What is The BRIC - STL?

The Bullet Related Injury Clinic (BRIC) is a community-based clinic in St. Louis that helps people heal after they have been injured, threatened, or lost a loved one to a bullet.

The BRIC provides care, free of charge, for Bullet Related Injuries, including pain management, wound care, and trauma recovery for mental wellbeing.

Our Hours

Monday - Wednesday, Saturday

10AM - 5PM

Our Services

  • Wound care and wound care supplies

  • Pain management and supplements

  • Management of bullets in the body including evaluation for superficial bullet removal

  • Lead testing

  • Physical function services including occupational therapy

  • Spiritual care including grief support

  • Mental wellbeing support including counseling and trauma therapy

  • Play and Art therapy for youth

  • Energy medicine including auricular acupuncture and reiki

All services and clinic visits are free of charge. Your family and friends are welcome to join you in the clinic. We have childcare available on Saturdays and transportation is also available.

If you have questions related to bullet injuries and wound care, contact us.

Call or text to make an appointment or set up transportation:

Our Approach

You already have everything you need to heal. We just supply the knowledge and resources to bring that power to life.

Our Mission

Help St. Louis Heal.

The BRIC was established to help people who are discharged home from the emergency department after being shot. Now we provide support and care for anyone who has been directly or indirectly impacted by a bullet, including being threatened, witnessing a shooting, or losing a loved one. This includes people who have or have not been admitted to a hospital for care, and people who may not have a physical injury at all. It includes people who many have a lifetime of pain from bullets. It includes anyone who has a bullet left inside their body. BRI comes in many forms. Through our community engagement efforts, we recognized a pattern of unmet need in which patients suffered greatly in the aftermath of their injury as they did not have established connections to healthcare. We are here to change that with responsive, trauma-informed, accessible, and culturally competent care. We are an organization of health professionals and volunteers working together to provide support to those who are recovering from  trauma.

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Meet the Team

  • Dr. Jamila Owns-Todd

    Interim Executive Director, BRIC Institute Director & Naturopathic Doctor

  • Dr. LJ Punch

    Founder, Visionary & Medical Director

  • Cris Loomis

    BRIC Director

  • Christin Simpson

    BRIC Nurse Practitioner

  • Nicole Carr

    BRIC Nurse Practitioner

  • Demeca Benford

    BRIC Administration Manager

  • Tiffinie Fisher

    BRIC Nurse

  • Anyta Wilson

    Therapist

  • Amy Miller

    Wellbeing Director

  • Darryl Commings

    Spiritual Care

  • Dr. Kahn

    Physical Function Services

  • Niki Samtani

    Social Care and Therapy

  • TJ Barber

    Art and Play Therapy

  • Bryant Antoine

    The Village Path

  • Jermar Perry

    The Village Path

  • Dominique Blake

    BRIC Staff

  • Stephanie Reynolds

    Director of Communications

  • Erik Bolton

    Co-Manager of Outreach

  • Katie Morgan

    Executive Administrator

  • Mishka Narasimhan

    BRIC Staff

  • Victor Farwell, LCSW

    BRIC Wellbeing Staff

  • Steve Markley

    Facilities Manager

  • Bernadette Sheffield

    Occupational Therapy

  • Aimee Wilkinson

    Essential Healing &

    Inventory Associate

  • Brandon Ehley

    BRIC Associate 

  • Janza Preston

    Social and Spiritual Care

  • Rev. Bobbie Blunt

    Spiritual Care

  • Stencil System

    Energy Medicine

  • Erica Brooks

    Mental Wellbeing

  • Jenisha Giles

    Child Enrichment

  • Stephanie Johnson

     HR

  • Evita Lewis

    BRIC Coordinator

  • Craig Collins

    BRIC Inventory Specialist

  • Wanda Sigafus

    Co-Manager of Outreach

  • Malerie Pelizzaro

    BRIC Nurse