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:
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Donna Broshek, PhD
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Paul Comper, PhD, C. Psych
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Chris Giza, MD
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Hutchison,
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Geoffrey Ling
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Tamara McLeod, PhD, ATC, FNATA
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William Meehan,
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Fiona Wilson, BSc, MSc, MA, PhD, MISCP
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Ross Zafonte, DO
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Patient Representative:
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Ben Utecht
Concussion
​Chair: Michael Hutchison,
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Members:
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JP Darche,
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David Lawrence,
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Jeffrey Kutcher, MD
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Chris Giza, MD
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Summer Rolin
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Carrie Esopenko
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Mike McCrea
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Brenda Eagan-Johnson
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Patient Representative:
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Ben Fanelli
Persisting Symptoms after Concussion
​Chair: Donna Broshek, PhD
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Members:
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Russ Bauer, PhD, ABPP
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RJ Elbin, PhD
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Stan Herring, MD
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Anne Mucha, PT, DPT, MS, NCS
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Jamie Pardini, PhD
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Julianne Schmidt, PhD, ATC
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Bert Vargas, MD, FAHS, FAAN
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Patient Representative:
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coming soon
Long Term/TBI
​Chair: Ross Zafonte, DO
Members:
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Kevin Crutchfield, MD
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Andreas Gonschorek, MD
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Etienne Laverse,
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Haruo Nakayama,
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Nicole Reams, MD
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Patient Representative:
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Jamie Crane-Mauzy
Prevention
​Chair: Fiona Wilson, BSc, MSc, MA, PhD, MISCP
Members:
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Avinash Chandran,
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Rob Lynall,
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Michael Rippee, MD
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Richelle Williams,
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Patient Representative:
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Thom Mayer
Youth Timing
​Chair: Tamara McLeod, PhD, ATC, FNATA
Members:
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Tony Alessi, MD
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Justin DiSanti, PhD
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Lenore Herget,
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Johna Register-Mihalik,
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Patient Representative:
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John Rizos
Brain Health Promotion
​Chair: William Meehan
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Members:
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Patient Representative:
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P
Mental Health
​Chair: Paul Comper, PhD, C. Psych
Members:
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Meeryo Choe,
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Maria Dennis
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Michael Jaffee,
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Jess Schwartz,
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Michelle Weber Rawlins,
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Patient Representatives:
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Rob Christie
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Eric Hipple
Pain/Headache
​Chair: - pending -
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Members:
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Steve Cohen
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Kevin Hall
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Josh Kamins, MD
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Ted Price
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Tad Seifert, MD
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Patient Representative:
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Patrick Eaves
Sleep
​Chair: Chris Giza, MD
Members:
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Charlene Gamaldo
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David Howell, PhD
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Jeff Iliff
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Raman Malhotra
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Rachel Pearson, MD
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Patient Representative:
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Courtney McCabe
Performance
​Chair:
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- pending -
Members:
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Justin Anderson, PsyD
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Cara Baxter, DPT
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Andrew Gottschalk, MD
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Jon Finoff, DO
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Jose Posas, MD
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Vern Williams, MD
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Patient Representative:
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Rob Karas