FORT LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla. – It's happened again – a stunning revelation by a current NFL player that the issue of concussion and traumatic brain injury weighs heavily on them. Specifically, the recent announcement by San Francisco 49ers linebacker Chris Borland that he's retiring after just one year in the league.

For media working stories on this subject who are looking for a Subject Matter Expert on concussions/TBI, Nova Southeastern University (NSU) has someone for you.

Stephen Russo, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist and an assistant professor at NSU's Center for Psychological Studies. He is also the director of NSU's Sport Psychology Program and the Sport Medicine Clinic within NSU's College of Osteopathic Medicine. This brings together a multi-disciplinary sports medicine team made up of experts from osteopathic medicine, physical therapy, athletic training, sports nutrition and strength and conditioning. Russo is also an active member of both the Association for Applied Sport Psychology and the Sport & Exercise Division of the American Psychological Association. Russo is a nationally and internationally recognized expert on sports-related concussion, sport psychology and mental training. At NSU, Russo and a team of physicians routinely see patients with sport-related concussions – including high-school aged athletes, and younger – to determine the severity of their injury and to help manage the "return-to-play" process.

Russo and physicians at NSU have created a unique partnership with the Broward County Athletic Association (Broward County Public Schools) to educate coaches, school administrators, athletic trainers and others on the effects of concussions and how to properly manage athletes before they return to the playing field.

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