Newswise — Sports medicine leaders from across the nation and abroad will share their expertise and research discoveries at the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine’s (AMSSM) Annual Meeting from April 17-21, 2013, in San Diego. Now in its 22nd year (and with a record number of participants this year) the meeting is designed to reveal cutting-edge medical knowledge, and provides a platform to discuss current and controversial issues in the field of sports medicine in order to enhance the care of athletes.
Who: More than 1,400 sports medicine physicians from the United States and 10 countries worldwide (1,413 pre-registered to date)
What: AMSSM Annual Meeting convened by AMSSM, the largest primary care sports medicine physician organization in the nation
When: Wednesday, April 17 – Sunday, April 21, 2013
Where: Manchester Grand Hyatt, One Market Place, San Diego, CA 92101Special Symposium on Sports-Related Concussion – AMSSM will be hosting this half-day symposium [Thursday, April 18, 7:50 a.m. – 11:40 a.m.] featuring the following talks:
•Concussion: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – Keynote: David A. Hovda, PhD, Director of the UCLA Brain Injury Research Center
•The Role of Neurocognitive Testing in Concussion Assessment: One Piece of a Complex Puzzle – Michael McCrea, PhD
•Not Just Child’s Play: An Evidence-Based Approach to Youth Concussion – Christopher Giza, MD•Gender Differences: Considerations for Sports-Related Concussion Outcomes and Management – Tracey Covassin, PhD, ATC
•Update from the 4th International Consensus Conference on Concussion in Sports – Willem (Winne) Meeuwisse, MD, PhD
•Hits, Helmets and Behavior Modification: Biomechanical Considerations for Preventing Concussion – Keynote: Kevin M. Guskiewicz, PhD, ATC, Kenan Distinguished Professor, Co-Director of the Matthew Gfeller Sport-Related TBI Research Center and Director of the Center for the Study of Retired Athletes at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
•Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries in Athletes: Are They Really Mild? – Keynote: Julian E. Bailes, Jr., MD, Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at the NorthShore University HealthSystem and Co-Director of the NorthShore Neurological Institute
•Sports Concussion Legislation: The Zackery Lystedt Story and Where We Stand in 2013 – Stanley A. Herring, MD, AMSSM Member
Presidential Keynote on Anti-Doping – Larry D. Bowers, PhD, Chief Science Officer for the United States Anti-Doping Agency will speak on The Evolution of Anti-Doping at USADA: From BALCO to Armstrong. [Thursday, April 18, 11:40 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.] Dr. Bowers is responsible for testing and adjudication, education and research on issues related to the abuse of performance-enhancing drugs in Olympic and Paralympic sport in the United States.
Additional keynote speakers include: •Steven P. Arnoczky, DVM, Dipl ACVS, Dipl ACVSMR – Director of the Laboratory for Comparative Orthopaedic Research at Michigan State University•Carl M. Askling, PhD, PT – Researcher and lecturer in sports medicine at the Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences and the Section of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. •Aaron L. Baggish, MD – Associate Director of the Massachusetts General Hospital’s Cardiovascular Performance Program; Co-Medical Director for the Boston Marathon and Cardiologist for Harvard University Athletics, the New England Patriots and the Boston Bruins•Peter J. Carek, MD, MS – Professor of Family Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina(MUSC) as well as the Director of the Trident/MUSC Family Medicine Residency Program in Charleston, SC•Jill L. Cook, PhD, PG Manip Phys – Professor in musculoskeletal health in the School of Primary Health Care, Monash University in Australia•Wayne B. Jonas, MD – President and CEO of the Samueli Institute; Professor of Family Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center; and Associate Professor of Family Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences•John E. (Jed) Kuhn, MD – Chief of Shoulder Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center;Head Team Physician for the Nashville Predators Hockey Club.•Gregory D. Myer, PhD, CSCS* D – Director of Research and The Human Performance Laboratory for the Division of Sports Medicine at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center•CDR Matthew T. Provencher, MD, MC, USN – Director of Shoulder, Knee and Sports Surgery at the Naval Medical Center San Diego; Professor of Surgery & Orthopaedics at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences•David B. Thordarson, MD – Cedars-Sinai’s Orthopaedic Center
NOTE TO MEDIA: Credentialed members of the press wishing to cover the 2013 AMSSM Annual Meeting, please email Jessica Torres-Sosa at [email protected].
About the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine: The American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) is a multi-disciplinary organization of sports medicine physicians whose members are dedicated to education, research, advocacy and the care of athletes of all ages. Founded in 1991, the AMSSM is now comprised of more than 2,200 sports medicine physicians whose goal is to provide a link between the rapidly expanding core of knowledge related to sports medicine and its application to patients in a clinical setting. Visit www.amssm.org to learn more.
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