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2011 Sponsors
Thanks to all our sponsors. You make these seminars possible.
We look forward to partnering with you to provide the Athletic Trainers the best of education again in 2011!
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2011 NATA Award Winners
It is our honor to add our congratulations to this year's Hall of Fame, MDAT, and Honorary Membership, and President's Cup award recipients. The festivities should be awesome at the 62nd Annual Meeting & Clinical Symposia, June 19-22 in New Orleans.
Hall of Fame
Marcia Anderson, PhD, ATC, LAT
Chuck Kimmel, ATC, LAT
Marjorie King, PhD, ATC, PT
Larry Leverenz, PhD, ATC
Andy Paulin, ATC
Jerry Robertson, ATC
Larry Starr, ATC, LAT
Barrie Steele, MS, ATC, LAT
Jerry Weber, ATC, PT
Roy Don Wilson*
(Posthumous; deferred from 2010)
Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer
Richie Bancells, MS, ATC
Kristine Boyle-Walker, ATC, MPT, OCS
Marisa Brunett, MS, ATC, LAT
Lori Dewald, EdD, ATC, CHES
Greg Gardner, EdD, ATC
Rick Griffin, MS, ATC
John Hauth, EdD, ATC
Craig Holz, MS, ATC, LAT
Christopher Ingersoll, PhD, ATC
Wayne Kendrick, MA, ATC
Doug Kleiner, PhD, ATC, FNATA
Jeff Konin, PhD, ATC, PT
Jeff McKibbin, MEd, ATC, LAT
Bernadette Olson, EdD, ATC
Jamie Reed, ATC, LAT
James Scifers, DScPT, PT, ATC
Jeff Stone, MEd, ATC
M. "Sully" Sullivan, MS, ATC
Charlie Thompson, MS, ATC
William Walker, MA, ATC
Matt Webber, ATC
Honorary Membership
Robert Cade
Charles Craven
Skeeter Schuessler
President's Challenge
Randy Eichner, MD
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BLOG Topics
Blogs certainly offer us the chance to express our opinions - these are some topics you might find interesting . . .
- Cost Containment in College Athletic
- Knee Bracing in Sports
- History of Knee Braces in Sports
- Concussions
- Electronic Medical Records
Check it out at http://blog.rodwalters.com.
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2011 ATEO Sites
Montclair, NJ - 5/17/11
Memphis, TN - 6/6/11 Meridian, MS - 6/7/11 Towson, MD - 6/10/11 Indianapolis, IN - 6/13/11 Columbia, SC - 6/15/11 Raleigh, NC - 6/28/11 LA/Anaheim, CA - 7/6/11 Birmingham, AL - 7/20/11 Tampa, FL - 7/27/11 Phoenix, AZ - 11/8/11
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Registration Gifts
Lots of great items for this year's ATEO Seminars . . .
- All persons registering 10 days prior to the event will receive a personalized luggage/ bag tag
- Andover tape sample kit for all attendees
At each meeting, the following items will be given to attendees selected from drawings:
- A Clorox Athletic Training kit to be given away at each seminar
- ThermoActive samples
- Bushwalker kits
Following the 2011 ATEO tour, these items will be distributed after a drawing from seminar attendees.
- Five (5) Cardiac Science AEDs
- Four (4) Neurotech Kneehab Systems
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Tennessee Athletic Trainers Society Offers Concussion Management Summit
The Tennessee Athletic Trainer's Society invites you to join the Concussion Discussion in Nashville TN on Friday May 20 and Saturday May 21, 2011. The Concussion discussion is NATABOC approved for a total of 10.5 CEU hours and will take place at Lipscomb University from 7:30am-2:30pm on Friday and 8:00am-12:30 on Saturday. It is possible to register for either a single day or both days at www.tnata.org
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Some of the speakers at the Concussion Discussion include: James Moriarity, MD- University of Notre Dame Team Physician; Patrick Kersey, MD- Indianapolis Colts Team Physician; Ken Boyd, ATC - Univ of Texas Football Athletic Trainer; Gary Solomon, PhD.- Nashville Predators/Nashville Titans Neuropsychologist, Allen Sills, MD, Neurosurgical Consult to Nashville Predators, Memphis Grizzlies, Vanderbilt University, and Mississippi State University athletic teams; and Rod Walters, NATA Hall of Fame Athletic Trainer and President of Walters Inc. - Consultant in Sports Medicine.
Topics at the Concussion Discussion include: Balance assessment, spine boarding scenarios and challenges, sideline evaluation of the concussed athlete, physiology of concussion, computerized neuropsychological testing of the athlete, sports related concussion: biomarkers, genetics, and chronic traumatic encephalopathy, vestibular therapy, nutritional aspects of concussion recovery, pre-participation screening and disqualification for neurological conditions, use of blood pressure medication for post concussive symptoms, occipital neuralgia, and design and implementation of a concussion management protocol. For additional information or to register please visit www.tnata.org.
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NATA References for Best Practices
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Healthy Learning Videos featuring Rod Walters
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2011 ATEO Program
We have listened to you the attendees, and have "tweaked" the 2011 ATEO events to topics you wanted! The new content includes a talk on "Integration of Technology" and some discussion specific to Health Care Administration which is a challenge for the high school, college, or professional Athletic Trainers. The topic list includes:
- Technology and Sports Medicine - Tools To Help Us Complete Our Job
- Drug Testing Issues and Challenges
- Cost Containment Challenges - Physician Extender Concepts
- AEDs and the Emergency Action Plan
- Germs and Microbes Challenging the Athletics Trainer
- Bracing of Ankle and Knee
- Soft Casting in Sports Medicine
- Taping
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