MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — Domestic violence survivors who have suffered concussions have been given "VIP treatment" at WVU Medicine's Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute since early last year, granting vulnerable patients top-tier care at no cost.

RNI Concussion and Brain Injury Center Director Dr. Javier Cárdenas explained that since early 2024, the institute has been collaborating with WVU Medicine emergency departments across the state, as well as organizations like HOPE, Inc. and the West Virginia Coalition Against Domestic Violence, to identify domestic violence survivors suffering from concussions.

Once domestic violence survivors are referred to the RNI's NueroPerformance Innovation Center, they enter the institute's Domestic Violence Injury Program (dVIP), which grants them ac

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