The 2nd annual Elon BrainCARE Symposium will be held on May 8, 2015, in Lakeside Meeting Room 212.
2nd Annual Elon BrainCARE Symposium – May 8, 2015
Elon University, Lakeside Meeting Room 212
This event is free and open to the public. No registration is required.
CONCUSSION MANAGEMENT (10 a.m. – 12 p.m.)
Marty Baker, MS, LAT, ATC, Senior Associate Athletic Trainer at Elon University
Title: The Inclusion of Cognitive Rest & Return to Learning as Part of a Comprehensive Protocol for the Management of Concussions
Introduction by: Lauren Brown
Emily Williams, MSAT, LAT, ATC, Athletic Trainer for Club Sports and Student Health Services at Elon University
Title: Concussion Management in Club Athletes
Introduction by: Jeanine Grabowski
Derek Lawrance, MS, ATC, CES, Assistant Athletic Trainer for San Jose Earthquakes
Title: A View From the Sideline: MLS Concussion Management
Introduction by: Jordan Cottle
Jay Alberts, PhD, Director, Cleveland Clinic Concussion Center
Title: Use of Biomechanics to Improve Concussion Management
Introduction by: Kara Soler-Sala
BREAK FOR LUNCH (12-1 p.m.)
PANEL DISCUSSION (1-2 p.m.)
Carly Ledbetter, Mary Tendler, Cayce Crenshaw, Marty Baker, Kirtida Patel
Title: Return to Play/Return to Learn – Case Study
SCIENCE OF CONCUSSION (2:15-3:45 p.m.)
Tom Buckley, Ed.D., ATC, Assistant Professor of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology at University of Delaware
Title: Post-Concussion Rest: What is the Evidence Behind the “Cornerstone”
Introduction by: Kayla Harvey
Eleanna Varangis, PhD student in Cognitive Psychology at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Title: Long-Term Cognitive Effects of Concussion: What Is Lying Beneath the Surface?
Introduction by: Emily Messerschmidt
Mark Sundman, BS, Research Fellow at Duke University Medical Center: Brain Imaging and Analysis Center
Title: Future and current neuroimaging modalities to detect the chronic neurobiological sequelae of remote traumatic brain injury
Introduction by: Julianne Beck
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