Scott DeLuzio: [00:00:00] Thanks for tuning in to the Drive On Podcast, where we are focused on giving hope and strength to the entire military community. Whether you’re a veteran, active duty guard, reserve, or a family member, this podcast will share inspirational stories and resources that are useful to you. I’m your host, Scott DeLuzio, and now let’s get on with the show.

Hey everybody. Welcome back to Drive On. I’m your host Scott DeLuzio, and today my guest is Dr. Theodore Henderson. Dr. Henderson is president and founder of Neuro Luminance, which is bringing revolutionary treatments to, uh, the traumatic brain injury, depression, and other, uh, brain disorders. And he’s here today to help us rethink.

Brain disorders like depression and brain injuries, and introduce us to exciting new treatments, which actually activate the brain’s own healing process. And so we’ll be talking about that a little bit more, uh, in this episode. So welcome to the show, Dr. [00:01:00] Henderson. I’m glad to have you here.

Dr. Theodore Henderson: Scott, thanks so much for having me, and it’s really my honor to be able to reach out to veterans and maybe offer them some new ways to think about how to help their, um, the struggles that they

Scott DeLuzio: have.

No, I agree. And that’s why I wanted to have you on the show. There are so many different treatment options that are available through the VA and other standard, uh, places where veterans typically get their, uh, their care and their treatment, and. You’re offering something that maybe is a little bit different from what the standard, typical treatments that a lot of veterans might be familiar with.

Um, and so I wanted to just at least expose people to this possibility for the people who are out there feeling like I’ve tried everything, everything, nothing is working for me. Hey, here’s one more thing. Here’s a, you know, a few more options here that, uh, maybe that’ll give him some hope and, and give him another option to, um, to, to.

Give a shot. So, um, but before we [00:02:00] get into all of that, uh, for the listeners maybe who haven’t heard of you, not familiar with you and your background, could you tell us a little bit about yourself?

Dr. Theodore Henderson: I. Sure. Yeah, I’d be happy to. You know, first off, I wanna say I am not a veteran. Uh, my brother and my father served, um, I was kept out because of a heart condition.

Uh, and that event, um, literally changed the trajectory of my life. I was, uh, set to be a musician and I ended up shifting and pivoting into science and then eventually to medicine. And here we are. Um, so I’m both an MD and a PhD. So I was a PhD bench researcher looking at how the brain developed and how growth factors, uh, which were newly discovered at that point, played a role in, in kind of organizing the brain.

Uh, and growth factors became more and more important in how we think about the brain as time went by. Um, I then, uh, did, started a, a residency in [00:03:00] radiology. So I was sitting around reading MRIs and, and brain scans and, and, uh, you know, chest x-rays got bored. Uh, so I switched to psychiatry. So, And I did my psychiatry residency at Washington University in St.

Louis, uh, which is the top level university. Uh, and then I did, uh, child psychiatry residency at the University of Colorado cuz I wanted to be close to the mountains, which I can see out my wind...