Leading Medical Experts address common concussion symptoms

(watch their videos below)

Dr. Brian Hainline

  • Chief Med Officer - NCAA
  • Brian Hainline, M.D., is Chief Medical Officer of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Clinical Professor of Neurology at NYU School of Medicine and Indiana University School of Medicine. As the NCAA’s first Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Hainline oversees the NCAA Sport Science Institute, a national center of excellence whose mission is to promote and develop safety, excellence, and wellness in college student-athletes, and to foster life-long physical and mental development. The NCAA Sport Science Institute works collaboratively with member institutions and centers of excellence across the United States. For over 30 years, Dr. Hainline has been actively involved in sports medicine, including serving as Chief Medical Officer of the US Open Tennis Championships and the United States Tennis Association. He is co-author of Drugs and the Athlete, and played a pivotal role in the rollout of drug testing and education worldwide. He is currently chair of the American Academy of Neurology’s Sports Neurology Section.

  • Personal Intro

  • What is Story Wall?

  • What is a Concussion?

  • Why Disclose?

  • Final Takeaways

Dr. Jamie Bogle

  • Division Chair, Audiologist at Mayo Clinic (AZ)
  • Jamie M. Bogle, AuD, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Audiology at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science and the Division Chair of Audiology at Mayo Clinic Arizona. Dr. Bogle evaluates children and adults with dizziness and imbalance due to concussions. She is interested in improving diagnostic tools for evaluating patients of all ages to understand how the vestibular system is involved in concussions. She earned her Doctorate of Audiology (AuD) and PhD from the University of Colorado at Boulder and was awarded the James and Martha Crawford Endowed Clinical Research Fellowship in Otolaryngology at Mayo Clinic Florida.

  • Personal Intro

  • What does vestibular mean?

  • Managing Vestibular Symptoms

  • Symptom Duration

  • Final Takeways

Dr. Robert Cantu

  • Co-Founder, CTE Center, Boston University
  • Dr. Cantu’s professional responsibilities include Medical Director and Director of Clinical Research, Dr. Robert C. Cantu Concussion Center, Chief of Neurosurgery Service and Director of Sports Medicine at Emerson Hospital in Concord, MA; Clinical Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Clinical Therapeutics Leader AD-CTE Center Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA; Founding member and Medical Director Concussion Legacy Foundation, Boston, MA; Adjunct Professor Exercise and Sport Science and Medical Director National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research, Chapel Hill, NC; Senior Advisor Brain Injury Center Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA; Vice President and Chairman of Scientific Advisory Committee, National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE); Senior Advisor NFL Head, Neck and Spine Committee; Member NFLPA Mackey-White Health and Safety Committee; NCAA Concussion Advisory Group Member and NCAA Student-Athletic Concussion Injury Litigation Committee (Medical Science Committee).

  • Personal Intro

  • Defining Post Concussion Syndrome

  • Symptom Duration

  • Ways to best manage symptoms?

  • What is Second Impact Syndrome?

  • When should athletes retire?

Dr. David Cifu

  • Sr. Traumatic Brain Injury Specialist, U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs
  • Dr. David Cifu is the Associate Dean for Innovation and System Integration, Herman J. Flax, MD Professor, and Chairman of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine and Health System. He is the Senior Traumatic Brain Injury Specialist for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, and formerly served as National Director of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation for Veterans Health Administration from 2009 to 2015. Dr. Cifu is also the Principal Investigator of the Chronic Effects of Neurotrauma Consortium (CENC-LIMBIC), and has been funded on 46 research grants for over $240 million. He holds an MD from Boston University and completed his residency at Baylor College of Medicine.

  • Personal Intro

  • Difference between a TBI and mTBI

  • Symptoms and long term effects

  • Best methods for recovery

  • Treatment for mTBI

  • Treatment for TBI

  • Resources for veterans

Dr. Kevin Crutchfield

  • Co-Director, Sports Concussion Program, LifeBridge Health
  • Kevin E. Crutchfield, M.D., serves as co-director of the Comprehensive Sports Concussion Program at the Sandra and Malcolm Berman Brain & Spine Institute at LifeBridge Health in the Baltimore, Maryland area. A stroke neurologist, Dr. Crutchfield is an internationally known expert on concussions and traumatic brain injury. He is also an independent neurologist for the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens, MLB’s Baltimore Orioles and MLS’s D.C. United. He played a leading role in helping gain passage of a landmark youth sports concussion law in Maryland. Dr. Crutchfield has over 32 years of experience in the medical field and graduated from Georgetown University School of Medicine in 1988. He is also affiliated with Sinai Hospital of Baltimore.

