Event by UB Law Alumni Association, Inc.

A Cross-Disciplinary Conversation Concerning Concussions & Other Sports Injuries

A Cross-Disciplinary Conversation Concerning Concussions & Other Sports Injuries

Friday, February 14, 2020 at 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM (EST)
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location

UB Medical School
955 Main Street
Buffalo, New York, United States 14203

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CLE credits available for lawyers
Earn 3.0 CLE credits in the area of Professional Practice
(transitional or non-transitional credit)

You must register to attend.

TO EARN CLE CREDITS:
$50 for paid members of the UB Law Alumni Association
$60 for all others

(ATTENDANCE IS FREE IF YOU DO NOT NEED CLE CREDITS, BUT YOU STILL MUST REGISTER)

Speakers:

Michael Turner MD
Medical Director and CEO of The International Concussion and Head Injury Research Foundation (ICHIRF) and Honorary Associate Professor at University College London. Team Great Britain Medical Officer at the Calgary 1988, Albertville 1992 and Lillehammer 1994 Winter Olympic Games. He is co-author of the Concussion in Sport Consensus Statements from Zurich 2012 and Berlin 2016, and on the expert panel for Paris 2020.


Leslie J. Bisson, MD
June A. and Eugene R. Mindell, MD, Professor and Chair
Department of Orthopaedics
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Medical Director, Buffalo Bills and Buffalo Sabres
 
Barry Willer PhD
Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Neurosciences, and Rehabilitation Sciences
Director of research—University at Buffalo Concussion Research Center
Co-Developer of the Buffalo Concussion Treadmill Test and other protocols for concussion assessment created at the UB Concussion Research Center.
  
John Leddy MD
Professor of Clinical Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation Sciences
Medical Director – University at Buffalo Concussion Management Clinic
Team Physician- State University of New York at Buffalo         
Co-author of the Concussion in Sport Consensus Statement from Berlin 2016 and on the expert panel for Paris 2020.
 
Ryan Krzyzanowicz, DAT, ATC 
Clinical Associate Professor of Athletic Training
Program Director – Master of Science in Athletic Training at University at Buffalo
Heavily involved in interprofessional education and leadership at the University at Buffalo
Serves as a CAATE (national accreditor) site visitor and on several national committees for the CAATE
 
Nellie Drew, Esq
Director, UB Center for the Advancement of Sport
Professor of Practice, Sports Law
Facilitator of cross-disciplinary programming to facilitate understanding of legal and regulatory issues in context in the sports industry

8:30-9:00 a.m. -- Registration and continental breakfast

Sponsored by:
UB Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
UB School of Public Health and Health Professions
The UB Center for the Advancement of Sport

 

location

UB Medical School
955 Main Street
Buffalo, New York, United States 14203

Get directions »

Event hosted by

UB Law Alumni Association, Inc.

Buffalo, NY,
UB Law Alumni Association, Inc.
law-alumni@buffalo.edu

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