in the forensic setting, and has been an invited speaker to numerous, state, national and international meetings., including proceedings at the nation’s Capitol in Washington D.C. for TBI Day in 2019.
Dr. Hipskind has served as the Chief Medical Officer for several brain imaging companies, including Brain Matters, Inc. as well as CereScan Corp. with whom he maintains a consulting relationship. He has been selected to numerous leadership positions by his peers in the past including medical school class president, President of his local county medical society and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Washington State Medical Association. He is the Founder and President of Hipskind Brain Injury Consulting, LLC .
Roby Paul Joyce, M.D., F.C.A.P., F.A.A.N.
Board Certified, Neurology Board Certified, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology
To know (and if one is doubly fortunate) to actually work with Dr. Roby Joyce is to be acquainted with a true medical legend. Dr. Joyce’s career stands not only for extraordinary achievements in medical practice and scientific research, but for his equally extraordinary giftedness in the interpersonal art of medical administration. Humble and self-effacing, his life’s mission is actualizing the talents of others, so that THEY may, in turn, make a difference in the lives of patients, colleagues, and the public. Superlatives are insufficient to recount Dr. Joyce’s stellar career in neurology, pathology and medical administration. The brilliance of Dr. Joyce’s career in the glory days of Army medicine in the early 1970’s and 80’s is known and remembered by all who served at Brooke Army M.C. with him in that era.
Four decades later, as President of Precision Pathology Services (his own laboratory), and as Medical Director of the Pathology and Laboratory departments of 4 regional Texas hospital systems, Dr. Joyce continues to bear special scientific responsibilities during the COVID pandemic with unfailing expertise. It is on Dr. Joyce’s shoulders that the Methodist Healthcare System has constantly placed the responsibilities and burdens of leadership, by conferring on him specialized positions and appointments across the full array of institutional and clinical problem solving, ranging from quality improvement and transfusion services, to infection control, bioethics issues, pharmacy operation, medical records management laboratory stewardship and professional credentialling. No aspect of hospital operation fails to benefit from his attention, which accounts for (l) his distinguished service as Medical Chief of Staff of the entire Methodist System in 2005-2006, (2) his acceptance of 19 administrative positions within the Northeast Methodist Hospital, culminating in his current, second term as Medical Chief of Staff of that hospital and (3) his appointment to over 17 consultancies and executive positions for the advancement of medicine in the private sector. A total of 28 clinical trials and scientific publications bear his name, in 22 of which he is principal investigator or lead author. In Dr. Roby Joyce, brilliance of mind meets warmth of soul and spirit. We are honored to have him on our Medical Advisory Board.
Survam Patel, Pharm.D.
Registered Pharmacist Chief Practice Development Officer, MediMental Care Managing Partner, Compliant Clients
Survam Patel, PharmD is a state licensed, board certified pharmacist whose extensive experience includes assisting in the interdisciplinary, medicinal management of traumatic physical injuries. As founder of MediMental Care’s parent company (MMC Services, LLC), and as the Chief Practice Development Officer of MediMental Care, Dr. Patel utilizes his pharmacological training to identify gaps in patient treatment, while creating and implementing new service models for individuals with personal injuries. These models of care help ensure that patients are able to access optimal treatment and avoid undue medical deterioration during long periods of recovery.
Dr. Patel also serves as Managing Partner of Compliant Clients, a health service company which improves patient case outcomes through customized medical transport services and pharmacy support. Within the field of pharmacy, his services to patients include: mail order services, hospital dispensing and pharmaceutical compounding, wound care products and nutritional supplements, and retail pharmacy support. More than just a pharmacist, Dr. Patel considers himself to be a true advocate for those patients with personal injuries. He is often seen in the halls of the Texas Capitol, where he testifies before legislative committees in support of patient rights. As a scientist, pharmaceutical practitioner, and health services executive, Dr. Patel exemplifies advanced, visionary approaches to the delivery of interdisciplinary care to patients.
Hallie J. Robbins, D.O.
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (BC-FAAPMR ) Addiction Medicine (BC-AOA) Osteopathic Neuromusculoskeletal Manipulative Medicine Medicolegal Telemedicine
Hallie Robbins, DO, is an osteopathic physician specializing in Physiatry (PM&R) and Osteopathic Neuromuscular Manipulative Medicine (OMM/NMM) since 1998. She chose this integral approach to use her hands as the tools as well as to hold hands and tools; to have a medical degree in the use of touch for diagnosis and treatment; and to address psychophysiological rehabilitative states and behavioral health concerns without a taboo against touch.
Traumatic brain and stress injuries and circumstances impact many people in all walks of life. In 2021 Dr. Robbins attained board certification in Addictionology to further address needs of people experiencing or recovering from painful and stressful states. Physical rehab and drug rehab are now addressed with comprehension and compassion using conventional and innovative approaches such as medications, supplements, self-care strategies, and neurotechnology.
Dr. Robbins works with team members and clients towards goals in clinical, commercial, academic, entrepreneurial, and nonprofit sectors. As a clinician, Dr. Robbins helps individuals learn to recognize body-mind-spirit cues and relievers that impact health conditions and the human condition. In case reviews and consults, Dr. Robbins performs structure-function analysis to provide physiologically and biomechanically relevant interpretation of injuries and sequelae for forensic, clinical, and research applications.
