Personalized Coaching Service
Our Personalized Coaching Services are a partnership between the coach, client, and their care partner to help navigate through a diagnosis, maximizing their brain health and wellness and overall quality of life. Research shows at all ages the incorporation of good brain health practices directly translates to better overall health. More and more science is indicating that the way we live our lives - our good and bad habits - has a significant impact on the development of neurodegenerative disease.
Our dedicated coaches focus on the 6 Pillars of Brain Health - Quality Energy and Fuel (Nutrition), Physical Exercise, Cognitive Stimulation, Stress Management, Restorative Sleep, Avoidance of Toxins, Injury, and Illness. During their sessions, our coaches and clients develop a relationship built on trust and respect that allows them to explore what is best for the client and care partner. Our coaches support their clients in taking action, creating plans, and achieving goals based on their clientβs needs and experiences to better their overall brain health and wellness.
While our volunteer coaching crew consists of both practicing and retired members of the medical community, we are not your healthcare providers. Any changes to your exercise, diet, and/or adding of supplements into your routine should be discussed with your healthcare provider(s).
βWe lose a little more of mom every day. And it is so hard. I want to be able to promise my kids that they will never have to lose me in that way. Thank you to the Brain Center for the HOPE you are providing the community.β
Meet our Volunteer Coaching Crew
ROLF S. LULLOFF, MD (Retired)
Lead Volunteer Coach & Co-Founder
In 1974 Dr. Lulloff joined West Side Clinic in Green Bay, WI, which in 1995 became Prevea Health. He continued his practice with Prevea Health and HSHS St. Maryβs Hospital Medical Center until 2017 when he retired and co-founded the Brain Center of Green Bay.
Over the course of 40+ years, Dr. Lulloff has poured himself into studying the brain and understanding the science behind good brain performance, cognition, and brain health. His motivation was also personal in that he was seeking knowledge and know-how to best care for my wonderful wife, Ann, who developed signs of Parkinsonβs Disease at the young age of 36.
Clients can see Dr. Lulloff for:
Parkinsonβs Disease or Movement Disorders
Preventative Brain Health & Wellness
Balance and Exercise
Retired Orthopedic Surgeon, co-Founder, and Board President of The Brain Center of Green Bay. Dr. Lulloff graduated from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine in 1967, completed his Internship at the Utah Medical Center in 1968, and then in 1972 completed his Residency at the Wisconsin Medical Center in Madison, WI.
GAIL CARELS, MD (Retired)
Volunteer Coach
Dr. Gail Carels completed her residency at Fox Valley Family Medicine. Attended medical School: UW Madison Doctor of Medicine and Surgery has a masterβs of Science and Engineering: at the Institute of Paper Chemistry and holds a bachelor of Science: at Northern Michigan University.
Clients can see Dr. Carels for:
Alzheimerβs and related Dementia
Preventative Brain Health & Wellness
Click here to schedule your coaching session with Dr. Carels
Dr. Gail Carels is a resident of Green Bay for 40 years. She is a retired licensed family physician, mother of 3 daughters, and grandmother of 8.
Employed by Prevea Clinic as a clinician in family medicine. Currently volunteers at NEW Community Clinic in addition to The Brain Center and is committed to helping everyone to live their healthiest lives.
KATHY HILGENBERG, RN (Retired)
Volunteer Coach
Kathy reports: βthe many years of nursing could not have prepared me for the very difficult and personal journey of caring for a loved one. The journey with my mom started 13 years ago. We were told at that time that there was medication for Alzheimerβs Disease and that a new and better one was being developed and would be available within the year. Sadly, my mom will never see that day. And still, after all these years, there have been few medical advancements toward finding a cure.β
Clients can see Kathy for:
Alzheimerβs and related Dementia
Preventative Brain Health & Wellness
Brain Foods and Nutrition
Kathy has personal experience with a degenerative disease, as her mother and sibling were diagnosed with Alzheimerβs Disease. Kathy is a registered nurse and witnessed the physical and emotional impacts of neurodegenerative diseases on her patients, their spouses, and their families.
JULIE BUTTON
Volunteer Coach
She served as a Social Worker in a nursing home for 8 years, then as an Ombudsman for the Wisconsin Board on Aging and Long-Term Care for over 31 years. With a focus on rights, Julie believes that everyone should be treated as an individual, with courtesy, respect, and dignity.
Clients can see Julie for:
Traumatic Brain Injury
Preventative Brain Health & Wellness
Alzheimerβs and related Dementia
Julie Button dedicated her entire career to advocating for older adults in need of long-term care. She has her Bachelor's in Social Work from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh.
KEVIN SANDMIRE, MD (Retired)
Volunteer Coach
Kevin, a long-time Green Bay resident, is a married father of two boys and a grandfather of two girls. He attended medical school at the University of Wisconsin, completed his residency in Internal Medicine, and is Board Certified.
After 34 years at Westside Clinic and Prevea Health, where he cared for numerous Dementia patients, he retired in 2021. In 2018, he supported his mother, the primary caregiver for his father who eventually passed away at home with Dementia. He volunteers as a coach to help clients and caregivers implement lifestyle practices for enhanced health and cognitive performance in Dementia patients.
Clients can see Kevin for:
Preventative Brain Health & Wellness
Alzheimerβs and related Dementia
What You Can Expect From Your Coaching Session?
The first coaching session will be 45 - 90 minutes, during which you will formally meet in-person or virtually with your assigned coach. Your coach will review your reason for the session, your In-Take Form, Disclaimer, Coaching Assessment, Overall Health, and Family Health History. These forms should be filled out and returned 2 weeks before your session. The Brain Centerβs Program Manager will ensure you receive these forms after scheduling your first session.
Each coach will briefly touch on the 6 Pillars of Brain Health that can help to support, maintain, and improve the overall quality of life. From there they will identify your needs around the 6 PIllars and what you want to incorporate into your life.
What you can bring with you to your session:
Bring a family member, friend, or care partner with you to your session
Bring any related medical records or information
Bring questions you would like to discuss with your coach.
If this is a medical emergency, please call 911 immediately.
If you are a Medical Provider or from another service agency, click here to be redirected to our referral form.
***Items discussed in your coaching session are provided for you to know and are not meant to replace or substitute for your healthcare. Any changes to your exercise, diet, and adding of supplements into your routine should be discussed with your healthcare provider(s).***
If you are a Medical Provider or from another service agency, click here to be redirected to our referral form.