Hospital Program
Community Health Network Sports Medicine - Concussion Management Program
📍 Indianapolis
General Concussion Care
Concussion specialist
Samantha Backhaus PhD
📍 Indianapolis, Indiana · ✓ Listing verified 2026-08-30
About
Samantha Backhaus, PhD practices Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation / Neuropsychology in Indianapolis, Indiana, and subspecializes in Post-Concussion Syndrome and Traumatic Brain Injury. They see patients at Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana, part of IU Health / Ascension St. Vincent.
The listed clinical focus includes Persistent post-concussion symptom management (3+ months post-injury), neuropsychologist-led interdisciplinary team, speech therapy, vision therapy and vestibular and physical therapy. In this directory the listing sits under Vestibular/Balance, Vision/Neuro-Optometry and Neuropsychology/Cognitive.
The practice sees children and teenagers and adults.
Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana (RHI) in Indianapolis is a nationally recognized brain injury center offering a full continuum of care for concussion, stroke, and moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury. Its internationally recognized neuropsychologists provide evidence-based psychotherapy and cognitive rehabilitation for problems with attention, memory, executive function, and emotional or behavioral regulation. RHI also runs a Day Treatment Program, an intensive outpatient service for people with mild to moderate cognitive or behavioral difficulties after brain injury, and offers concussion services through its Northwest Brain Injury Center.
Services
Vestibular/BalanceVision/Neuro-OptometryNeuropsychology/CognitivePhysical TherapySpeech/LanguageRehabilitation/Brain Injury
Clinical focus areas
Persistent post-concussion symptom management (3+ months post-injury)neuropsychologist-led interdisciplinary teamspeech therapyvision therapyvestibular and physical therapybrain injury day treatment program
Details
Provider typeHospital Program
SpecialtyPhysical Medicine & Rehabilitation / Neuropsychology
PracticeRehabilitation Hospital of Indiana (RHI) - Concussion / Brain Injury Programs
Health systemIU Health / Ascension St. Vincent
ServesPediatric/Youth, Adult
Before your first appointment
Patients who contact Samantha Backhaus in Indianapolis usually want to be clear on a few things first:
- concussion signs in babies, toddlers and kids — What to watch for in a child too young to tell you what hurts.
- testing for a concussion at home — The danger signs that mean the ER tonight, and why no home test rules a concussion out.
- what each stage of concussion recovery looks like — A stage-by-stage timeline, and what should be happening at each one.
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