Event Title
Sports-Related Concussion: Biology, Management, and Outcomes
Location
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
Start Date
20-3-2015 1:30 PM
End Date
20-3-2015 2:00 PM
Description
Knowledge of sports concussion has changed substantially in the past 25 years. Though most athletes recover in the initial weeks after injury, some do not obtain appropriate evaluation or management which can lead to prolonged recovery, repeated injury, and even catastrophic outcomes. Forty-nine states, including Ohio, have passed concussion legislation requiring minimum evaluation and management standards prior to return to play for the protection of youth athletes. This presentation will discuss the underlying biology of concussion, current concussion management practices, and what we know about long-term outcomes following concussion.
Dr. Bailey Bio, Title, Description
Sports-Related Concussion: Biology, Management, and Outcomes
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
Knowledge of sports concussion has changed substantially in the past 25 years. Though most athletes recover in the initial weeks after injury, some do not obtain appropriate evaluation or management which can lead to prolonged recovery, repeated injury, and even catastrophic outcomes. Forty-nine states, including Ohio, have passed concussion legislation requiring minimum evaluation and management standards prior to return to play for the protection of youth athletes. This presentation will discuss the underlying biology of concussion, current concussion management practices, and what we know about long-term outcomes following concussion.
Speaker Information
Dr. Bailey is a neuropsychologist at University Hospitals Case Medical Center where he acts as the Director of the Sports Medicine Concussion Center for the UH Sports Medicine Institute as well as the Director of the Concussion Program for the UH Neurological Institute. He is also an Assistant Professor of Neurology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He completed his graduate training at Penn State University before completing an internship in neuropsychology at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and serving as the chief fellow in neuropsychology at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. Dr. Bailey has assisted in the neuropsychological management of sports concussion at all levels of sport, including being the current neuropsychologist consultant to the Cleveland Browns, the Lake Erie Monsters, as well as multiple other universities and high schools in northeast Ohio. Dr. Bailey has made several invited addresses at national conferences and written peer-reviewed articles and chapters focusing on sports concussion management, with a particular emphasis on understanding the factors which may influence the accuracy of concussion testing and evaluation.