The Brain Injury Association of Maryland

Our site is dedicated to providing the most current and accurate information related to traumatic brain injury (TBI).

We are a state affiliate of the Brain Injury Association of America. Our connection allows us to provide you with the most current research and best practices from around the country. Combine that with our knowledge of local laws and policies, and we are your one-stop shop for all traumatic brain injury inquiries. Click here for some helpful information found on other sites that support our mission.

Brain Injury Support Groups

Please call the Support Group Coordinator listed to verify the meeting date and time.  Meetings are sometimes re-scheduled due to weather, holidays, illness, etc. Use the quick links below to jump to a particular region.

Baltimore Area
Movin’ a HeadBrain Injury Support Group
Kernan Hospital
2200 Kernan Drive
Baltimore, MD 21207
First Mondays,  6:30 - 8:00 pm
Contact:  Candace Rebuck
(410)448-6303
 
Caregivers Support Group
Kernan Hospital - Conference Room C
2200 Kernan Drive
Baltimore, MD 21207
Fourth Tuesdays, 6:00 - 7:00 pm
Contact: Gwen Alexander
(410)448-6311


RETURN! Brain Injury Support Group
Sinai Hospital
Schoeneman Building
2401 West Belvedere Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21215
Third Tuesdays, 7:00 - 8:30 pm
Contact: Kerry Riggs
(410)601-6080


Timonium Brain Injury Support Group
Individuals with brain injury and family members/caregivers meet separately in the same building.
Mays Chapel UMC
11911 Jennifer Road
Timonium, MD 21093
Second Saturdays, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Contact: Tom Longest or Mary Longest
(443)677-2552
tbihelper@yahoo.com or mary@vav1.com


Brain Injury Support Group for Children and Families
The purpose of the group will be to provide education and support to children and
caregivers of children who have sustained a brain injury.
Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital
CPAR Conference Room - 1st Floor
1708 Rogers Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21209
5:00 pm to 6:30 pm
Contact:  Stephanie Reap, LCSW-C
(410)578-5222 belliott@mwph.org


Washington, D.C. Area
Please call the Support Group Coordinator listed to verify the meeting date and time.  Meetings are sometimes re-scheduled due to weather, holidays, illness, etc.
BIADC Support Group
National Rehabilitation Hospital (NRH)
102 Irving Street, NW
Washington, DC 20010
Third Wednesdays, 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Contact: Ellen Ramsay (BIADC)
(301)641-4793
Jennifer Hendricks (NRH)
(202)877-1012


Head Injury Support Group
Prince George's Hospital
3001 Hospital Drive
Cheverly, MD 20785
Fourth Wednesdays, 7:00 pm
Contact: Jean Gavel
(301)868-6278 or (301)943-1461


Rockville Brain Injury Support Group
Adventist Rehab Hospital of Maryland
9909 Medical Center Drive
Rockville, MD 20850|
Second and Fourth Thursdays, 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Contact:  Tom Wilkinson
(301)294-9205


Young Stroke Group (20's - 60's)
Bethesda/Rockville area
First & Third Fridays, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Contact:  Susan Montgomery 
(301)897-8815


Montgomery County Stroke Association, Inc (MCSA)
Support groups and programs in Leisure World of MD, Bethesda, Rockville,
and Silver Spring, MD
(301)681-6272
www.mcstroke.org
info@mcstroke.org


Central Area
Please call the Support Group Coordinator listed to verify the meeting date and time.  Meetings are sometimes re-scheduled due to weather, holidays, illness, etc.
Fresh Start Meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous
An open 12-step meeting geared to individuals living with brain injury and substance abuse
Lifequest - Mary T. Maryland
820 Ritchie Highway
Severna Park, MD 21146
Wednesday evenings, 6:00 pm
Contact:  Martin (443)756-3419 or Jennifer (443)481-0317


Humanim
Howard County Brain Injury Support Group

Third Tuesdays, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Columbia, MD 21046
Dee Johnson
(410)967-5906


