2009 Annual Meeting  & Symposium

Friday, January 16

8:30am – 5:30pm

Registration 

9:30am – 12:00am

A Comprehensive Approach to Concussion Care

·      Update on recent concussion research

·      Concussion Management

·      IMPACT testing

·      Cumulative Effects of Concussions

·      Dr. Thomas Buckley ATC

·      Beth Garrett ATC

·      Ashley Kane ATC

·      Kenneth Mautner. MD

12:00pm – 1:30pm

Lunch (on your own) 

1:30pm – 2:30pm

Athletic Training Education Updates

Susan Wehring, MS, ATC

2:30pm – 3:00pm

Visit Vendors

3:00pm – 4:00pm

Wrist and Hand Injuries

 Gary M. Lourie, MD

4:00pm – 5:00pm

NATA Summary Statement: 

Appropriate Medical Care for                           Secondary School-Aged Athletes

Gene Patterson, ATC

5:00pm – 6:00pm

Women’s Health

6:00pm-8:00pm

Friday Night Exhibitor's Social at the Wyndham

Old Fashioned Athletic Trainers' Social at Chili's

Saturday, January 17

7:30am – 12:00pm

Registration/Exhibits Open 

8:00am – 9:30am

Art and Science of Throwing and Management of Injuries it Produces

Tab Blackburn, PT, ATC

9:30am – 10:00am

Visit Exhibitors

10:00am – 11:00am

Dancing out of your Comfort Zone:  Performance Art Injuries

Sameh Labib, MD

11:00am – 11:45am

2009 Business Meeting

11:45am – 12:15pm

Honors & Awards Luncheon

Sponsored by Emory Sports Medicine

Keynote Address:  

Becoming the Greatest You Can

1:45pm – 2:45pm

A New Job Opportunity:  The ATC as a Physician Extender

Forrest Pecha, ATC, OTC, CSCS

2:45 pm – 3:45pm

OCD Lesions of the Knee

Dr. Steven Kane MD

3:45pm – 4:45pm

How To Talk to Your Athletes about Nutrition: Dispelling the Common Myths

Diane King, RD, ATC

4:45pm – 5:45pm

Case Studies:

5:45pm

Closing