  • Personal Intro

  • What is Cervical Strain?

  • Demographics of Cervical Strain

  • Symptoms of cervical injury

  • Management of symptoms

  • Managing Persisting Symptoms

  • Final Takeaways

Dr. Ruben Echemendia

  • Clinical Dir., Concussion Care Clinic, Penn State
  • Dr. Ruben Echemendia is the Co-Chair of the National Hockey League’s Concussion Subcommittee and the Director of their Neuropsychological Testing Program. He is also Chair of the Major League Soccer’s concussion program and is the consulting clinical neuropsychologist to the U.S. Soccer Federation, the U.S. Soccer National Teams, and Princeton University’s Department of Athletic Medicine. Dr. Echemendia is the Clinical Director of the UOC Concussion Care Clinic, a multidisciplinary concussion evaluation and management program at the University Orthopedic Center in State College, Pennsylvania. He serves on the US Lacrosse Sports Science and Safety Committee, the NCAA Concussion Task Force, NCAA Medical Science Committee, and the US Soccer Medical Advisory Committee.

  • Personal Intro

  • Neuropsychology and concussions

  • When to consult a neuropsychologist

  • Methods of treatment

  • A visit to a neuropsychologist

  • Final Takeaways

Dr. Jamshid Ghajar

  • Director, Stanford Concussion & Brain Performance Center
  • Dr. Jamshid Ghajar is a Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery and Director of the Stanford Concussion and Brain Performance Center. He is the Founder and President of the Brain Trauma Foundation, and serves as a fellow on the Committee on Trauma (American College of Surgeons). Under his leadership, the Stanford Concussion and Brain Performance Center aims to improve outcomes for TBI patients by developing best practice guidelines and education, and conducting clinical research. He invented several neurosurgical devices used around the world, and served as Chief of Neurosurgery at The Jamaica Hospital-Cornell Trauma Center in New York for 25 years. He holds an MD and Ph.D. from Cornell University Medical College.

  • Personal Intro

  • Define Ocular Motor

  • Examples of symptoms

  • Management of symptoms

  • Final Takeaways

Col. (Ret.) Dallas Hack

  • Former Director, Combat Casualty Care Research Program, US Army
  • Colonel (retired) Dallas Hack is a brain injury expert and is board certified in Preventive Medicine with multiple degrees and certifications including a Master of Public Health and a Master of Strategic Studies. Dr. Hack directed the Combat Casualty Care Research Program at the US Army Medical Research & Materiel Command from 2008 to 2014, where he coordinated over $2 billion in Trauma Research and Development funding (including traumatic brain injury) across all Department of Defense groups. The initiatives Dr. Hack developed have dramatically improved trauma care worldwide. He now serves as a Brain Health advisor to numerous organizations.

  • Personal Intro

  • TBI in the Military

  • Addressing TBI in the military

  • TBI disclosure in the military

  • Advice on persisting symptoms

  • Concussions in military training

  • Re-training the brain

  • Final Takeaways

Dr. John Leddy

  • Medical Director, Univ. at Buffalo Concussion Management Clinic
  • Dr. John J. Leddy is the Professor of Clinical Orthopedics and Rehabilitation Sciences at the University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine and of the American College of Physicians, and Director of Outcomes Research for the Department of Orthopaedics. He is a team physician and Medical Director of the University at Buffalo Concussion Management Clinic. He is a Member of the Expert Panel for the Berlin Fifth International Consensus Conference on Concussion in Sport and a consultant to the NIH on sport concussion research. In conjunction with Dr. Barry Willer, he developed the Buffalo Concussion Treadmill Test.

  • Personal Intro

  • Exercise and recovery

  • Exercises for recovery

  • Symptoms and long term effects

  • Return to school

  • How to return to school

  • Return to play

  • Final Takeaways

Dr. Tom McAllister

  • Chairman, Indiana Univ. School of Medicine Dept. of Psychiatry
  • Thomas McAllister, is the Albert Eugene Sterne Professor and Chairman, Indiana University School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry. He was previously Millennium Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology, Director of the Section of Neuropsychiatry at Dartmouth Medical School, and Vice Chair for Neuroscience Research for the Department of Psychiatry. He is a past president of the American Neuropsychiatric Association. Dr. McAllister received his undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College, and his medical degree from Dartmouth Medical School. Dr. McAllister has been working in the field of brain injury recovery for over 25 years. He has written widely on the neuropsychiatric sequelae of TBI, and is the principal investigator of several grants from NIH, the CDC, NOCSAE, and the Department of Defense (DoD), exploring the nature of cognitive and behavioral difficulties following mild and moderate TBI.

