About the Team

Dmitry Esterov, D.O., M.S., leads a group of faculty and staff with expertise in traumatic brain injury (TBI) and brain rehabilitation, biomedical statistics, and collaborative research in the TBI Model System at Mayo Clinic.

Dmitry Esterov, D.O., M.S. Project and Medical Director, Principal Investigator

  • Consultant, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
  • Research interests include population-based epidemiology of brain injuries encompassing the understanding of both the risk factors and protective factors that can influence cognitive and psychiatric recovery after brain injury.

Thomas F. Bergquist, Ph.D., L.P. Co-Investigator

  • Consultant, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Department of Psychiatry and Psychology.
  • Research interests include cognitive rehabilitation after brain injury, coping with disability and telerehabilitation.

Anne M. Moessner, APRN, M.S., R.N.Co-Investigator

  • Research manager, Mayo Clinic TBI Model System center.
  • Assistant professor of nursing, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science.
  • Research interests include community-based clinical trials and telemedicine.

Nicole L. Dernbach, B.S., CCRP

  • Certified clinical research coordinator.
  • Site-specific and collaborative studies coordinator, Mayo Clinic TBI Model System center.

Cindy A. Kallis

  • Associate clinical research coordinator.
  • Primary data collector, Mayo Clinic TBI Model System center.