Working Groups

Working Groups - International Congress for Athlete Brain Health

Rather than meeting only once every four years, our members, divided into working groups, have an ongoing assignment of tracking a particular topic in real time, meeting virtually at least quarterly, and providing easily accessible recommendations to patients, their caregivers, and their medical providers.

All involved were selected because of a record of critical thought, objectivity, passion, and absence of strongly stated personal agenda or bias.

Definitions

Chair: Jeffrey Kutcher, MD

Members:

Donna Broshek, PhD
Paul Comper, PhD, C. Psych
Chris Giza, MD
Hutchison,
Geoffrey Ling
Tamara McLeod, PhD, ATC, FNATA
William Meehan,
Fiona Wilson, BSc, MSc, MA, PhD, MISCP
Ross Zafonte, DO

Patient Representative:

Ben Utecht

Concussion

Chair: Hutchison,

Members:

JP Darche,
David Lawrence,
Jeffrey Kutcher, MD
Chris Giza, MD
Summer Rolin
Carrie Esopenko
Mike McCrea
Brenda Eagan-Johnson

Patient Representative:

Ben Fanelli

Persisting Symptoms after Concussion

Chair: Donna Broshek, PhD

Members:

Russ Bauer, PhD, ABPP
RJ Elbin, PhD
Stan Herring, MD
Anne Mucha, PT, DPT, MS, NCS
Jamie Pardini, PhD
Julianne Schmidt, PhD, ATC
Bert Vargas, MD, FAHS, FAAN

Patient Representative:

coming soon

Long Term/TBI

Chair: Ross Zafonte, DO

Members:

Kevin Crutchfield, MD
Andreas Gonschorek, MD
Etienne Laverse,
Haruo Nakayama,
Nicole Reams, MD

Patient Representative:

Jamie Crane-Mauzy

Prevention

Chair: Fiona Wilson, BSc, MSc, MA, PhD, MISCP

Members:

Avinash Chandran,
Rob Lynall,
Michael Rippee, MD
Richelle Williams,

Patient Representative:

Thom Mayer

Youth Timing

Chair: Tamara McLeod, PhD, ATC, FNATA

Members:

Tony Alessi, MD
Justin DiSanti,
Lenore Herget,
Johna Register-Mihalik,

Patient Representative:

John Rizos

Brain Health Promotion

Chair: William Meehan

Members:

Patient Representative:

Mental Health

Chair: Paul Comper, PhD, C. Psych

Members:

Meeryo Choe,
Maria Dennis
Michael Jaffee,
Jess Schwartz,
Michelle Weber Rawlins,

Patient Representatives:

Rob Christie
Eric Hipple

Pain/Headache

Chair: Geoffrey Ling, MD, PhD

Members:

Steve Cohen
Kevin Hall
Josh Kamins, MD
Ted Price
Tad Seifert, MD

Patient Representative:

Patrick Eaves

Chair: Chris Giza, MD

Members:

Charlene Gamaldo
David Howell, PhD
Jeff Iliff
Raman Malhotra
Rachel Pearson, MD

Patient Representative:

Courtney McCabe

Sleep

Performance

Chair:

Ben Utecht

Members:

Justin Anderson, PsyD
Cara Baxter, DPT
Andrew Gottschalk, MD
Jon Finoff, DO
Jose Posas, MD
Vern Williams, MD

Patient Representative:

Rob Karas