Correction- Due to my brain injury, I called Dr. Darryl Louis Kaelin by the name Dr. Darryl I. Kaelin in my story. My apologies.
Gemassist Founder and
Believer of Giving Life Back
"Pay It Forward"
Gemassist Brain founder Deborah Krupp was a very successful engineer at the height of her career. Employed by one of Atlanta's most prestigious engineering firms, she was poised to become one of its Vice Presidents. Then the unthinkable happened and she suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI) from a Hemiplegic Migraine. Her TBI not only robbed her of a promising career, it left her with debilitating hemiplegic migraines, trigeminal nerve damage, extreme sensitivity to light, and impaired speech.
After consulting numerous doctors, she was referred to the Shepherd Center in Atlanta, a private, not-for-profit hospital that focuses on the medical treatment, research, and rehabilitation for people with spinal injury and disease, acquired brain injury, multiple sclerosis, chronic pain and neuromuscular problems.
She credits Dr. Darryl Louis Kaelin at the Shepherd Center with saving her life. Trusting his approach to medicine completely, she moved to Louisville, Kentucky to continue under his care when he moved to the area to become the medical director of the University of Louisville Frazier Rehabilitation and Neuroscience Institute.
As part of her rehabilitation, Deborah Marie began designing and creating jewelry as well as unique art objects in leather, pewter, aluminum, and copper. She also produced coffee table books of her photography. Under the trademark name "Gemassist", Deborah Marie has designed more than 1800 individual pieces. All profits from her designs help fund her Gemassist Brain Awareness Foundation. Gemassist and its logo are an United States Patent and Trademark that Deborah Marie designed with her nephew, Ben Watters.
Believer of Giving Life Back
"Pay It Forward"
Gemassist Brain founder Deborah Krupp was a very successful engineer at the height of her career. Employed by one of Atlanta's most prestigious engineering firms, she was poised to become one of its Vice Presidents. Then the unthinkable happened and she suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI) from a Hemiplegic Migraine. Her TBI not only robbed her of a promising career, it left her with debilitating hemiplegic migraines, trigeminal nerve damage, extreme sensitivity to light, and impaired speech.
After consulting numerous doctors, she was referred to the Shepherd Center in Atlanta, a private, not-for-profit hospital that focuses on the medical treatment, research, and rehabilitation for people with spinal injury and disease, acquired brain injury, multiple sclerosis, chronic pain and neuromuscular problems.
She credits Dr. Darryl Louis Kaelin at the Shepherd Center with saving her life. Trusting his approach to medicine completely, she moved to Louisville, Kentucky to continue under his care when he moved to the area to become the medical director of the University of Louisville Frazier Rehabilitation and Neuroscience Institute.
As part of her rehabilitation, Deborah Marie began designing and creating jewelry as well as unique art objects in leather, pewter, aluminum, and copper. She also produced coffee table books of her photography. Under the trademark name "Gemassist", Deborah Marie has designed more than 1800 individual pieces. All profits from her designs help fund her Gemassist Brain Awareness Foundation. Gemassist and its logo are an United States Patent and Trademark that Deborah Marie designed with her nephew, Ben Watters.