By Stephanie Toone
Augusta Chronicle
July 6, 2010
U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., visited Fort Gordon's Dwight D. Eisenhower Neuroscience Center Tuesday to witness firsthand the work of medical staff who treat service members suffering from traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Fort Gordon's program is "the gold standard" for other military posts across the nation, he told a group of staff of the Signal Center of Excellence, Fort Gordon Garrison and the neuroscience center. The hospital opened its Traumatic Brain Injury Clinic, the first of its kind in the Army, last year.
"They are dealing with what is a very, very difficult result of this war conflict," Isakson said at the Signal Museum. "Honestly, these disorders were not getting diagnosed as quickly as they should have in the early years of the conflicts. Early diagnosis is the key."
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