Southern Area
Please call the Support Group Coordinator listed to verify the meeting date and time.  Meetings are sometimes re-scheduled due to weather, holidays, illness, etc.
Anne Arundel County Brain Injury Support Group
Lifequest - Mary T. Maryland
820 Ritchie Highway
Severna Park, MD 21146
Third Tuesdays, 7:00 - 8:00 pm
Contact:  Debbie Cottrill 
(410)956-0015

Charles County Brain Injury Support Group
Spring Dell Center
6040 Radio Station Road
La Plata, MD 20646
Second Thursdays,6:00 - 7:30 pm
Contact:  Jerry Taylor
(301) 934-4561
Ron Buttery
(301)481-4458
www.ccbrain.wordpress.com 


Northern Area
Please call the Support Group Coordinator listed to verify the meeting date and time.  Meetings are sometimes re-scheduled due to weather, holidays, illness, etc.
Upper Chesapeake Support Group
Upper Chesapeake Medical Center
500 Upper Chesapeake Drive
Bel Air, MD  21014
First Thursday, 7:00 pm
 
Caregivers Support Group
Union Hospital, Adult Daycare Center
106 Bow Street
Elkton, MD 21921
First Tuesdays, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Contact:  Gay Nell Straughan
(410)392-0539
 


Eastern Area
Please call the Support Group Coordinator listed to verify the meeting date and time.  Meetings are sometimes re-scheduled due to weather, holidays, illness, etc.
Chesapeake Rehabilitation Support Group
Chesapeake Rehabilitation Hospital
220 Tilghman Road
Salisbury, MD 21082
Second Tuesday, 6:00 pm
Contact: Dr. Glenwood Brooks, Jr
(800)938-4600


Western Area
Please call the Support Group Coordinator listed to verify the meeting date and time.  Meetings are sometimes re-scheduled due to weather, holidays, illness, etc.
Survivor Support Group
St. Joseph's Catholic Community
915 Liberty Road
Eldersburg, MD 21784
Second Wednesdays, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Contact: Eileen Rudnick
(410)795-7318  

Headway Support Group

Robinwood Medical Center
Community Room, Suite 102
11110 Medical Campus Road
Hagerstown, MD 21740
First Mondays, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Contact: Matt Lilly
(301)714-4028
Support Group for Survivors and Caregivers
Western Maryland Hospital Center
Brain Injury Unit, 3rd Floor
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue
Hagerstown, MD 21742
Second Saturdays, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Contact: David Gross
(301) 745-4539


West Virginia

Please call the Support Group Coordinator listed to verify the meeting date and time.  Meetings are sometimes re-scheduled due to weather, holidays, illness, etc.

Brain Injury Support Group
Berkeley Senior Services Center
217 North High Street
Martinsburg , WV 25401
Second Tuesday of every month 6:30-8:30 P.M.
Contact: Lindsey Sipes
(717)860-3404
or
Sylvia Ellsworth
(540)535-6417
 


Delaware - all groups meet January - November, no December meetings
 

Please call the Support Group Coordinator listed to verify the meeting date and time.  Meetings are sometimes re-scheduled due to weather, holidays, illness, etc.
Sussex County
Millville Fire Hall
Millville, DE
First and third Tuesdays,  1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Contact:  Ed & Beverly Bell
(302)537-9016

New Castle County

A.I. duPont Hospital for Children
1600 Rockland Road, Room 1
Wilmington, DE 
Third Thursdays at 7:00 pm 
Contact: Margie & John Goodier
(302)378-0375
Pre-meeting dinner group at the Hollywood Grille
Concord Pike & Murphy Road
5:15 pm
Call Matt (302)998-0782 or David (302)453-1634 to make reservations.


Kent County-Dover
Community Legal Aid Society Building
840 Walker Road, Walker Square
Dover, DE
Second Tuesdays at 7:00 pm
Contact: Becky Bolt or Devon Dorman
(800)411-0505