The ThinkFirst National Injury Prevention Foundation, formally known as the National Head and Spinal Cord Injury Prevention Program, was first implemented nationally in 1986. The American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) directed two neurosurgeons, E. Fletcher Eyster, MD, of Pensacola, Florida and Clark Watts, MD, of Columbia, Missouri to develop a national injury prevention program based on their previous prevention efforts in their respective communities
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Values First: Beneficiaries: Children, teens, adults, families and communities Second: Advocates: ThinkFirst Network - Chapter Directors, Schools, VIPs, Physicians and Health Care Professionals Third: Sponsors: Hospitals, Medical Associations, Government Organizations, and Corporations |