How does a healthy brain impact us day to day?

This panel discussion will go beyond general health of the brain as an organ. We will discuss the importance of the interaction between the brain, mind, body, and environment, including foods that help to improve brain function.
Going beyond discussion, we demonstrate how to put the information into practice through foods you can prepare and consume. This demonstration segment of the session will be held by Chef Marshall Shafkowitz, WCEC, CEC, CCE, MAT, Executive Director of Brightwater with Qadry Ismail, Super Bowl Champion Wide Receiver from the Baltimore Ravens, a 10 Year NFL Veteran, and the Founder/Head Movement Instructor at Missile Training in Maryland
The panel discussion will be led by Neuropsychologist Stephanie Peabody, PSYD, HSPP, who is the Founder/Executive Director of the Brain Health Initiative and a Harvard Faculty member. Joining Dr. Peabody will be Dr. Michael Jaffee, MD, FAAN, FANA. Dr. Jaffee is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Neurology at the University of Florida

BIO:
Dr. Jaffee is a board-certified neurologist, the director of the University of Florida Brain Injury, Rehabilitation, and Neuroresilience Center, and chair of the UF Department of Neurology. Dr. Jaffee served 21 years in the United States Air Force (USAF), retiring at the rank of colonel in 2013. His USAF career included wartime service as the chief of medical staff for the largest U.S. military hospital in Iraq and as the USAF surgeon general neurology consultant. He was also the Department of Defense liaison to two White House-appointed panels of the Defense Health Board and the national director of the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center.

He graduated from the University of Virginia School of Medicine in 1992 and completed a combined residency in neurology and psychiatry at the San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium in 1998. Dr. Jaffee went on to complete a sleep medicine fellowship there in 2011.

One of the first neurologists in the country to be certified in brain injury medicine, he sees patients for a variety of neurological disorders, including traumatic brain injury, sports injuries, Alzheimer’s disease, dementias, and sleep disorders.

Throughout his career, Dr. Jaffee has served as a consultant to the National Academy of Medicine, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the National Institutes of Health, and the National Football League.