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rehabilitation for people with brain injuries being a relatively new field . eric makowski 5 and dr. jim misko 6 joined the company in the early 1990s incorporating cognitive rehabilitation into therapeutic programs . makowski is a past president of the brain injury association of texas and misko is past chair of the academy of certified brain injury specialists 7 and current chair elect of the brain injury association of america . 8 in 2001 core health care opened the short term hilltop facility which focuses exclusively on post acute rehabilitation . in 2005 full ownership of core health care transferred to makowski and misko . research edit in 2006 makowski and misko in partnership with bigler founded the nonprofit core health foundation to conduct studies in neuroplasticity with the goal of improving treatments for traumatic brain injuries . 9 the foundation began preliminary clinical research trials in 2010 . 10 the clinical trials combine advanced neuroimaging technologies with treatment protocols in order to quickly determine the efficacy of a particular course of therapy . 11 under the brand resilient mind core health foundation is creating a curriculum on neuroplasticity and treatment interventions as well as educating the public on neuroplasticity and how to advocate for family members with a brain injury . references edit core health foundation program aims to help people live independently . the statesman . november 26 2007 . retrieved 30 november 2011 . state budget cuts keep brain injured texan out of therapy program . the statesman . jan 2 2011 . retrieved 30 november 2011 . dr. erin bigler bio . eric makowski bio . dr. jim misko bio . academy of certified brain injury specialists brain injury association of america board of directors new hope for those with tbi . kxan . 1 oct 2010 . retrieved 30 november 2011 . economic toll of traumatic brain injury adds up to 6.8 billion a year in texas . thestreet.com . 2010 08 26 . retrieved 30 november 2011 . neuroplasticity research update . external links edit http www.corehealth.com http www.corehealthfoundation.org http www.resilientmind.org retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title core health care & oldid 601182853 categories hospitals established in 1983rehabilitation medicineneurotraumahidden categories articles with topics of unclear notability from december 2013all articles with topics of unclear notabilityorphaned articles from september 2012all orphaned articlesarticles created via the article wizard navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 25 march 2014 at 12 26 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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