  • Personal Intro

  • Anxiety, mood and concussions

  • What do these symptoms look like?

  • Managing symptoms

  • Managing Persisting Symptoms

  • Final Takeaways

Dr. Jesse Mez

  • Neurologist, CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine
  • Jesse Mez, MD, MS is a neurologist with clinical training in aging and dementia and research training in biostatistics/statistical genetics and epidemiology. He is an Associate Professor of Neurology at Boston University (BU) School of Medicine, Director of the Clinical Core of the BU Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) Center, and Investigator in the BU Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) Center, and a Framingham Heart Study Investigator. His research investigates risk factors for AD and CTE, including traumatic brain injury, repetitive head impacts (RHI), genetics and their interaction. He also leads projects investigating CTE clinicopathological correlation with the goal of diagnosing CTE in life.

  • Personal Intro

  • What is CTE?

  • What are symptoms? Minimizing them?

  • Differences of CTE and concussions

Dr. Tad Seifert

  • Director of Norton Healthcare's Sports Neurology Program
  • Dr. Seifert currently serves as director of Norton Healthcare's Sports Neurology Program. This comprehensive program is comprised of multidisciplinary services, including neurology, neurosurgery, pediatrics, emergency medicine, neuroradiology, sports medicine and physical therapy. Dr. Seifert is currently the Team Neurologist for the University of Louisville, Bellarmine University, Indiana University-Southeast, and Spalding University. He serves as an Unaffiliated Neurotrauma Consultant to the NFL’s Cleveland Browns, as well as NASCAR. He is the former Chairman of the Kentucky Boxing & Wrestling Commission's Medical Advisory Panel and the NCAA Headache Task Force. He is a current Board Member of the National Headache Foundation. He has been voted by his peers as one of Louisville Magazine’s Top Docs for 2019. The Kentucky Athletic Trainer’s Society selected Dr. Seifert as their Sports Medicine Person of the Year in 2018. His research interests include post-traumatic headache in athletes as well as combat sports medicine. Dr. Seifert cares for athletes of all ages and levels - from youth sports to professional leagues.

  • Personal Intro

  • Headaches and Migraines

  • Symptoms

  • Managing Symptoms

  • Managing Persisting Symptoms

  • Return to Learn

  • Final Takeaways

Dr. Meeta Singh

  • Service Chief & Section Head, Henry Ford Sleep Disorders Center
  • Dr. Meeta Singh is a sleep doctor whose work and research focuses on “Coaching the sleep muscle” to maximize performance in both individual athletes and sports teams. She also works with C-suite executives to help with jet lag management and enhancing sleep. She is the Service Chief of the Sleep Medicine, and Section Head and Medical Director at the Henry Ford Sleep Disorders Center in Michigan. She did her training in psychiatry at the Mayo Clinic and a Sleep Fellowship at the Henry Ford Hospital. She is board-certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (under the American Board of Medical Specialties) as a psychiatrist and sleep medicine specialist. She is a member in good standing of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the Sleep Research Society. She has served as a consultant for multiple NFL, MLB, NHL, and NBA teams.

  • Personal Intro

  • Sleep Disturbance and concussions

  • What do sleep disorders look like?

  • How to improve sleep

  • Managing Persisting Symptoms

  • Why should you care?

Dr. Maya Yutsis

  • Associate Director, Clinical Neuropsychology Core, Stanford University School of Medicine
  • Dr. Maya Yutsis, Ph.D., ABPP-CN is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine. She is a neuropsychologist at the Stanford Alzheimer’s Disease and Research Center (ADRC), Stanford Concussion and Brain Performance Center, and Neuropsychology Service. She is also the team neuropsychologist for the San Francisco 49ers. Prior to coming to Stanford, she worked as a lead neuropsychologist at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Polytrauma Transitional Rehabilitation Program and Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC) Telehealth Neuropsychology clinic and served as a director/preceptor of an APA-approved post-doctoral fellowship Neuropsychology Emphasis Area training program. She is currently a Newsletter Editor of the Society for Clinical Neuropsychology, APA Division 40.

  • Personal Intro

  • What are cognitive functions?

  • Symptoms related to cognitive functions

  • Managing symptoms

  • Managing Persisting Symptoms

  • Timeline for return to school

  • Final Takeaways